440 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACE&. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mallotus. 
B. Capsules smooth. Leaves triple-nerved in all. (See also the species 
mentioned under A.) 
35. M. penangensis, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 186, and in DC 
Prodr. xv. ii. 961; quite glabrous, leaves opposite coriaceous penninerves 
jointed at the petiole oblong-lanceolate polished cuspidate quite entire 
eglandular beneath base acute, male spikes short puberulous, fem. laxly 
clothed with long spreading hairs, styles free slender, capsules 3-dymous 
villous and bristly. Antidesm.?, Wall. Cat. 8576.—Euphorb., Wall. Cat. 
9092. 
PrwawG, Porter, Curtis. Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1444). PERAK, 
King's Collector. shed 
Branches woody. Leaves 4-6 by 13-23 in., brown when dry and usually polishe 
above, base acute, obscurely glandular beneath with 6-10 pairs of strong nerves 
besides a very obscure basal pair that are very short aud close to the margin, Cross- 
nervules obscure; petiole 1-14 in., slender. Male racemes 1-2 in., rather stout ; 
bracts short, triangular, acute; buds globose, j; in. diam., puberulous ; stamens 
about 50, connective broad glandular. Fem. racemes remarkable for the white hairs 
è in. long on the slender rachis and on the rigid bristle-like spines of the fruit. 
Sepals 6, lanceolate. Capsule } in. diam., 3-lobed, villous between the spines; 
styles connate at the base.— The Malaccan specimens have more nerves than the 
Penang. 
36. M. rhamnifolius, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 196, and in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 979; branchlets petioles and inflorescence finely pubescent or 
tomentose, leaves opposite and alternate oblong or oblong-lanceolate acum) 
nate beneath minutely glandular strongly triple-nerved and reticulate, baso 
2-glandular rounded or subacute, male spikes equalling or exceeding we 
leaves, flowers clustered globose, capsules small tridymous unarmed stellata 7 
tomentose. Croton rhamnifolius, Willd. in Nov. Act. Nat Cur. . 
micranthus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea l. c. 191, and in DO. L. c. 971; Beddomé 
Forester’s Man. 209. M. zeylanieus, Muell. Arg. in Linneea l. c. 195, an 
in DC. l. c. 977; Beddome 1; c. 210. Rottlera oppositifolia, Thwaites Enum 
273 (eacl. syn.). A. nervosus, Rott/. & Willd. in Neue Schrift. Gesellsch. 
Naturf. Freund. Berl. (1803) iv. 190. C. reticulatus, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 
545; Wall. Cat. 7724 A. 
Deccan PENINSULA; Trincomalee, Heyne; Courtallam, Wight. CEYLON; 
common up to 2000 ft., Moon, Gardner, &c. . tire 
A tree ; branches terete, smooth. Leaves 3-6 in., firm, but not coriaceous, en th 
or obscurely toothed, red brown when dry, subglaucous and puberulous bener ad 
glands very minute, two basal often obscure; nerves 4-5 pair above the basal an , 
cross-nervules all strong and raised beneath; petiole j-3 in. Male spikes M^ PN 
bracts minute; flowers globose, } in. diam. ; calyx 4-partite; stamens "" 
anther-cells subglobose, separated by a thick truncate connective. Fem. AP ias 
long, many.fld. twice or thrice as long as the leaves ; calyx 2-3-partite; stig ale 
short, thick.—I have seen no fem. fl. or fruit. Wight's specimens are in e 
fl., and have leaves rather glaucous and puberulous beneath ; the Trincomalee both 
is so named by Heyne in Rottler's Herb. In Wall. Cat., Herb. Heyne is cited lius 
under this and M. atrovirens. The citation of ** Nov. Act." for Crot. rhamnifo 
is from the Neue Schrift., and is not verifiable. d, nerves 
Var. ? ovatifolia ; leaves much smaller ovate acuminate base broad rounded, n 
2-3 pairs above the basal.—Ceylon ; at Balangoda, Thwaites (C.P. 196). 
] in DC. 
37. M. atrovirens, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 195, and io a 
Prodr. xv. ii. 978; glabrous except the sparsely pubescent raceme: tic oF 
rather shortly petioled alternate triple-nerved at the acute base elip 
