438 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Mallotus. 
Seeds globose, smooth, polished.— Very near M. muricatus, but the shoots and spikes 
are pubescent and far more glandular, and the male buds narrower. 
29. ME. Lawii, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 192, and in DC. Prodr. 
xv. li. 975; branchlets petioles and inflorescence pubescent, leaves opposite 
shortly petioled elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate obtusely acuminate penui- 
nerved nerves 5-6 pair entire or repand-toothed minutely glandular beneath, 
racemes very slender few-fld., fem. 1-3 fld., capsules tomentose glandular and 
densely clothed with long villous filaments; styles sessile. Beddome 
Foresters Man. 209. M. aureo-punctatus, Muell. Arg. in DC. l.c. 973; 
Beddome Foresters Man. 909. Rottlera aureo-punctata, Dalz. in Hook. 
Journ. Bot. iii. (1851) 122; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 230. 
The Concan and Canara, Law, Stocks, &c. COCHIN, Johnstone. 
Branches terete, branchlets much compressed, finely pubescent, Leaves 4-8 by 
13-3} in., rather coriaceous, pale when dry, young thin shining above and 
glabrous, midrib and rather slender nerves puberulous beneath, base acute obtuse or 
rounded; petiole 1-2 in.; stipules lanceolate, villous. Male racemes shorter than 
the leaves; bracts small; flowers few, solitary or in distant clusters, sessile or 
pedicelled, 1 in. diam. when expanded, buds globose; sepals 3-4, broad, villous ; 
stamens about 50, anther-cells short, separated throughout by the broad truncate 
connective. Fem. subspathaceous, splitting into 4-6 lanceolate, unequal, villous 
segments, Capsule 3 in. diam., 3-4-coccous; styles 3-4, appressed to the fruit, 
plumose, Seeds subglobose, smooth, polished. 
. 30. M. Beddomei, Hook. f; glabrous except the branchlets and 
inflorescence, leaves opposite short- or long-petioled penninerved ovate or 
oblong obtusely caudate-acuminate entire or subentire minutely glandular 
beneath, nerves 6—8-pair, racemes very slender, male pedicels as long as the 
ellipsoid acute buds, fem. buds linear-oblong, ovary echinate, style distinct, 
capsule tridymous glandular stellately pubescent and clothed with long soft 
spines. M. muricatus, Beddome Forester’s Man. 209 in part. 
TRAVANCORE, at Courtallam, Wight; Anamallay Hills, alt. 4000 ft., Beddome. 
Branches smooth, terete, branchlets compressed. Leaves 5-7 in., thinly coria- 
ceous, not at all rhombic, base rounded or obtuse; nerves arched and cross-nervules 
strong beneath; petiole 4-2 in.; stipules ovate-lanceolate, pubescent. Male 
racemes 2-5 iu., lax-flowered; bracts very short, obtuse; buds 4l in. ; sepals 3, 
membranous, glabrous or puberulous ; stamens about 25, anthers large, cells separated 
by a very narrow connective. Fem. racemes few- and distant-flowered ; sepals 6, 
free or some connate, } in. long, lanceolate, membranous. Capsule } in. diam. 
—Differs from Walkere in the oblong or ovate leaves with no trace of being 
rhombic, small bracts, and stella 
1 ) À tely tomentose larger fruit. Beddome no doubt 
includes this under his muricatus. 
31. M. khasianus, Hook. f.; glabrous except the tomentose 1m- 
florescence, leaves opposite shortly petioled penninerved elliptic-ovate -oblong 
or -lanceolate entire or sinuate-toothed caudate-acuminate eglandular 
beneath, base rounded or broadly cuneate, male racemes many-fld. buds 
globose, fem. long slender, capsules long-pedicelled tridymous pubescent and 
clothed with slender prickles. Claoxylon No. 10, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T 
KnastA Mrs., Griffith; near Churra, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. 
A small tree; branchlets woody, tips and young petioles stellately pubescent. 
Leaves 4-10 by 2-31 in., thinly coriaceous, pale when dry and alike on both surfaces, 
base with 2-3 glands above; nerves 6-9 pair, slender, cross-nervules distant faint; 
petiole 1-3. in., rarely more ; stipules triangular-lanceolate. Male racemes 3-6 M., 
sessile, seurfily stellately-tomentose ; bracts very short and broad ; flowers clustered, 
sessile and shortly pedicelled,.} in diam. ; calyx tomentose, unequally 3-cleft ; stamens 
