Mallotus. 155 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Birma, Phaungbyin, Ober-Chindwin (Meebold 

 n. 7845!). 



12. M. claoxyloides (F. Müll.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 192; in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 972; Benth. et F.Müll. Fl. austr. VI. (1873) 140 ex parte. — 

 Rottlera affinis Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 424, t. 19, f. 29 — 31?. — Echino- 

 croton claoxyloides F. Müll. Fragra. I. (1858) 32. — Echinus claoxyloides Baill. Adan- 

 sonia VI. (1866) 315 ex parte. — Frutex vel arbor; ramuli leviter compressi, stellato- 

 puberuli, mox glabrati. Folia opposita, in quoque nodo inaequimagna; petiolus 1 — 3 cm 

 longus, tomentosus; limbus 8 — 12 cm longus, 4 — 5 cm latus, ovatus vel obovato- 

 oblongus, acuminatus, basi rotundatus, repando-denticulalus vel sinuato-dentatus vel sub- 

 integer, chartaceus, evolutus supra glabratus, albido-puncticulatus, subtus parce stellato- 

 pilosus et parce flavido-granuloso-glandulosus, basi supra minute maculari-biglandulosus, 

 breviter 3-nervius, utraque pagina dense reticulato-venosus ; costae secundariae praeter 

 basales utrinque 4 — 6; stipulae e basi lata subulatae. Spicae q 1 ± 1 y 2 — 2 cm longae, 

 longe pedunculatae, juveniles apice subcapitatae, Q pedunculo 6 — 1 8 mm longo suf- 

 fultae, umbellatim 3 — 4-florae; rhachis sublepidoto-stellato-pilosa ; bracteae <$ 4 mm 

 longae, lineari-subulatae, 7-florae, Q uniflorae, lineares, acuminatae, 3 mm longae. 

 Sepala (j* 4, elliptica, 3 — 4 mm longa, apice cucullata, extus tomentosa; stamina 

 51 — 54; connectivum valde dilatatum; receptaculum centrale nulluni vel parvum. Sepala 

 Q 3, acuta, reflexa, 4 mm longa; ovarium dense echinatum; styli 3, fere 4 mm 

 longi, basi breviter connati, breviter papillosi. 



Ostaustralien; Queensland und Neu-Südwales: Brisbane River (Dietrich!). 

 Nota 1. Specimina alia praeter examinata non vidimus. 



Nota 2. M. claoxyloides var. flcifoliics Baill. species propria videtur; var. cordatus Baill. 

 1. c. 315 et var. macrophyllus Benth. et F. Müll. 1. c. nobis ignoti sunt. 



13. M. lappaceus Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 957. — Coelodiscus 

 lappaceus Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 393; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 425; Forb. 

 et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI. (1894) 438. — Groton laetus Wall. Cat. 7738 

 (nomen). — Rottlera lappacea Wall. Cat. 7845 (nomen). — Frutex; ramuli superne 

 compresso-angulosi, pulveraceo-tomentelli. Petiolus 1 — 3 1 / 2 cm longus, tomentosus; 

 limbus 8 — 14 cm longus, 5 — 9 cm latus, ovatus, acutus vel acuminatus, basi obtusus, 

 haud peltatus, sinuato-dentatus, supra scaberulus, stellato-hirto-tomentellus, subtus pilis 

 stellatis dense tomentosus, non granuloso-glandulosus, membranaceus, basi 3-nervius; 

 costae cum venis subtus prominentes; stipulae 6 — 8 mm longae, lanceolatae, subulatae. 

 Spicae axillares, q^ 2 — 5 cm longae, basi nudae, pedunculo 1—2 cm longo suffultae; 

 bracteae lineares, elongatae, 3 — 5-florae; spicae Q breves, compactiflorae. Sepala (j 1 

 3 — 5, ovata, acuta, apice cucullata, tomentosa; stamina circ. 120; filamenta pilosa; 

 connectivum latum, non productum ; receptaculum centrale nudum, planum, concavum, 

 margine leviter crenulatum. Capsula sessilis, densiuscule longe echinata, aculeis mol- 

 libus, dense fasciculato-piligeris vestita, absque aculeis 4 — 10 mm longis 12 mm lata. 

 Semina 5 mm longa, subglobosa, laevigata, spurie arillata. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Burma, Segain, Yenanghur, Minbu (Wallich 

 n. 7738, 7845, Griffith n. 4745!, Shaik Mokim n. 177!). Vielleicht auch in Yünnan. 



14. M. cuneatus Bidley in Journ. Str. Branch. R. Asiat. Soc. LIX. (1911) 181. — 

 Ramuli rubro-brunnei, apice compressi, scabridi. Folia opposita, in quoque nodo in- 

 aequimagna; limbus obovatus vel subrhombeus, acuminatus, irregulariter dentatus, basi 

 cuneatus, membranaceus, basi trinervius, supra glaber et prope basin mäculari-2-glan- 

 dulosus, subtus praesertim secus nervum medium pubescens, folii majoris 17 — 18 cm 

 longus, 10 cm latus, folii minoris duplo minor. Racemi axillares, valde graciles, 

 pubescentes, (jf 12y 2 cm longi, Q l 1 / 2 cm attingentes; bracteae tf ovatae, acumi- 

 natae, 3 — 4-florae. Sepala q? 3, ovata, acuta, pubescentia; stamina numerosa. Calyx 

 Q maris; ovarium griseo-vestitum ; styli basi connati, plumosi. Capsula triloba, 6 mm 

 lata, stellato- pilosa, echinata, granuloso-glandulosa, breviter stipitata. Semina sub- 

 globosa, atro-brunnea, laevia. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Siam, Perlis, Bukit Lagi (Ridley n. 15 190). 



