19. Mallotus. ] 22. JSUPHOJRBIACE^J. [20. Macabakga. 



Santa! P., in ravines, rare. Fl. May. Fr. Sept. 



L. stellately-hairy and with yellow glancta both aides, densely so 

 beneath, above also simply pubescent (or, vide Prain. only simply 

 pubescent) Petioles 1^-4". Stipules linear \ v , M. sep. 2-5, Capsule densely 

 echinate and glandular. 



2. M. philippinensis, Muell. Gara Sinduri, E*.; Rora, 

 8. ; Rori, Kharw.; Kamala, II. ; Daosindra, Mai. 



A tree 20-30 ft. branched low, with ovate or rhomboid 

 acute or acuminate leaves covered beneath when young with 

 a greenish-yellow glandular pubescence (as are the shoots) 

 and permanently with small red glands. M. fl. clustered in 

 racemes 6-10" long, F. racemes 2-3" long. Capsule densely 

 covered with red glands. 



Common throughout the area, in valleys. Fl. Oct. -Nov. Fr. Feby.- 

 March. 



L. attain 9'' by 5". Sec. n. 3-4 prs. above basal. Petiole 2-3|". Calyx 

 4-fid. in both sexes. 



The red glands from the capsule yield the Kamela dye. 



3. M. repandus, Muell. 



Sub-scandent with tomentose branches, ovate or cordate 

 acute leaves 2\" by 'jl" to 3" by 2 J", softly stellate-pubescent and 

 closely covered with glands beneath. 



Dalbhum, Gamble ! S. P., foot of Eajmehal hills in the Gangetic valley. 

 fi.Jany.-Feby. 



L. with 2-3 prs. of sec. n. above the 3-nerved base, nervules often 

 ending in minute teeth. Petiole 1". M. fl. yellow, calyx 3-5-fid. F. 

 green, sep. linear caducous. Ovary 2-lobed. Stigmas plumose sessile. 



30. Macaranga, Thouars. 



A genus with most of the characters of Mallotus, and 

 somewhat artificially separated therefrom by the anthers, 

 which are usually said to be 3-4-locellate. The anthers 

 are variable, in some species they are very distinct, opening by 

 4 valves like the 4-valvate sepals of a flower ; usually they 

 have 3-4 2-valved terminal cells, but in M. indica there are 



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