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\Euphorhiacece. 
4. B. patula ; f'oliis ovali-oblongis apice attenuatis glabris, floribus subsessilibus glomeratis vel glomerato- 
spicatis, processubiis petaloideis rotundatis unguiculatis creniilatis perianthio pluries brevioribus. — Cluytia 
patula. Roxb. Cor. 2. t. 170; FL Ind. p. 733. 
5. B. Loureiri. — vide supra. 
6. B. oblongifolia ; foliis oblongis acutis glabris subtus glaucis, floribus numerosis glomeratis vel glomerato- 
spieatis, processubus petaloideis obcordatis 3-dentatis perianthio brevioribus. — Cl. oblongifolia. Roxb. FI. 
Ind. 3.p. 730. 
In this last, Roxburgh does not describe the disk of the male flowers, nor the stipules ; had, however, the 
latter been large or conspicuous, he could not have overlooked them : the former, we presume, to be present, 
from its appearing in the female, as in most of the species, in the shape of a cup, round the base of the 
ovary. In offering these characters, we have relied for some on Roxburgh’s accuracy, in the absence of 
authentic specimens : were we inclined to disi)ute it, it wmuld be in the instance of his Cl. semperjlorens, 
above mentioned, where it is possible that the five glands in the male flower, may prove to be merely thick- 
ened angles to an otherwise thin disk, as in some species of Gouania. 
1. Rottlera Chinensis ; fruticosa, foliis longe petiolatis late ovatis acuminatis, basisubcor- 
clatis biglandulosis obscure clentatis supra glabris subtus albitlis subtomentosis, spicis foemi- 
neis simplicibus longe pedunculatis, capsulis demum confertis setis longis mollibus echinatis. 
— R. Chinensis. Adr. de Juss. — Spr. Syst. 3. p. 878. — Croton Chinensis. Weig. — Vachell, 
ri. 292. 
Perianthium feem. cupuliforme 3-4-5-fidum (trifidum lobis 1 vel 2 postea flssis :) Stigmata 3, subsessilia, 
rocurva, lineari-oblonga, crassa, intus dense papilloso-hirsuta. — Perhaps, notwithstanding some discrepancies, 
this may be also Ricinus apelta. Lour., and consequently likewise Sprengel’s Rottl. Cantoniensis. We 
have not seen the male plant. 
2. 'Roit\e\'a. paniculata ; fruticosa, foliis rhombeo-ovatis tricuspidatis acuminatis integer- 
rimis vel subdentatis longe petiolatis basi biglandulosis supra glabris subtus brevissime ac 
molliter tomentosis rufescenti-albidis, floribus masc. paniculatis axillaribus terminalibusque, 
Ibem — R. paniculata. Adr. de Juss. ? Spr. Syst. Veg. 3. p. 877 ? — Croton paiii- 
culatum. Lam. ? 
Lamarck’s plant is from Java, and his description agrees tolerably well with the Chinese one : whether 
either be the Mallotus Cochinchensis of Loureiro (2. p. 780,) w'e have no means of determining, the descrip- 
tion given being at variance in several respects ; but, at the same time, it is highlj'^ probable that the male plant 
he saw at Canton is the same as ours : he adds, “ Feemineus flos ibi non occurrit nor have any of our 
correspondents, as yet, sent it. This is n. 258 of Mr. Vachell’s eollection. 
1. Ricinus communis. Linn. — Roxb. FI. Ind. 3. j). 689. 
1 . Jatropha multifida. Linn. 
1. Claoxylon parviflorum; foliis ad ramulorum apices approximatis longe petiolatis ellip- 
tico-ve! rhombeo-oblongis dentato-serratis (dentibus incurvis) supra glabris subtus molliter 
pubescentibus, nervis venisque subtomentosis, racemis (masculis) longissimis folia duplo 
excedentibus interruptis, floribus fasciculatis breve pedicellatis, perianthio 3-4-partito. 
C. parviflorum. Adr. de Juss. Euph. p. 43. t. 14. n. 43. Spr. Syst. 3./). 906. — Acalypha 
spiciflora. Burm. FI. Ind. p. 303. t. 61./.' 2. (exch syn. omnibus.) 
