FLORA VITIENSIS. 997 
busque formato preedi oP f 
O v7 5 a 7 a . . . 7 
: I malts Mlores dioici y. rarius monoici, racemosi v, spicati. Inflorescentie: pra- 
ering epecicnii alternifoliarum terminales, sepeque autem eyolutione ramulorum summorum axilla- 
rium spurie axillares fractee.—Echinus, Lour. Elateriospermum, Bl, Roétlera, Roxb. Hancea, Seem. 
r M. tilizefolius, Mull. Arg. in DC. 1. ce. p. 969; foliis longe petiolatis palmatinerviis ; racemis 
elongatis ; bracteis 3 sublinearibus elongatis ? lanceolatis, laciniis calycis 2? lanceolatis; staminibus 
cire, 80-100; ovario 3-4-loculari tomentello ; capsulis parciuscule et breviuscule molliter echinulatis 
fulvo-tomentellis.— Croton liliefolius, 8. aromaticus, Lam, Encycl. vol. ii. p, 206 (non C. aromaticus, 
Linn.). Roitlera tiliefolia, Bl. Bijdr, p, 607, non Decne. R. acuminata, Adr. J uss. Tent, Enphorb. 
p. 33 (non Adisca acuminata, Bl.) ; Mig. Flor. Ind. Bat, vol, i. pars ii. p. 395. Rottlera Blumet, 
Dene. Herb, Timor, in Nouv. Annal, Mus, Paris, vol. ii, p. 486,—Vanua Levu (Seemann ! n. 407 ; 
Milne!). Also collected in Eromanga (M‘Gillivray !) and Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray !). Dispersed 
over China, New Ireland (Barclay !), Java, the Moluccas, and Ceylon. 
XI. Cleidon, Bl. Bijdr. p. 612; Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr, vol. xv, p. 983. Calyx ¢ valvaris, 
? imbricativus. Petala utriusque sexus 0. Discus utriusque sexus suppressus aut foemineus evo- 
lutus. Stamina in receptaculo conico inserta; verticilli accurate inter se alternantes, unde antherse 
in series yerticales (ob connectiva aliter colorata) distinctissimas dispositx, Autherze juniores dorso 
circa medium oblique peltatim filamento inserte, intus loculos 4, utroque latere 2, distinctos, dem 
civea punctum insertioni oppositum subcruciatim aperientes et coufluentes gerentcs; dissepimenta 
loculorum persistentia. Ovarii rudimentum 0, Oyarii loculi 2-3, 1-ovulati, ante Jacinias calycis 3- 
partiti siti, 1 anterior, bracteam spectans, v, in ovario 2-loculari laterales ante lacinias calycis (si 
calyx 4-partitus) exteriores siti, Fructus capsularis, Semina ecarunculata. Cotyledones ample, 
quam radicula multo longiores.—Frutices. Folia alterna, subulato-2-stipulata, varie petiolata, pen- 
ninervia, denticulata, subtus prope basin suburceolato-2-6-glandulosa. Indumentum partium sim- 
plex, parcum. Flores in iisdem ramis tantum unius sexus y, rarissime 2-sexuales, Flores aut inflo- 
rescentize axillares. Flores ? in rhachi gracili recta, vulgo simpliciter laxe racemosi v. etiam in 
axilla foliorum solitarii et longe pedicellati, J interrupte glomerato-spicati v. fasciculato-racemosi v. 
paniculati. 
erated below, there are three species of this genus in tropical Polynesia, viz. 
Besides the species enum 2 
- and 3. C, claoayloides, Mill. Arg., all from New Caledonia. 
1. C. spathulatum, Buill. ; 2. ©. verticillatum, Baill. 
1. C, Vieillardi, Mill. Arg. in DC. le p. 985 ; floribus ¢ fasciculato-racemosis, 9 elon- 
gato-racemosis v. depauperato-paniculatis ; inflorescentiis inferne longe nudis; filamentis basi non 
dilatatis ; ovario pubescente ; stylis basi breviter connatis ultra medium 2-fidis papillosis ; capsulis 
tridymis pachydermeis. 
Var. Vitiensis, Miill. 1. c. p. 986 5 foliis spathulato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi angustata subbi- 
ctusis submembranaceis serratis glabris; racemis ¢ eracillimis depauperatis 1-3-floris ; 
o.—Macaranga leptostachya, Mill. Arg. in DC. 1. c. p. 1007.—Ovalau 
Lenorm.; Harvey! ; Seemann! n. 888). 
auriculato-r 
ovario parcissime puberul 
(Vieillard, n. 53, in Herb. 
Pet. Thours. Gen. Madag. p. 26, n. 88; Mill, Arg, in DC, 1. ¢, p. 987. Calyx 
& valvaris, ¢ imbrieativus. Petala utriusque sexus 0. Discus utriusque sexus 0. Stamina cen- 
tralia, in receptaculo convexo V. plano-conyexo sita. Antherz non regulariter im serics verticales 
3 * . . » . 
dispositse, dorso subpeltatim fixe, 9 4-Joculares ; connectivum incompletum, loculis brevius. Rudi- 
. 3 
mentum oyarii 0, Ovaril loculi 1-ovulati. Fructus capsularis. 
nosa. Cotyledones late, radicula multo longiores,—Plantee semper lignose, 
XII, Macaranga, 
Semina non carunculata, albumi- 
Folia vulgo alterna, 
