432 cxxxv. EUpnoRBiACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mallofns. 



11. RX. Pcrterianus, Muell. Arg. in Linnaa xxxiv. 185, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 960 ; branchlets petioles and racemes puberulous, leaves 

 alternate long-petioled not peltate oblong-lanceolate caudate-acumiTinif! 

 penninerved sinuate-crenate or entire, racemes slender, males shorter than 

 the fern., fern, calyx spathaceous, ovary and capsule echinate, stvle elongate 

 with long recurved stigmas. Euphorb., Wall. Cat. 8000, 9093, 9094. 



PENANO, Porter, Curtis. 



Leaves 4-7 in., membranous or thinly coriaceous, base contracted subcordate, 

 glabrous above, minutely glandular, glabrous or slightly hairy beneath ; nerves 

 6-10 pair, slender, basal very short ; petiole 1-2 in., very slender, sometimes hairy. 

 Racemes shorter than the leaves, strict ; male fl. in distant clusters, -^ in. diam., ovoid ; 

 calyx membranous, nearly glabrous, stamens about 30, anther-cells parallel, 1'ather 

 distant. Fern. fl-. shortly pedicelled ; bracts concave ; perianth minute ; styles very 

 large, recurved, united below. Capsule about \ in. diam.; cocci thickly crustaceous, 

 shortly aculeate. Seeds broadly oblong, smooth. Wallich's No. 8000 is sail to ba 

 from Silhet, but this is an obvious mistake ; the specimens evidently are a portion of 

 the Penang collection. 



12. M. floribundus, Muell. Arc?, in Linncea xxxiv. 187, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 962 ; leaves long-petioled alternate peltate orbicular or 

 orbicular-ovate acute glaucous beneath base 7-9-nerved, racemes axillary 

 slender, calyx spathaceous, ovary clothed with long soft white tomentose 

 spines, capsule 3-dymous glandular and covered with long scattered flexuous 

 slender prickles. M. amentiformis, Muell. Arg. in Flora xlvii. (1864), 468, 

 and in DC. I. c. Eottlera floribunda, HassJc. Hort. Boqor. 238; Bal.ll. 

 Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 426 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Sat. i. ii. 393. Adisca flori- 

 bunda, Slume Bijd. 610. Mappa floribunda, Zoll. fy Morr. Verz. 17. 

 Eicinus Tanarius, Lour. Fl. Cock. 580. 



TENASSEBTM ; at Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distril. 476 ?). PEEAK, King's Col- 

 lector. MALACCA, G-riffith. DISTRIB. Cochin China, Java, Borneo, Celebes, 

 Samoa. 



A tree, 20-30 ft.; branches slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves membranous, quite 

 entire, base with tomentose glands in the axils; nerves all slender, cross-nervules 

 distinct, glands beneath scattered; petiole 2-3^ in., very slender. Male spikt-.v 

 3-4 in. ; flowers crowded, i in. diam ; BGamens 40-50, puberulous. Fern, racemes 

 elongate. Capsules | in. diam.; cocci \tuoose, thickly crustaceous, pubescent ; styles 

 shortly united. 



ft Female calyx 3-6-partite (unl own in several species). 

 a. Leaves 3- rarely 7-$-plinerved at the base. 



13. 1ft. eriocarpus, Muell. Arg. in Linnaa xxxiv. 185, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 959 ; branchlets and racemes rusty -tomentose, leaves opposite 

 elliptic oblong or ovate obtuse base 3-plinerved rounded or subcordate stel- 

 lately puberulous above more so 'and minutely glandular beneath, spikes 

 slender, flowers small clustered, capsule globose 3-coccous clothed with soft 

 hairy filaments. Beddome Forester's Man. 208. Eottlera eriocarpa, 

 Thwaitet Enum. 273 (excl. syn. Wijht). 



CEYLON; in the hot drier parts of the island, Walker, Thwades. 



A shrub ; branchlets rather slender. Leaves 3-4 in., hardly coriaceous; nerves 

 3-4 pair above the basal, cross-nervules and reticulations copious ; petiole -2 in., 

 slender. Male ft. conic in bud, in. long ; stamens very numerous, filaments smooth 

 Fcabrid or hairy. Fem.fl. Ovary surrounded with numerous staminodcs; styles 3, 

 very plumose. I have seen no fern. fl. or fruit. 



