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(10) M. Philippensis. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 196,— Dec. 1. c. p. 980, 



Syn. Croton Philippensis, Lam. Uneycl. — C. punetatus, Betz. 

 Willd. — C. coccineus, VaM. Willd. — 0. montanus, Willd. — Eott- 

 lera tinctoria, Roxh.flor. Ind. III.^. 827. 



Mngrav. Eoxb. Cor. II. t. 168. 



Spec. Chab. Small tree or undershrub : younger branchlets, 

 petioles, and inflorescences rusty -tomentose : leaves rhomb-ovate 

 or rbomb-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, not peltate, 

 biglandular above, entire or slightly toothed, clothed with scarlet 

 tomentum beneath, glabrous above : spikes of either sex axillary 

 and terminal, rusty-tomentose : male bracts 3-flowered, female 

 1-flowered : bracts triangular-ovate, acute : segments of the fe- 

 male calyx ovate-lanceolate : stamens 12 — 15 : ovary densely 

 scarlet or at length purple-glandular : capsules slightly trigonous 

 globose, covered with scarlet dust. 



Common in most parts of the country. 



(11) M. EEPANDTJa. (MuUer.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. 1. c. p. 197.— Dec. 1. c. p. 981. 



Syn. Croton rhombifolius, Willd. — Eottlera viacida, Bl. hidjr. 

 p. 608. — E. dicocca, Moxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 829. — E. dioica, 

 Baill. Ulud. gen. Muph. p. 423. — E. rhombifolia, Thwaites Enum. 

 Zeyl.pl. p. 272. 



Spec. Chae. Undershrub, subscandent : branchlets, petioles, 

 and inflorescences tawny-tomentose : leaves triangular or rhomb- 

 ovate, acute, obtuse at the base, repand-toothed, yellowish-green, 

 glabrous above, slightly tomentose beneath, sprinkled with pale 

 gold-shining waxy glands : spikes in the branchlets terminal or 

 terminating the few-leaved axillary branchlets, p'aniculately 

 branched, often longer than the leaves, tawny : male bract's 3- 

 flowered, females commonly 1-flowered, thickened at the base : 

 male calyces globose, shortly pedicelled, tawny, sprinkled within 

 with large pale grains : stigmas branched, papillose : capsules 

 glandulose : seeds globose, reticulated. 



Chittagong. Malabar. Bengal. 



GENUS XXX. CLEIDION. 



Dicecia Polyandrla* Sex: Syst: ' 



Gen. Chae. Male calyx valvate, female imbricated: petals 

 none : disc suppressed or female developed : stamens inserted on 

 a conical receptacle, verticils alternating accurately among them- 

 selves, whence the anthers are arranged in very distinct vertical 

 rows : younger anthers inserted on the filament obliquely pel- 



