442 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mallotue. 



Branches terete, pubescent, yellowish. Leaves in distant pairs, 6-10 by 3-5 in., 

 very variable in form, tbin or the older coriaceous, glabrous above, brown -tomentose 

 beneath, with 3-4 pairs of nerves above the long basal and strong distant cross- 

 nervules, base minutely peltate cuneate rounded or cordate with 2 or more variously 

 disposed minute basal glands above ; petiole 2-3 in. Racemes axillai'y ; male 2- 

 3 in. j expanded flowers in. diam., buds globose; sepals 3; stamens very numerous, 

 filaments free, anther-cells oblong, connective obscure. Fern, racemes 4-5 in., 

 slender, fruiting pedicels J-l in.; sepals 3; styles (or stigmas) rather short. Capsule 

 i in. diam., yellow ; cocci globose. Seeds globose, smooth. Good specimens of this 

 are in Eottler's herbarium from Heyne with his ticket written " Croton distans sub., 

 Trinconom., Zeylon, 1796." Mueller Arg. refers Wallich's 7772 A to it, but not B ; 

 they are, however, clearly the same species. 



41. M. repandus, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 197, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xv.. ii. 981; tawnily stellately pubescent or tomentose, leaves alternate long- 

 petioled triplinerved broadly rhombic-ovate acuminate entire or repand- 

 toothed glandular on both surfaces, male racemes often panicled flowers 

 large, fern, axillary, capsules didymous stellately tomentose, seeds black. 

 Brand. For. Fl. 444 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 380 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 361 ; 

 Beddome Foresters Man. 210. Bottlera trioocca, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 829 ; 

 Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 230. E. rhombifolia, Tlm-aites Enum.272. E. dioica, 

 Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 423 ; Wall. Cat. 7826 C/ 2 , D/ 2 , E, F. E. viscida, 

 Blume Bijd. 608. E. scabrifolia, A. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. iii. t. 9, f. 29 B ; 

 Reichb.f. Sf Zoll. in Linno&a xxviii. 319. E. trinervis, Zipp. in Linncea xv. 

 348. E. ? cordifolia, Benth. Fl. HongJc. 307. E. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 

 7818 D in part. Croton repandus, Willd. in Neue Schrift. Naturf. 

 Freund. Berlin iv. 206. C. rhombifolius, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 555. C. lacci- 

 ferus & bacciferus, Wall. Cat. 7774, 7826 A., B, C, D. 



Throughout India, from the TEOPICAL HIMALAYA in Bhotan to ASSAM and south- 

 wards to TRAVANCORE and CEYLOX in the west, and to PENANG and PERAK in the 

 east. DISTKIB. China, Malay Islands, New Caledonia. 



A large scandent shrub or tree, trunk sometimes 60-80 ft. long ; branchiate 

 woody, scurfily tomentose. Leaves 2-3 in., rarely with 2-3 lateral lobes, smooth or 

 scaberulously stellate above, often softly tomentose beneath, base cuueate, nerves 

 3 pair above the long basal ; petiole 1-2 in. Male panicles sometimes 5-6 in. long; 

 flowers rather long pedicelled, -i in. diam. ; sepals ovate, glandular ; stamens 50- 

 60, anther-cells oblong, connective inconspicuous. Fern, racemes simple or branched ; 

 sepals as in the male ; ovary tomentose, always -2-celled ; style 0; stigmas plumose. 

 Capsule | in. across the two globose glandular carpels; cocci crustaceous thin, epicarp 

 not separating. Seeds opaque, subglobose. 



42. ltt. philippinensis, Muell. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 196, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 981 ; branchlets and young leaves and inflorescence rusty or 

 tawny pubescent, leaves alternate petioled triple-nerved ovate to ovate- or 

 obovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate entire or sinuate-toothed, glabrous 

 above, beneath subglaucous puberulous and covered with scarlet glands, 

 spikes terminal solitary or panicled, ovary with crimson glands, stigmas 3 

 sessile, capsules tridymous unarmed pulverulent, seeds black. Brand. For. 

 Fl. 444 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 381 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 361 ; Beddome 

 Fl. Sylvat. t. 289; Bentl. Sf Trim. Med. PI. iv. t. 236. Eottlera tinctoria, 

 Roxb. Cor. PL ii. 36, t. 168, and FL Ind. iii. 827 ; Wall. Cat. 7832 ; Gruh. 

 Cat. Bomb. PL 184 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. FL 230 ; A. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. 

 83 ; Benth. Fl. HongJc. 307 ; Miguel FL Ind. Bat. Suppl. 454. E. auran- 

 tiaca, //00&. Sf Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 270. E. affinis, H"sslc. in Flora 1844, 

 Beibl. ii. 41. E. montana & mol\is,Wall. Cat. 7833 and 7839. Croton phi- 

 lippensis, Lamk. Encycl. ii. 20o. C. punctatus, lietz. Obs. v. 30. C. coc- 



