Mallotus. 205 



gato-obovato-oblöngus, obtusus, basi obtusus vel subacutus et supra biglandulosus penni- 

 nervius, reticulato-venosus; costae secundariae utrinque 10 — 12, subtus valide promi- 

 nentes. Racemi Q 8Yj — 8 cm lon gi? validi; flores breviter et valide pedicellati. Sepala 5, 

 ovata, subacuta; discus annularis, villosus; ovarium ovoideum, 3 — 4-loculare in stylum 

 brevem, crassum contractum, dense longiuscule rigide pilosum ; Stigmata 3, recurva. 

 Fructus indehiscens, 4 — 5 cm diametiens, globosus, dense et longe molliter echinatus. 

 Semina lata, 2 cm longa, a dorso compressa, suborbicularia; testa laevis, crustacea 

 ex Maingay arillata. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Perak (King's Collector). Malakka (Grif- 

 fith, Maingay). 



Nota. Certissime non Malloti species; jam cl. autor plantam pro specie dubia generis 

 habuit. 



97. M. Clellandii Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 435. — Ramuli teretes, stel- 

 lato-tomentosi. Folia opposita; petiolus 1 y 2 — 5 cm longus, tomentosus; limbus 1 X U — 

 1 3 cm longus, e basi cordata lineari-oblongus, obtusus, chartaceus, trinervius, reticulato- 

 venosus, subtus stellato-tomentosus, subtus eglandulosus ; stipulae subulatae. Spicae q? 

 axillares, 15 — 40 mm longae, stellato-tomentosae ; bracteae subulatae. Alabastra q? 

 dense tomentosa, globosa; stamina valde numerosa; connectivum truncatum. Flores Q 

 et fructus ignoti. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Pegu, bei Rangova (M'Clelland). 



98. M. ? Kunstleri King in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. V. (1887) 443. — Arbor 13— 20 m 

 alta, inflorescentiis exceptis omnino glabra; ramuli lignosi, pallidi. Folia alterna; 

 petiolus 2Y2 — 8 cm longus; limbus 20 — 30 cm longus, elliptico-lanceolatus, acutus vel 

 acuminatus, serratus vel subserratus, eglandulosus, penninervius, siccus pallide viridis 

 vel lutescenti-viridis; costa primaria valde prominula, secundariae utrinque 15 — 20. 

 Paniculae q? axillares, sessiles, 15 — 25 cm longae et latae; rhachis tenuis, stricta, 

 pilis simplicibus pubescens, demum glabrata; glomeruli florum distantes, 4 — 6-flori; 

 bracteae pubescentes, ciliatae. Alabastra (J* lanceolata, 2Y2 mm longa; sepala glumacea, 

 late ovata, coriacea; stamina 2-0 — 30; filamenta gracilia; connectivum crassum. 



Südwestmalayische Provinz: Perak (Scortechini, Kunstler). 



Nota. Vix Malloti species. — "A very distinct and handsome plant, of a totally different 

 habit from any Mallotus, and which I can hardly doubt is generically distinct; and if so, 

 Dr. King proposes the name Kunstlera glumaeea." 



99. M. Minahassae Koorders in Mededeel. van 'sLands plantent. XIX. (1898) 

 626. — »Arbor. Folia elliptico-oblonga, circ. 25 cm longa, basi acuta, apice acumi- 

 nata, margine integerrima, alterna, adulta glabra, juniora subtus laxe stellato-albo- 

 lepidotula. Ramuli juniores cum racemis dense stellato-lepidotuli. Racemi Q graciles, 

 35 cm longi. Petioli apice 2-glandulosi. — Ad M. khasianum Hook, accedit, sed ab 

 hac specie foliis diversa.« — Vix rite descripta. 



Celebes: Minahassa (Koorders). 



100. M. speciosus (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Coelodiscus speciosus Müll. 

 Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 154; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 758; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. V (1887) 426. — Rami cum ramulis et petiolis pilis elongatis, subnodulosis, 

 verticillatim ramosissimis, flocculosis, primum roseis, deinde ex parte fulvis, demum 

 subargenteis, nitidis dense vestiti. Indumentum limbi foliorum et florum multo brevius, 

 subadpressum, molle, in pagina inferiore cinereo-albidum. Folia alterna; petiolus limbum 

 aequans; limbus 10 — 18 cm longus, paulo longior quam latus, peltatus, orbiculari-ovatus, 

 cuspidato-acuminatus, trilobus vel elobus, membranaceus, denticulatus. Racemi bi- 

 sexuales, elongati, basi nudi, validiusculi; bracteae sublineares, cum reliquis partibus 

 inflorescentiae pallide fulvo- vel albido-tomentosae, Q 1-florae, qP pauciflorae, sub- 

 elongatae. Pedicelli Q calyce 5 — 6 mm longo triente vel dimidio breviores, q? bre- 

 vissimi. Calyx Q valde inaequaliter 3 — 5-fidus, <^ triente major; laciniae triangulari- 

 ovatae. Filamenta longiuscula, circ. 60; connectivum crassum, sub loculis brevibus, 

 basi subdivergentibus papilloso-asperum. Discus centralis latiusculus, margine angulosus, 



