442 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Mallotus. 
Branches terete, pubescent, yellowish. Leaves in distant pairs, 6-10 by 3-5 in., 
very variable in form, thin or the older coriaceous, glabrous above, brown-tomentose 
beneath, with 3-4 pairs of nerves above the long basal and strong distant cross- 
nervules, base minutely peltate cuneate rounded or cordate with 2 or more variously 
disposed minute basal glands above; petiole 2-3 in. Racemes axillary ; male 2- 
3 in. ; expanded flowers } in. diam., buds globose; sepals 3; stamens very numerous, 
filaments free, anther-cells oblong, connective obscure. Fem. racemes 4-5 in. 
slender, fruiting pedicels 3-1 in.; sepals 3; styles (or stigmas) rather short. Capsule 
iim. diam., yellow; cocci globose. Seeds globose, smooth.—Good specimens of this 
are in Rottler’s herbarium from Heyne with his ticket written “ Croton distans sub., 
Trinconom., Zeylon, 1796." Mueller Arg. refers Wallich's 7772 A to it, but not B; 
they are, however, clearly the same species. 
41. M. repandus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 197, and in DC. Prodr. 
xv. ii. 981; tawnily stellately pubescent or tomentose, leaves alternate long- 
petioled triplinerved broadly rhombic-ovate acuminate entire or repand- 
toothed glandular on both surfaces, male racemes often panicled flowers 
large, fem. axillary, capsules didymous stellately tomentose, seeds black. 
Brand. For. Fl.444; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 380; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 361; 
Beddome Forester's Man. 910. Rottlera tricocca, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 829; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl.930. R. rhombifolia, Thwaites Enum.272. R. dioica, 
Baill. Etudes Gen. Euphorb. 423; Wall. Cat. 7826 C/,, D/E, F. R. viscida, 
Blume Bijd. 608. R. scabrifolia, A. Juss. Tent. Euphorb. iii. t. 9, f. 29 B; 
Reichb. f. & Zoll. in Linnea xxviii. 319. R. trinervis, Zipp. in Linnea xv. 
348. R. ? cordifolia, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 307. RB. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 
7818 D in part. Croton repandus, Willd. in Neue Schrift. Naturf. 
Freund. Berlin iv. 206. C. rhombifolius, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 555. C. lacci- 
ferus & bacciferus, Wall. Cat. 7774, 7826 A, B, C, D. 
Throughout India, from the TRoPICAL HiMALAYA in Bhotan to Assam and south- 
wards to TRAVANCORE and CEYLON in the west, and to PENANG and PERAK in the 
east.—DISTRIB. China, Malay Islands, New Caledonia. 
A large scandent shrub or tree, trunk sometimes 60-80 ft. long; branchlets 
woody, scurfily tomentose. Leaves 2-3 in., rarely with 2-3 lateral lobes, smooth or 
scaberulously stellate above, often softly tomentose beneath, base cuneate, nerves 
3 pair above the long basal; petiole 1-2 in. Male panicles sometimes 5-6 in. long ; 
flowers rather long pedicelled, i-i In. diam.; sepals ovate, glandular; stamens 50- 
60, anther-cells oblong; connective inconspicuous. Fem. racemes simple or branched ; 
sepals as in the male; ovary tomentose, always-2-celled ; style 0; stigmas plumose. 
Capsule X in. across the two globose glandular carpels; cocci crustaceous thin, epicarp 
not separating. Seeds opaque, subglobose. 
42. M. philippinensis, Muell, Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 196, and in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 981; branchlets and young leaves and inflorescence rusty oF 
tawny pubescent, leaves alternate petioled triple-nerved ovate to ovate- or 
obovate-oblong or -lanceolate acuminate entire or sinuate-toothed, glabrous 
above, beneath subglaucous puberulous and covered with scarlet. glands, 
spikes terminal solitary or panicled, ovary with crimson glands, stigmas * 
sessile, capsules tridymous unarmed pulverulent, seeds black. Brand. For. 
FI. 444; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 881; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 361; Beddome 
Fl. Sylvat. t. 989; Bentl, & Trim. Med. Pl. iv. t. 236.  Rottlera tinctorih 
Roxb. Cor. Pl. ii. 36, t. 168, and FI. Ind. iii. 827; Wall. Cat. 832; Groy 
Cat. Bomb. Pl. 184; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 230; A. Juss. Tent. Euphor®- 
83; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 307; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 454. R. sare 
tiaca, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. 270. R. affinis, Hassk. in Flora pn 
Beibl. ii. 4l. R. montana & mollis, Wall. Cat. 7833 and 7839. Croton p 4 
lippensis, Lamk. Encycl. ii. 208. C. punctatus, Retz. Obs. v. 30. C. coc 
