432 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Mallotus. 
11. M. Porterianus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 185, and in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 960; branchlets petioles and racemes puberulous, eaves 
alternate long-petioled not peltate oblong-lanceolate caudate acum: "a 
penninerved sinuate-crenate or entire, racemes slender, males 8 or er i 
the fem., fem. calyx spathaceous, ovary and capsule echinate, sty d 1 ong 
with long recurved stigmas.—Euphorb., Wall. Cat. 8000, 9093, 9094. 
PENANG, Porter, Curtis. 
Leaves 4-7 in., membranous or thinly coriaceous, base contracted subcordate, 
giabrous above, minutely glandular, glabrous or slightly hairy beneath ; ‘hairy 
6-10 pair, slender, basal very short; petiole 1-2 in., very slender, sometimes oi d. 
Racemes shorter than the leaves, strict; male fl. in distant clusters, 4; 1n. ML ov rhet 
calyx membranous, nearly glabrous, stamens about 30, anther-cells paral om ower 
distant. Fem. fl. shortly pedicelled ; bracts concave; perianth minute; sty ta eous 
large, recurved, united below. Capsule about à in. diam.; cocci thickly erus d to be 
shortly aculeate. Seeds broadly oblong, smooth.— Wallich's No. 8000 is sai tion of 
from Silhet, but this is an obvious mistake ; the specimens evidently are a portio 
the Penang collection. l 
12. M. floribundus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 187, and in Dc. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 962; leaves long-petioled alternate peltate orbicu ^n ° 
orbicular-ovate acute glaucous beneath base 7-9-nerved, racemes axi ary 
slender, calyx spathaceous, ovary clothed with long soft white tomen a 
spines, capsule 3-dymous glandular and covered with long scattered fer 
slender prickles. M. amentiformis, Muell. Arg. in Flora xlvii. (1864), IL. 
and in DC. l. e. Rottlera floribunda, Hassk. Hort. Bogor. 238 ; E A 
Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 426; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 393. Adisca a. 
bunda, Blume’ Bijd. 610. Mappa floribunda, Zoll. 4 Morr. Verz. 14 
Ricinus Tanarius, Lour. Fl. Coch. 580. 
TENASSERIM ; at Mergui, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 476?). PERAK, King’s oe 
lector. Matacca, G'rifith.—DrisrRiB. Cochin China, Java, Borneo, Celebes, 
Samoa, . 
A tree, 20-30 ft.; branches slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves membranous, quite 
entire, base with tomentose glands in the axils; nerves all slender, cross-nervo o 
distinct, glands beneath scattered ; petiole 2-34 in., very slender. Male spi al 
3-4 in.; flowers crowded, } in. diam ; stamens 40-50, puberulous. Fem. racemé 
elongate. Capsules 3 in. diam.; cocci «topose, thickly crustaceous, pubescent ; styles 
shortly united. 
Ht Female calyx 3-6-partite (un} own in several species). 
a. Leaves 3- rarely 7-9-plinerved at the base. 
13. M. eriocarpus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 185, and in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 959; branchlets and racemes rusty-tomentose, leaves oppos! l- 
elliptie oblong or ovate obtuse base 3-plinerved rounded or subcordate Ses 
lately puberulous above more so and minutely glandular beneath, sp! " 
slender, flowers small clustered, capsule globose 3-coccous clothed with 60 
hairy filaments. Beddome Forester’s Man. 208.  Rottlera eriocarpa, 
Thwaites Enum. 273 (excl. syn. Wight). 
CEYLON; in the hot drier parts of the island, Walker, Thwaites. rves 
A shrub ; branchlets rather slender. Leaves 3-4 in., hardly coriaceous ; "3 in 
3-4 pair above the basal, cross-nervules and reticulations copious ; petiole i m h 
slender. Male fl. conic in bud, j in. long; stamens very numerous, filaments $m 
M ° . 7 3, 
scabrid or hairy, Fem. fl. Ovary surrounded with numerous staminodes; sty les 
very plumose.—I have seen no fem. fl. or fruit. 
