Mallotus. Ißl 



membranaceus, trinervius, basi biglandulosus, supra demurn scaberulus, opacus subtus 

 et supra molliter pubescens et inter pilos stellatos glandulis minutis, sessilibus aureis 

 obsitus; costae cum venis subtus prominentes, praeter basales utrinque 4- 5. Spieae 

 g? 3 — 7 cm attingentes, axillares, basi nudae, interrupto-glomeruliilorae, pubescentes; 

 bracteae exiguae, pluriflorae; racemi Q quam q 1 breviores et firmiores, utriusque sexus 

 axillares. Alabastra cf conico-ovoidea, brevissime pedicellata, extus et intus pubescentia" 

 stamina 40 — 50; filamenta libera, glabra (ex Müller et Hooker villosa, ; discus intra- 

 staminalis depresso-conicus. Sepala Q 3, tomentosa, lanceolata, acuta, demum reflexa 

 3 mm longa. Capsula tridyma, dense tomentosa, laevis. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Malakka, Penang (King's Collector n. i 6(3 4 !, 

 Porter, Wallich n. 7828'.). 



Ceylon (Thwaites n. 2112!, Walker). 



Nota. Mallotus eriocarpus et Coelodiscus montanus sensu cl. Müller Arg. et Hooker f. 

 specifice non differunt. 



22. M. distans Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 194; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 976; Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 441. — Frutex; ramuli teretes, fulvo- 

 stellato-pubescentes. Folia opposita; petiolus 5 — 7' /2 cm longus, fulvo- pubescens; 

 limbus 15 — 25 cm longus, 7 ! / 2 — ' 3 cm latus, ovatus vel orbiculari-ovatus vel oblongus, 

 acuminatus, basi minutissime peltatus, rotundatus vel cordalus, integer vel obscure 

 denticulatus, subtus minute aureo-granuloso-glandulosus, demum subcoriaceus, supra 

 glaber, subtus fulvo-pubescens, basi minute maculari-2 — pluriglandulosus, longe 3-nervius; 

 costae secundariae praeter basales utrinque 3 — 4. Inflorescentiae axillares, pauciflorae, 

 fulvo-pubescentes, tf 5 — 7 cm, Q 10 — 12 cm longae, graciles, 2 — 5-flori; pedicelli 

 fructigeri 4 Y2 — < Z 1 ,2 cm attingentes. Sepala rf 3; stamina numerosa. Sepala C 3 — 4, 

 oblonga; ovarium tomentosum, punctato-glandulosum ; styli 5, abbreviali, papillosi. 

 Capsula tridyma, 1 cm fere lata, dense stellato-fulvo-tomentosa, inermis. Semina glo- 

 bosa, laevia. 



Hindostanische Provinz: Südl. Dekan (Heyne). 



Provinz des westl. Gebirgslandes der Malabarküste: Travancore (Wiglit) ; 

 Tinnevelly Hills (Beddome). 

 Ceylon (Heyne). 



23. M. deeipiens Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 194; in DC. Prodr. XV. 

 2. (1866) 977; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 434. — Coelodiscus criocarpoides 

 Kurz, Forest Fl. II. (1877) 381. — Frutex. Folia opposita, in quoque nodo inaequi- 

 magna; petiolus 5 — 15 mm longus; limbus foliorum majorum 12 — 25 ein longus, 5 — 

 12 cm latus, lanceolato-obovatus vel rhombeo-ovatus vel ovatus, obluse caudatus, basi 

 rotundatus, superne grosse obtuse dentatus, basi supra maculari-2 — 4-glandulosus, 

 subtus glandulis ceraeeis minutissimis, flavidis adspersus, supra glaber, suhl us pubescens 

 vel glabrescens, subcoriaceus, breviter trinervius; costae secundariae praeter basales 

 utrinque 6 — 8; stipulae oblongae, pubescentes. Spieae rf 7 — I 5 cm longae; bracteae 

 minutae; florcs subsessiles; racemi Q robustiores ; pedicelli ci-,is<i, birsuti, brevissimi. 

 Sepala tf 3, ovato-lanceolata; stamina 20 — 40; connectivum anguslum; disci intra- 

 staminalis glandula unica, columnaris, minuta, saepe deüciens. Sepala ( _ i — 4. tri- 

 angulari-ovata, acuminata, membranacea: ovarium hirsutum, tuberculatum; styli valide 

 pluinosi. Capsula tridyma, pubescens, glandulosa, sparse tuberculata, 8 nun lata. 



Nordwestmalayische Provinz: Birma, Attran (Wallich); Mouhnein I'arish. 



2 4. M. hirsutulus (Kurz) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Coelodiscus Itirsutulus Kur/ in 

 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XLII. (1873) 243; Forest Fl. II. (IS7T 393; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 426. — M. lowjipcs Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. 1 865) 193; 

 in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 969. — Frutex; ramuli compressi, apice cum petiolis 

 10 — 25 cm longis, validis pilis simplieibus et substellato-fasciculatis, irriseis pubescentes. 

 Folia opposita; limbus 12 — 14 cm lonus et latus, orbicularis , brevissime et obtuse 

 acutatus, basi cordatus, subobsolete maculatus, subinteger, charlaceus, supra subfusco- 

 nigricans, hirtello-puberulus, 5 — 7-nervius, subtus prominenter et valide reticulatus, in 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. fEmbryophyta siphonogama) 147. VII. 4 | 



