Mallotus.} cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 435 



times rounded, base rounded ; nerves 4-7 pair above the basal, crossnervules distinct 

 reticulations obscure ; petiole 1^-2 in., slender. Racemes longer than the leaves ; 

 bracts ovate; male fl. -^ in. diam.; calyx membranous, nearly glabrous; stamens 

 about 30. Fern. ft. and fruit unknown. Mueller's M. eriocarpoides is founded on 

 young leaves of Wallichianus. 



20. TNI. leptostachyus, HooJc.f.; brandies very slender and petioles 

 leaves beneath and inflorescence softly tomentose, leaves alternate or upper- 

 most pair opposite thin triplinerved elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 glandular beneath, base acute, male spikes terminal very long interrupted, 

 flowers globose capitellate. 



TENASSERIM, King's Island in the Mergui Archipelago, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 

 4729). 



Branchlets terete, scurfily tomentose with long hairs intermixed. Leaves 4-10 by 

 2-3^ in., almost membranous, pale greenish brown when dry, glabrous above except 

 on the midrib, nerves 4-6 pair above the basal, slender and as well as the cross- 

 nervules raised and hairy ; glands minute, scattered, yellow ; petiole of upper leaves 

 short, of lower l-2 in.; stipules lanceolate, tomentose. Spike 6-12 in., slender; 

 bracts shorter than the globose flowers, which are sessile and -^ in. diam. Calyx 

 unequally 3-partite, segments broad glabrous within. Stamens about 80, anther-cells 

 subglobose, separated widely by the truncate connective. Fern. fl. and fruit un- 

 known. 



21. IKE. Clellandii, Hook.f. ; branchlets petioles leaves beneath and 

 inflorescence stellately tomentose, leaves opposite long-petioled triple-nerved 

 linear-oblong from a cordate base obtuse strongly nerved and reticulated 

 but eglandular "beneath, male spikes short axillary, bracts subulate, flowers 

 globose, calyx splitting irregularly, stamens very numerous, anther-cells 

 oblong adnate to the truncate connective. 



PEGU; at Rangoon, McClelland. 



Branches terete, smooth. Leaves 3-5 in., firm but not coriaceous, dark brown 

 when dry, paler and sparsely pubescent beneath, glabrous except when young and on 

 the midrib above, nerves 3-4 pair above the basal, cross-nervules and reticulatious 

 much raised beneath ; petiole -2 in. ; stipules subulate, tomentose. Male spikes 

 -! in. ; flowers globose, in. diam., densely tomentose. 



22. XH. filiformis, HooJc.f. ; branchlets slender and petioles stellately 

 pubescent or glabrate, leaves opposite and subopposite rather membranous 

 penninerved elliptic or elliptic-oblong obtusely caudate base rounded or 

 cuneate usually 2-glandular above, beneath eglandular but ininutety pel- 

 lucid-punctate, male racemes very long and slender pubescent, bracts minute 

 setaceous much shorter than the globose pubescent buds. 



TENASSEEIM, Heifer (Keiv Distrib. 4732), Griffith. 



Branches slender, woody ; branchlets compressed. Leaves 4-7 in., dull brownish 

 green when dry, thin, nerves 7-10 pair very prominent beneath and forming intra- 

 marginal strong arches, base above eglandular; petiole ^-1^ in., rather slender. 

 Male racemes axillary and subterminal, 4-6 in. ; flowers in rather distant small 

 clusters; buds about -^ in. diam. ; stamens sparsely pubescent and glandular ; sepals 

 very broadly ovate ; stamens very numerous, small ; anther-cells globose with a thick 

 connective. This closely resembles M. bracteatus in habit and foliage, but the bracts 

 and flowers are quite different. 



23. M. puberulus, Hook. f. ; branches petioles leaf-nerves beneath 

 and racemes puberulous, leaves membranous alternate long-petioled caudate- 

 acuminate sinuate-toothed minutely glandular beneath, base contracted 

 deeply cordate 7-9-plinerved, male racemes slender, clusters many-fld., 

 buds ovoid nearly glabrous. 



