Mallotus.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 435 
times rounded, base rounded ; nerves 4—7 pair above the basal, cross-nervules distinct 
reticulations obscure; petiole 13-2 in., slender. Racemes longer than the leaves; 
bracts ovate; male fl. 44; in. diam.; calyx membranous, nearly glabrous; stamens 
about 30.—Fem. fl. and fruit unknown,—Mueller’s M. eriocarpoides is founded on 
young leaves of Wallichianus. 
20. M. leptostachyus, Hook. f.; branches very slender and petioles 
leaves beneath and inflorescence softly tomentose, leaves alternate or upper- 
most pair opposite thin triplinerved elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 
glandular beneath, base acute, male spikes terminal very long interrupted, 
flowers globose capitellate. 
ayog, SEED, King’s Island in the Mergui Archipelago, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 
Branchlets terete, scurfily tomentose with long hairs intermixed. Leaves 4-10 by 
2-3} in., almost membranous, pale greenish brown when dry, glabrous above except 
on the midrib, nerves 4-6 pair above the basal, slender and as well as the cross- 
nervules raised and hairy; glands minute, scattered, yellow; petiole of upper leaves 
short, of lower 1-2} in.; stipules lanceolate, tomentose. Spike 6-12 in., slender ; 
bracts shorter than the globose flowers, which are sessile and ṣọ in. diam. Calyx 
unequally 3-partite, segments broad glabrous within, Stamens about 80, anther-cells 
subglobose, separated widely by the truncate connective.—Fem. fl. and fruit un- 
nown, 
. 9l. M. Clellandii, Hook. f.; branchlets petioles leaves beneath and 
inflorescence stellately tomentose, leaves opposite long-petioled triple-nerved 
linear-oblong from a cordate base obtuse strongly nerved and reticulated 
ut eglandular beneath, male spikes short axillary, bracts subulate, flowers 
globose, calyx splitting irregularly, stamens very numerous, anther-cells 
oblong adnate to the truncate connective. 
Prev; at Rangoon, M*Clelland. 
ranches terete, smooth. Leaves 3-5 in., firm but not coriaceous, dark brown 
M en dry, paler and sparsely pubescent beneath, glabrous except when young and on 
e midrib above, nerves 3.4 pair above the basal, cross-nervules and reticulations 
much. raised beneath ; petiole 3-2 in.; stipules subulate, tomentose. Male spikes 
~1} in, ; flowers globose, } in. diam., densely tomentose. 
22. M. filiformis, Zook. f: ; branchlets slender and petioles stellately 
pubescent or glabrate, leaves opposite and subopposite rather membranous 
Penninerved elliptic or elliptic-oblong obtusely caudate base rounded or 
cuneate usually 2-glandular above, beneath eglandular but minutely, pel- 
uci “punctate, male racemes very longand slender pubescent, bracts minute 
*taceous much shorter than the globose pubescent buds. 
TENAssERTM, Helfer (Kew Distrib. 4732), Griffith. 
green caches slender, woody ; branchlets compressed. L d forming intra- 
Marging) dry, thin, nerves 7-10 pair very prominent beneath an on E ander 
; QE nal Strong arches, base above eglandular; petiole 4-1} ìn., rather s ll 
e racemes axillary and subterminal, 4-6 in.; flowers in rather distant sma 
v SS buds about i. in, diam. ; stamens sparsely pubescent and glandular 3 sepals 
compen nay ovate ; stamens very numerous, small ; anther-cells globose vehe bracts 
"T 've.—This closely resembles M. bracteatus in habit and foliage, bu 
Owers are quite different, 
i puberulus, H ioles leaf-nerves beneath 
. ook. f.; branches petioles ieai-nerves 
an „poemes puberulous, leaves m ibranons alternate long-petioled caudate: 
eeply ae Sinuate-toothed minutely glandular beneath, base contracte 
buds cordate 7-9-plinerved, male racemes slender, clusters many-fid., 
8 Ovoid nearly glabrous, 
eaves 4-7 in., dull brownish 
