Mallotus] XCVIII. EUPHORBIACE.E 589 



slender, shorter than 1., capsule 3-4-.dymous, J in. diam., tomentose, densely covered 

 with long villous filaments. 11. M. Beddomei, Hook. f. Ananialais ami Tinnevelli 

 i rhats. Y'-i v similar to 10, if specifically distinct, petioles longer, J— 2 in. long, capsule 

 stellately pubescent and clothed with long soft spines. 12. M. stenanthus, Muell. Arg. 

 Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards. A small shrub, branchlets and 

 inflorescence more or less pubescent. 1. lanceolate, entire or sinuate-toothed, blade 4-8, 

 pet. J-J in. long, capsule with scattered short conical tubercles. 18. M. murieatus, 

 Bedd. — Syn. Claoxylon muricatum, Wight Ic. t. Ism;. Similar, but quite glabrous, 

 each coccus with two rows of tubercles. 



(2) Eastern species, branchlets hahy. 



14. M. Clellandii, Hook. f. Vern. Induing thidin, Burnt. Rangoon. Mu valley, Upper 

 Burma. A shrub, branchlets, petioles ami inflorescence more or less clothed with 

 stellate baits, 1. eglandular beneath, from elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, base rounded or 

 cordate, blade 4—5, pet. K-'-l in. long, stipules subulate, hairy, liasal n. 3-5, tert. n. 

 parallel, prominent, as well as the reticulate veins. Fl. dioecious, <5 racemes i-14 in. 

 long, bracts subulate. 9 racemes or corymbs pedunculate, few-fld.. sepals 8 or 4, 

 coriaceous, linear, longer than ovary, afterwards reflexed, ovary with cylindrical 

 tubercles, densely clothed with long hairs. Capsules densely woolly. J in. diam., with 

 long hairy soft prickles. The Rangoon specimens, £ , are in very young bud, and 

 the sepals are coriaceous, while in the £ sp. from Upper Burma the sepals are 

 membranous. 



Of the following3 species from Tenasserim the £ fl. only are known : 15. M. Walliclii- 

 anus, Muell. Arg., also known from Rangoon. Branchlets and infl. with deciduous 

 stellate hairs. 1. alternate and opposite, elongate-elliptic, dentate, blade 4—6, pet. 1 —1 A in., 

 3 basal nerves, underside closely covered with minute orbicular glands. £ spikes 

 slender, longer than 1. 16. M. flliformis, Hook. f. and 17. M. leptostachyus, Hook. f. 

 Branchlets, petioles, underside of I. and spikes softly tomentose, 1. alternate or upper- 

 most pair opposite, entire, elongate-elliptic, Made 5-10, pet. 1-2 in., sec. n. 4-6 pair, 

 the lowest pair basal, minute shining glands scattered on the underside. £ spikes 

 6-12 in. long. 



18. M. decipiens, Muell. Arg. — Syn. Coelodiscus eriocarpoides, Kurz. Tenasserim. 

 A shrub, branchlets. petioles, underside of 1., chiefly along m. as well as racemes 

 Boftly tomentose. I., often in unequal pairs, elliptic, acuminate, repand-toothed. 

 sec. M. 6 8 pair, the lowes! pair basal, tert. n. parallel, blade 5 10, pet. \-l in. long. 



j racemes slender, fl. small, nearly sessile, stamens surrounding a minute pistillode.. 



I l :i psule '. iii. diam. 



3 Eastern species, branchlets glabrous. 



19. M. Khasianus, Hook, f. Khasi hills. Mu valley, Upper Burma. A small tree, 

 glabrous except i ii flon iscence. L. thinly coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, base usually 



acute, more or less sinuate-toothed, eglandular beneath, blade ."> In, pet, |— 1| in., £ 



racemes 1-6 in. long, stellately tomentose. buds globose A in. diam. before opening, 

 pedicels as long as fl., bracts short, broad-ovate. Capsule j in. diam.. clothed with 

 ^lender prickles, pedicels I. iii. long, seels brown, shining. 20. M. polyneurus, Hook. f. 

 Tenasserim. I., alternate, membranous, sinuate-dentate, elliptic, acuminate, blade 

 6 8, pet. I i! in., si'.-, n. in 12 pair, v racemes few-fld., peduncle lone, slender. 21. 

 M. andamanicus, Hook. I. Syn. M. murieatus, Kurz (noi Muell. Arg.). Andamans. A 

 large shrub, almost entirely gla brous, young shoots, ovarj and capsule densely covered 



with minute orbicular golden glands, branchlets strongly n pressed, almost Bat. L. 



elongate-elliptic, slightly sinuate-dentate, base acme, blade 8 7. pet. ', in. -pike. 



sessile, dense-lid., calkin-like, bract s broad ly ovat e. Capsules tiidymons, j in. diam., 



with st iff scat tered prickles. 



15. Capsule sn tli, basal nerves •">. 



,i Petiole less tlinii .' the length of blaile. Western s| ies. 



2*2. M. distans, Muell. Arg. Tinnevelli ghats". A straggling shrub, branchlets, 

 pet ioles. underside of I. and inflorescence softly stellate tomentose. L. opposite, ovate- 

 or elliptic-oblong, blade 5 10, pet. i-2 in. long, basal n. 8 and 8 I pair of sec. n., tert. n. 

 parallel. A racemes short, tl. | in. diam, Capsule ', in. diam.. tridymous, densely 

 stellate tomentose, pedicels '. I In., peduncle, l ,"> in. lone. 28. M. rhamnifolius, Muell. 

 \m. Southern districts of i he Western Peninsula. Ceylon low country, common. 



Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence pubescent, I. opposite and alternate, Ian late 



or elliptic-It late, blade 8 5, pet. j I in., 8 basal n., tert. n. parallel. ■• tl. clustered. 



on elect spike, '.', ."> in. Long. Cocoi almost distinct, globose, finely Btellate-pubesci ut. 

 24. m. atrovirens, Muell. Are; Cochin, Travancore, low country. Quite glabrous, but 

 underside of I., inflorescence, sepals and ovarj densely clothed with minute orbicular 

 scales. I,, alternate, oblai late or obovate, scattered minute scales on the upper 



surface, blade 'J 5, narrowed into pet. J-j in. long. 



