448 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Mat-ti rantja. 



describes 2 or 3 glands as present in the smallest superior nerves of his R. Mappa, 

 the stipules as acute cordate and reniform, and the male sepals as 2. 



8. BF. Roxburghii, Wight Ic. t. 1949, f. 4, and v. ii. 23 ; leaves deltoid- 

 or rhombic-ovate or orbicular broadly peltate cuspidate palmatinerved entire 

 or minutely toothed, bracts broad toothed, stamens 2-5, ovary 1-celled, 

 style lateral large sessile peltate pulvinate, capsule globose glandular 

 with the persistent stigma on one side. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 228. M. 

 Wightiana, Baill. Etudes Gen. Euplwrb. 432. M. tomentosa, Wight I. c. 

 t. 1949, f. 1, ard v. ii. 23; Sedacwe FL Si/lvai. t. 287. Mappa ? peltata, 

 WigJit Ic. t. 817 ; Sfddome Forester's Man. 211. Osyris ? peltata, Soxl. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 755. Wall. Cat. 7810 A D, G, K. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA ; in the Circars and on the Ghats, from the Concan to 

 Travancore. CEYLON, abundant up to 3000 ft. 



A smnll resinous tree ; branchlets very stout, glaucous, tips rusty-tomentose. 

 Leaves 5-8 in. diam., coriaceous or thin, glabrous above except the pubescent nerves, 

 and eplan^ular at the rounded base, beneath finely pubescent or glabrate and gland- 

 dotted with 68 pairs of strong nerves above the basal, and strong cross-nervnles ; 

 petiole 3-6 in., glabrous or puberulous ; stipules ovate- or oblong-lanceolate, not broad, 

 tomentose. Panicles densely rusty-tomentose, or the branches nearly glabrous; 

 bracts at the axils and Vases of the terminal branches vtrv broad and often veined, 

 floral hemispheric ; flowers -^ in. diam. Fern, panicles simpler, branches racemose 

 with larger bracts; calyx-limb obsolete; ovary densely glandular, glabrous or pu- 

 berulous ; stigma sessile often embracing one side of the ovary, thickly papillose. 

 Capsule globose, i- in. diam. Seed globose; testa brown, crustaceous, rouerh. 

 Wight's figure of M. Roxlurahii, t. 1949, f. iv., is a reproduction of the rierht-hand 

 figure of his t. 817, which is itself a copy of Roxburgh's drawing of Osyris ? peltata. 

 Of this the figure in question is intended to represent a portion of a male panicle ; it 

 is very badly done. 



9. XK. Curtisii, Hook. f. ; branchlets petioles leaves beneath and 

 panicles densely rusty-tomentose, leaves broadly peltate orbicular-ovate 

 acuminate sinuate-toothed palm atinerved, male panicles long laxly branched, 

 bracts cymbiform acuminate entire, flowers very glandular, stamens 2-3. 



PENANG ; on the West Hill, alt. 2000 ft., Curtis. 



A tree of medium size, branchlets woody. Leaves 6-10 in. long and nearly as 

 broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above and eglandular at the insertion of the 

 petiole ; nerves 45 pair above the basal, strong beneath ; petiole 57 in., stout. 

 Male panicles as long as the petioles or longer ; bracts in. and less ; flowers ~ in., 

 covered with large glands. 



ff Leaves peltate, lobed. 



10. M. hypoleuca, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 992 ; branches 

 petioles leaves beneath and branches of inflorescencemilkily glaucous, leaves 

 peltate palmatinerved broader than long deeply 3-lobed, lobes divergent 

 ovate-oblong acuminate, male panicles long and long-peduncled, bracts 

 toothed, stamen 1. styles very short, capsule 3-lobed, cocci each with two 

 glandular lines. Mappa? hypoleuca, PeicKb.f. 8f Zoll. Rottler.%0; Znllinq. 

 in Linncea xxviii. 309 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. i. ii. 404, and Suppl. 458. 

 Eicinus inermis, Wall. Gat. 7806. 



, WallicTi. MALACCA, Griffith. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Borneo. 

 Branches stout. Leaves 8-10 in. across the lateral lobes, coriaceous, clothed 

 beneath with a white waxy secretion obscuring the glands, base rounded or sub- 

 cordate, 2-3-glandular above, lobes entire or with shallow teeth, each with 6-8 pairs 



