EUPHORBIACEAE. — MALLOTUS 525 



streams, May 1907 (No. 1990; shrub about 1 m. high); roadsides, 

 May 1907 (No. 1991); June 1907 (No. 1992); September 1907 (No. 

 1992). 



MALLOTUS Lour. 



Mallotus apelta Muller Arg. in Linnaea, XXXIV. 189 (1865) ; in 

 De Candolle, Prodr. XV. pt. 2, 963 (1866). — Hance in Jour. Linn. 

 Soc. XIII. 122 (1873). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 439 

 (1894). 



Ricinus Apelia Loureiro, Fl. Cochin. 585 (1790). 



Croton chinensis Geiseler, Croton Monogr. 24 (1807). 



Rottlera cantoniensis Sprengel, S]jst. III. 878 (1828). — Hooker & Arnott, Bol. 



Voy. Beediey, 212 (1836). — Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 306 (1861). 

 Mallotus Paxil Pampanini in Nuov.Giorn. Bot. Hal. n. ser. XVII. 414 (1910). 



Kiangsi : Ruling, thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., July 1907 (Nos. 1644, 

 1645; bush 1.5-3 m.). Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, sides of 

 streams, alt. 300-800 m.. May 1907 (No. 3283; bush 3 m.); Fang 

 Hsien, roadsides, alt. 1000 m., June and September 1907 (Nos. 3284, 

 3287; bush 2-3 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 June and September 1907 (Nos. 3285, 3286; bush 2-3 m.). 



This is a very common shrub particularly in warm rocky valleys and on clifTs. 

 The leaves vary considerably in size and shape and the inflorescence varies much in 

 length. These differences depend largely upon the vigor of the shoots. 



E.H.W. 



Mallotus tenuifolius Pax in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 429 (1900). — Pam- 

 panini in Nuov.Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 104 (1910); XVIII. 172 

 (1911). 



Mallotus japonicus Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 440 (pro parte, non 

 Muller Arg.) (1894). — Pax in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 428 (1900). — L^veill<5, 

 Fl. Kouy-Tcheou, 165 (1914). 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, roadside thickets, alt. 600- 

 1000 m., June and September 1907 (No. 3289; bush 4 m.) ; Changyang 

 Hsien, thickets, alt. 300-1000 m., May, June and July 1907 (Nos. 3291, 

 3292, 3292=*; bush, 2-3 m.); Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000 m., 

 June 1907 (No. 3293 ; bush 2-3 m.) ; Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1000 m., 

 June 4, 1907 (No. 3290; slender flat-topped tree 5 m. tall); " IMa-pan- 

 scian," alt. 1000 m., May 1907, C. Silvestri (No. 1302). Eastern 

 Szech'uan : Wushan Hsien south, A. Henry (No. 5742''). Western 

 Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5169; bush 

 3 m.). 



