270 F. P ax - — Euphorbiaceae-Acalypheae-Mercurialinae. 



2^2 — 4 cm latus, lineari-oblongus, obtuse acuminatus, basi rotundatus, integer, charta- 

 ceus, hitidulus, subtus parce pubescens; costae secundariae utrinque 10 — 12, promi- 

 nentes, reticulato-venosus. Racemi breves. Fl. q 1 minuti. Sepala q 1 5, villosa, lata; 

 filamenta brevia, crassa; ovarii rudimentum late conicum. Calyx Q crassus, globosus, 

 dense tomentosus, 3-lobus, capsulam minorem arcte amplectens. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malakka (Griffith n. 5017). 



4. C. glanduligerum Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex vel arbor; ramuli juveniles 

 fulvo-pubescentes, deinde glabrescentes. Petiolus ± 1 5 mm longus, pubescens; limbus 

 11 — 2 5 cm longus, 3Y2 — 8 cm latus, oblongo-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi obtusus, 

 subtus basi glandulis 4 onustus, inferne integer, apicem versus crenato-dentatus, glaber 

 vel subglaber, coriaceus, reticulato-venosus, supra nitidulus; costae secundariae utrinque 

 12 — 14; stipulae persistentes, lanceolatae, inciso-dentatae, 6 mm attingentes. Flores 

 (j* haud visi (in speciminibus examinatis in gallas transmutati). Flores Q post an- 

 thesin in racemos dr 4-floros dispositi; pedicelli crassiusculi, 12 — 15 mm longi, fer- 

 rugineo-pubescentes, stricti. Calyx Q sub ovario cupuliformis, 5 — 6-dentatus dense 

 ferrugineo-tomentosus et extus glandulis sessilibus, satis majusculis, glabris ornatus; 

 ovarium dense tomentosum, stylis laciniatis coronatum, 2- vel saepius 3-loculare. — 

 Fig. 42-D. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malakka, Singapore (Ridley n. 4426!, 64 8 1 !}, 

 Bukit Timah (Ridley!). 



Nota. Species optima, sed incomplete nota, calyce Q extus glanduligero, foliis magnis et 

 indumento ferrugineo insignis. Flores '<3 monströse evoluti: loco fasciculorum florum ramuli 

 paniculae ramosissimi, numerose fasciculatim aggregati, bracteosi, floribus destituti, in paniculas 

 steriles, ananthas, dense ferrugineo-tomentosas dispositi evoluti sunt. 



5. C. calycinum Bedd. Forest. Man. 207; Fl. Sylv. (1869 — 73) t. 320; Hook. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 419. — Arbor; ramuli furfuraceo-pubescentes. Petiolus circ. 

 3 mm longus; limbus 12 — 18 cm longus, ellipticus vel lineari-oblongus, acuminatus, 

 basi acutus vel in petiolum contractus et subcordatus, crenato-serratus, subcoriaceus; 

 stipulae subulatae, lacerae. Spicae q? 10 — 13 cm longae, pubescentes, graciles. Calyx 

 q? 4-partitus; stamina 4 — 5, basi connata. Spicae Q breves, pauciflorae. Sepala Q 5, 

 sub fructu valde accrescentia, concava, tomentosa; ovarium pubescens. Capsula 12 mm 

 diametiens, 3-cocca, pubescens. 



Provinz des westlichen Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Tinnevelly, 

 in Wäldern, 600 m (Beddome). 



Species incertae sedis. 



6. C. ? longifolium Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 420. — Arbor 6— 10 m 

 alta; ramuli cum petiolis et inflorescentiis tomentosi. Petiolus i — 6 mm longus, crassus; 

 limbus 15 — 25 cm longus, 2*/^ — * cm latus, lineari-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi 

 rotundatus, subserratus, subcoriaceus, prominenter reticulatus; costae secundariae utrinque 

 12 — 16, supra et subtus prominentes; stipulae gracillimae. Spicae axillares, S 1 /^ — 

 l l / i cm longae; rhachis rigida; flores glomerulati, minuti, ebracteati. Calyx q 1 pubes- 

 cens, cupuliformis, 3 — 5-lobus; filamenta basi in cupulam carnosam connata, parte 

 libera triangularia; antherae didymae, horizontales. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Perak, Larut (King's Collector). 



Ser. i. Mercurialiiformes Pax et K. Hoffm. 



Euacalypheae Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 143 et in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 712, 765 ex parte. 



Stamira pauca vel numerosa. Ovarii rudimentum nullum. Discus q* nullus, Q 

 nullus vel rarius evolutus. Plantae herbaceae. 



