SCO EUPHOKBTACE^J. [Trewtn. 



Pilari, Mur. ; Katknmlla, Kan.; Hruprukban, Mugh ; Thitmycke^ye-myot, 

 Barm. 



A deciduous tree. Bark smooth, grey. Wood white, soft, not dur- 

 able. Pores mode rate- sized, subdivided and often elongated, the trans- 

 verse diameter several times greater than the distance between the closely 

 packed uniform, fine medullary rays. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 3,000 feet, Bengal, 

 Burma, South India. 



Weight, 28 to 29 Ibs. Used for native drums and agricultural implements. Recog- 

 nised by its opposite leaves, which resemble those of Gmelina arborea. 



Ibs. 



E 2468. Calcutta 29 



B 311. Burma (1867) . . . 28 



14. MALLOTUS, Loureiro. 



A genus of trees or shrubs with large, often peltate, leaves. Most of them are of 

 no importance, and only a few are common. The following list is taken from the 

 Prodromus, from Dr. Miiller's Monograph, wherein 22 Indian species are described : 



SECTION I. BLUMEODENDEON. 

 M. Tokbrai, Mill. Arg. (B. Tokbrai, Kurz ii. 391) . Andamans. 



SECTION II. ROTTLEBOISIS. 

 M. lappaceus, Miill. Arg. ..... Burma. 



SECTION III. MELANOLEPIS. 



M. barbatus, Miill. Arg Western Ghats, Burma. 



M. moJuccanus, Miill. Arg. Beddome ccviii. (Ricinus 



dicoccus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 690) . . . North Arcot. 



OECTION IV. EUMALLOTUS. 



M. Roxlurgliianus, Miill. Arg Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, 



turma. 



M. ricinoides, Miill. Arg. . . . . . Tenasserim. 



M. oreophilus, Miill. Arg Sikkim, Khasia. 



]\f. nepalensis, Miill. Arg. ..... Nepal. 



M. albus, Miill. Arg. . .... Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, 



South India. 



M, paniculatus, Miill. Arg. ..... Burma. 



M. acuminatus, Miill. Arg. ..... Andamans. 



M. Helferi, Miill. Arg. ...... Sikkim, Burma, Anda- 



nians. 



M. muricatus, Miill. Arg. Western Ghats, Anda- 

 mans. 



M. stenanthus, Miill. Arg Bombay Ghats. 



M. aureo-punctatua, Miill. Arg Western Ghats. 



M. Lawii, Miill. Arg West Coast. 



M. distans, Miill. Arg. ...... Tinnevelly. 



JUT. decipiens, Miill. Arg. ...... Tenasserim. 



M. atrovirens, Miill. Arg. ..... Tinnevrlly. 



M. rhamnifolius, Miill. Arg. ..... South India. 



M. philippinensis, Miill. Arg All India. 



M. repanduK, M iill Avg. (Bottlera dtcocca, Roxb. Fl. 



Ind. iii. 829) Eastern Bengal, South 



India, Burma. 



