Mallotus.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 441 
obovate obtuse or acute entire minutely glandular beneath, racemes slender 
shorter or longer than the leaves, ovary 2-celled rusty-pubescent and scaly, 
styles sessile. Beddome Forester’s Man. 210. Croton atrovirens, Herb. 
Madr., and C. coccineus, Wall. Cat. 7771. 
Deccan PENINSULA; from Cochin, Johnstone, to Travancore, Heyne, Beddome. 
Branchlets glabrous, except the rusty-pubescent tips, Leaves 3-5 in., brown 
when dry, especially beneath, nerves 5-7 pair above the rather short basal, cross- 
nervules faint; petiole 4-1 in. Racemes 3-6 in., simple; flowers rather long- 
pedicelled ; bracts minute; male fl. about 444 in. diam., buds globose; sepals 
membranous, sparsely glandular. Fem. racemes shorter; pedicels as long as the 4-5 
ovate unequal acute scurfy sepals. Fruit unknown. 
38. M. fuscescens, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 195, and in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 978; glabrous except the glandular rusty-pubescent inflo- 
rescence, leaves opposite petioled elliptic elliptic-oblong or obovate acute or 
obtusely acuminate very minutely glandular beneath penni- and obscurely 
triple-nerved, base subacute, racemes shorter than the leaves, ovary 3-celled 
glabrous glandular, style very short, capsule tridymous unarmed glandular. 
eddome Forester's Man. 210. Rottlera fuscescens, Thwaites Enum. 273. 
CEYLON; not uncommon up to 2000 ft., Walker, &c. b 
A small tree ; branches smooth, terete ; branchlets slender, compressed, gla both 
Leaves 3-5 by 13-21 in., thinly coriaceous, sometimes shining on the upper or ot ! 
surfaces, brown when dry, paler beneath, base obscurely 2-glandular, rarely rounded ; 
nerves 5-6 pair, arched; petiole 1-1 in. Male racemes 2-3 in., subsessile, flowers 
è in. diam. ; buds ovoid, acute; pedicels as long as the calyx; sepals 4, unequal ; 
stamens 20-40, anther-cells not separated at the top by a truncate connective. 
Fem. racemes stout, about as long as the males; flowers } in. diam. ; calyx 3-5-cleft, 
acute. Ovary densely glandular, styles 3-4 short. Capsule about } in. diam, ; cocci 
subglobose, 
39. M. leucodermis, Hook. f. ; glabrous except the racemes, branches 
woody bark white, leaves ‘alternate long-petioled triple-nerved elliptic or 
obovate entire minutely glandular beneath, racemes elongate, capsule tri- 
dymous unarmed smooth. 
Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1433). . 
Upper branches. sometimes as thick a swan's quill, very white. iih 
10 in. by 3-5 in., more or less coriaceous, brown beneath, base rounded 2-3-glandu né 
nerves 5-6 pair above the basal, which extend beyond the middle, cli " 
strong beneath ; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes axillary and from the naked branc te! 
stellately pubescent, males 4-6 in. slender, fem. longer in fruit; bracts Miam 
Male f. nearly ł in. diam., clustered ; pedicels slender; buds large, 4 in. ne 
globose ; sepals 4, broad, membranous, glandular, glabrous; stamens 40-50, an A ; 
cells oblong, globose, almost connate with a very narrow connective or separate X 
a broader one, Capsules on stout pedicels 1-1} in. long, about 1 in. dian bose 
Tounded, rather woody, epicarp not separating. Seeds j-j in. diam., subgiobose, 
Smooth, polished, brownish. 
40. M. distans, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 194, and in DC. Prod, . 
Xv. ll 976; branches petioles leaves beneath and inflorescence semn y 
stellate-tomentose, leaves opposite long-petioled triplinerved ovate orbicula I 
Ovate or oblong acuminate entire or obscurely sinuate eglandular beneat b 
racemes few-fid., males short, fem. elongate in fruit, ovary tomentose, styles », 
Capsule tridymous unarmed densely stellate-tomentose. Beddome Forester's 
Man, 209. 
Sournern Deccan, Heyne; Travancore, Wight; Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome 
CEYLON, Heyne d d 
