142 CVIII. EUPHORBIACEJE. [ Mallotus. 
Male perianth Pani into 4 lobes. Stamens numerous ; anther-cells 
a aie dorsally by a connective shorter than themselves. F 
nth of 5 im eae. acute segments. Ovary villous, 3-celled. Styles 
tmited at the base, spreading a ‘and bifid, but not lon ae Capsule tri- 
ymous, tomentose, not muricate, above '4 lines diamete 
Queensland. Bikiiglid Bay, Dallachy. 
infloresc Leaves either opposite and unequal i ay air 
nS shortly petiolate, oblong elliptical or ovate- Mie 
obtuse or acuminate, coriaceous and sometimes shining above, covered 
3 to Gin. long, penniveined, and sometimes 3- or 5-nerved at the base, 
the 2 to 4 glands of the upper surface very uncertain or obsolete. 
Flowers sometimes moncecious, but the two sexes in gritos spikes or 
emes, and usually on different A Hn ns, the racemes 1 to 4i 
long in the forks or upper axils, or forming a lonkin panicle. Male 
flowers clustered, the pa ‘arly 1 line long. Filaments short. 
Anther-cells attached to a small connective. Female flowers solitary 
within the bracts, on pid idole at first pm but lengthening to 2 or 
3 lines. Periant h divided nearly to the base into very small segments 
not enlarged basin ki fruit. Styles recurved and closely appressed to 
the ovary, the inner or u ord surface very shortly fringed-papillose. 
Capsule arii, "aliut 4 lines diame ki glabrous except a few of 
the scale-like glands of the rest of the plan 
Queensland. Cape York, W. Hill; boim Bay, Dallachy. 
7. M. repandus, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 197, and in DC. 
Prod. xv. ii. O81. A large tree, the young bra ai inflorescence and 
seat of the leaves softly stellate-tomentose, with longer hairs 
often rmixed. Leaves on rather long petioles, broadly ovate 
rhomboi vidal or almost orbieular, acuminate, entire or obscurely sinuate- 
toothed, 2 to 4 in. bd slightly peltate, $- or rarely 5-nerved at the 
insertion of the petiole, the flat glands of the upper surface obscure OF 
Mercer the minute v glands of the underside almost concealed by the 
mentum, darker and more glabrous above. Flowers dicecious, i 
es o ^ 
Boklesijten and poen m Day, altes hy.—The species is also 
i sns y 
widely spread in tropi ical Asia. e Aust re all males; they 
better with the tomentose ones from the [mn tnd To Peninsula, than with the more - 
glabrous ones from Timor and Nev Caledonia 
