1296 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IV, Arr 68 
MALLOTUS Lour. 
Mallotus anisophylla Hook. 
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Field-note:—An erect sparingly branched shrub; stems 
usually few from the same root cluster, 1 inch thick, 6 feet high, t 
terete; wood closely grained, white, odorless and tasteless; bark 
smooth, grayish green, relatively thin; branchlets few, more 
or less recurved ; leaves imparipinnate, diverse in size, chartaceous, 
paler green beneath, flat or only the apex recurved; male spikes 
erect from the leaf axils, green, the bract tips brown, the calyx 
and stamens pale sulphureus; the pistillate flowers on different 
plants, similarly disposed, their calyx and ovary green, the 3 
large stigmatic forks nearly citrinus. 
Represented by number 12817, Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 
Rather freely scattered in dry more or less fertile soil of | 
shruberries bordering grass fields. 
Mallotus philippinensis Muell. Arg. : + 
Field-note for 12657:—Erect tree; stem 10 inches thick, 
wadded toward the base, 30 feet high, branched from above 
the middle; wood slightly bitter, quite hard, odorless, whitish; 
bark mottled, smooth, deep reddish brown except the epidermis 
and pale inner side; branches grayish white, numerously and 
crookedly rebranched, forming a dense crown; the apical portion 
of the twigs erect and yellowish brown scurfy; leaves horizontal, 
flat, chartaceous, deep green above, much lighter green beneath, 
the veins yellowish green; inflorescence also yellowish green, 
terminal, erect, the spikes fascicled from the uppermost leaf 
axils; flowers odorless, caducous, more yellow, the perianth 
segments reflexed in anthesis. 
. Represented by number 12657, Elmer, Brooks Point (Addi- 
son Peak), Palawan, February, 1911; also number 13049 from 
Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, May, 1911. 
This was collected in good soil of densely wooded flats near i 
the coast, the last number upon rocky banks of the Iwahig river f 
at 500 feet. The Tagbanua or native name is “Tutula.” 
