i . B .p a tid a ; folüs ovali-oblongis apice attenuatis glabris, floribus subsessilibus glomeratis vel glomorato-
spicatis, processubus petaloideis rotundatis unguiculatis crenulatis perianthio pluries brevioribus.— Cliivtia
patula. Jîoxb. Cor. 2. t. 170; Fl. Ind. 3. p . 733.
5. B. Loureiri.—vide supra.
6 . B. oblongifolia; fo liis o b lo n g is a c u tis g la b r i s su b tu s g la u c is , flo rib u s n um e ro s is g lom e r a ti s T e l g lom c r a to -
s p ic a t is , p ro c e s s u b u s p e ta lo id e is o b c o rd a tis 3 - d o u ta t is p e r ia n th io b r eT io r ib u s— Cl. o b lo n g ifo lia . Eoxb. Fl.
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 tbe
ovary. In offering these characters, we have relied for some on Roxburgh’s accuracy, in the absence of
authentic specimens: were we inclined to dispute it, it would be in the instance of his Cl. semperflorens,
above mentioned, where it is possible that the five glands in the male flower, may prove to be merely thickened
angles to an otherwise thin disk, as in some species of Gouania.
1. Rottle ra Chinensis ; fruticosa, foliis longe petiolatis late ovatis acuminatis, basi subcordatis
biglandulosis obscure dentatis supra glabris subtus albidis subtoraentosis, spicis fcemineis
simplicibus longe pedunculatis, capsulis demum confertis setis longis mollibus echinatis.
— R. Chinensis. A dr. de J u ss.—Spr. Syst. 3. p . 878.— Croton Chinensis. JVeig.— VacheU,
n. 292.
lupuliformc 3-4-3-fidum (trifidum lobis 1 vel 2 postea fissis :) Stigmata 3, subsessilia,
recurva, lincari-oblonga, crassa, intus dense papilloso-hirsuta.—Perhaps, notwithstanding some discrepancies,
this may be also Iticinus apelta. Lour., and consequently likewise Sprengel’s Rottl. Cantoniensis. We
have not seen the male plant.
2. 'Rotileva p aniculata; fruticosa, foliis rhombeo-ovatis tricuspidatis acuminatis integerrimis
vel subdentatis longe petiolatis basi biglandulosis supra glabris subtus brevissime ac
molliter tomentosis rufescenti-albidis, floribus masc. paniculatis axillaribus terminalibusque,
fcem — R. paniculata. Adr. de Juss. ? Spr. Syst. Veg. 3. p . 877 ?—Croton paniculatum.
L am .?
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,) we have no means of determining, the description
given being at variance in several respects; but, at the same time, it is highly probable that the male plant
he saw at Canton is the same as ours: he adds, “ Fosmineus flos ibi non occurrit;” nor have any of our
correspondents, as yet, sent it. This is n. 258 of Mr. Vaehell’s collection.
1. Ricinus communis. L in n .— Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 689.
]. Ia tvo fo a midtijida. L in n .
1. Claoxylon parviflorum; foliis ad ramulorum apices approximatis longe petiolatis ellip-
tico-vel rbombeo-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. A d r . de Juss. Euph. p . 43. t. 14. n. 43. Spr. Syst. 3 .p . 906.— Acalypha
spiciflora. Burm. Fl. Ind. p . 303. t. 6 1 . / 2. (excl. syn. omnibus.)
We have here added a specific character, M. de Jussieu having mentioned three other species from the
Mauritius. The present one was long involved in the greatest obscurity, on account of the synonyms associated
with it by Burmann. There does not appear to be any plant described by Roxburgh or WiUdenow to
which it is referable : in habit it approaches to Croton oblongifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 85.
1. Acalypha/«ifeca. L in n .— Roxb. FL Ind. Z. p . 675.
2. Acalypha Chinensis ; caulibus pubescentibus herbaceis, foliis sublonge petiolatis rhombeo
ovatis crenatis, spicis androgynis axillaribus petiolum æquantibus vel superantibus,
florum fcemineorum fasciculis solitariis binisve bracteatis, masculis terminalibus in spicam
pedicellatam capitatam vel longiusculam dispositis, bracteis foemineis cordatis acuminatis
crenatis, fructu hispido. A. Chinensis. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p . 677 9
Roxburgh ascribes to his plant, so far as we cau collect from the description, a single cluster of female flowers
and a small capitulum of male ones from a solitary bractea: some of the spikes on the specimens before us
agree with that character, but others show two bracteas, and in one, where the inflorescence is almost terminal,
the male flowers form a slender spike of about half an inch in length.
3. Acalypha/«spfrftt. Willd.—U rtica pilosa. Lour. FL Coch. 2. p . 682. Roxb. FL Ind. 3.
p . 676 (non Cav. nec Willd.)— ¡3. pubescens. A. flexuosa. Herb. Wight, olim.
We have only received var. /3 from Canton. It is merely distinguished from tho type of the species by
its stems not being hispid with spreading hairs, but simply pubescent. We possess both from the Peninsula
of India.
1. Stillingia se5t/em. M c/¿.—Croton sebiferum. Sapium sebiferum. Roxb. FL
Ind. 3. p . 693.— Triodica Sinensis. Lour. FL Coch. 2. p . 749.
1. Euphorbia thymifolia. L in n .— Roxb. FL Ind. 2. p. 473.
Involucri glandulæ 4, pallidæ, orbiculares, disciformes, processubus concoioribus suffulcientibus minutis inter
se subæqualibus duplo minores : fructus parce strigosi, parvi : semina ecarunculata, brunnca, obtuse tetragona,
transverse subundulata.—The flowers occur several together in the axils, but they are very shortly
peduncled, often almost sessile. This, with tho following, belongs to Dr. Roeper’s first section, characterised
by tbe seeds destitute of a carunculus, and the glands of the involucre resting on one side of a more
or less membranaceous scale or process, which he properly suggests ought to be regarded as analogous to
stipules, they only occurring in tbe species provided with stipules.
2. Euphorbia L in n .—E . h irta. L in n .? Hook, et A rn. supr. p .9 b ,
Involucri glandulæ minutæ, sanguineæ, orbiculares, processubus ejusdem fere coloris acsubstantiæ et vix
gianduia majoribus suffnltæ : f-u ctu s trigoni, strigoso-pilosi ; semina brunnca, tetragona, leviter rugulosa,
carúncula arillari destituta.—It is n. 100, a, b, c, of Mr. Vachell’s collection.
3. Euphorbia Vachellii; annua, erecta, glabra, glauca, foliis oppositis brevissime petiolatis
linearibus acutis argute serrulatis, inflorescentia axillari fasciculata laxiuscula, involucri
glandulis 4 minutis orbicularibus concaviusculis processubus petaloideis albis majusculis
orbicularibus paullo inter se inæqualibus suffultis, fructibus lævibus g labris, seminibus globoso-
tetragonis atro-griseis subrugulosis carúncula destitutis ángulo unico sulco levissimo exarato.
Hab. Macao ; Rev. G. H. FacAe/¿, n. 241.
4 . Euphorbia b ifd a ; glaberrima, glauca, caule decumbente, foliis oppositis breve petiola-
tis lineari-oblongis basi oblique subcordatis obtusis serrulatis, inflorescentia bifida dichotoma,