Mallotus.] CXVII. EUPHORBIACE^. 1447 



ferruginous with a short close stellate sometimes almost scaly tomentum. Leaves 

 on long petioles, ovate-rhoniboiJ or almost orbicular, acutely acuminate, entire or 

 obscurely sinuate or rarely lobed, not peltate, green and glabrous on the upper 

 surface except when very young, 3 or 5-nerved at the base with 2 glands, 8 to 6in. 

 long. Flowers monffcious or almost dioocious, in terminal broadly pyramidal 

 panicles of Gin. to ]tt., the males clustered along the branches, the females 

 solitary wi hin each bract, all on very short pedicels. Male perianth-segments 

 about 1 line long. Anthers small, with a broad connective as in M. ncinoulen. 

 Female perianth rather longer than the male, usually 5-lobed with acufe or 

 acuminate lobes. Styles much shorter than in M. ricinoiJefi. Capsule 8-celled, 

 3 to 4 lines diameter, tomentose and muricate with soft closely-tomentose 

 processes, which are few and distant from each other, not liensely covering the 

 whole capsule as in M. ricinoides. — Croton pcniiculatus, Lam. Diet. ii. 207 ; 

 Mallottis chi7un,iis, Lour., and other synonyms quoted by Muell. Arg. I.e. 



Hab.: Eookingham Bay, Dallacliy. 



Extends over the Eastern Archipelago to the Philippines and S. China. 



3. IVE. claoxyloides (Claoxylon-like), Muell. Arg, in IJnnaa xxxiv. 192, 

 and in ]>C. I'rad. xv. ii. 972 ; Benth. Fl. Anstr. vi, 140. A tall straggling shrub 

 or small tree, or sometimes a handsome tree the branches and foliage 

 scabrous with scattered stellate hairs. Leaves opposite but those of each pair 

 often unequal, petiolaie, mostly ovate or elliptical and acuminate, but varying 

 from broadly-oblong to almost orbicular, 2 to Gin. long, obtuse or acute, 

 penniveined and often more or less distinctly 3-nerved at the base, green' on both 

 sides, with 2 or more glands near the base sometimes almost obsolete._ Stipules 

 rigidly setiform, short. Flowers dia3cious, the males sessile or shortly 

 pedunculate in 2 or 3 dense clusters collected in a head or in a short dense or 

 scarcely interrupted axillary spike, the females 3 to 6 together in an umbel-like 

 cluster on a common peduncle of | to lin., the pedicels at first short and thick, 

 but attaining under the fruit the length of the peduncle. Male perianth- 

 segments about 1 line long. Stamens numerous, the anthers small with a broad 

 connective as in J17. licinoidea. Female perianth-segments lanceolate, attaining 

 2 lines under the fruit. Styles rather short, densely fringed on the inner face. 

 Capsule 3-dymous, nearly ^in. diameter, muricate with rather rigid setiform 

 processes. — Ecldnncroton clanxyloide.i, F, v. Muell. Fragm. i. 32 ; Echinus 

 claoxyloides, Baill. Adans. vi. 315 ; Plcujiantliera / affinia, Baill. Etud. Euph. 424. 



Hab.: Brisbane Eiver, Moreton Bay, Eraser, IT'. Hill and F. v. Mueller, C. Stuart ; Eook- 

 hampton, Dallacliy ; Wide Bay, Bidwill ; Lizard Island, A. Cunninglmm. 



Wood of a bright-yellow colour, olose-graided ; useful for cabinet work. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. 

 ]Voods, iVo. 378. 



Var ficifolia, Baill. Leaves broader, often orbicular and 3 or 5-nerved, entire or coarsely- 

 toothed. Male flowers lari;e. — Bookhampton, Dallacliy, Bowman. 



Var. mncroplnjlla. Leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, 4 to Sin. long, usually 3-nerved at the 

 base. Stipules longer. — llockingham Day, Dallacliy, 



Var, aiigiistifolia, Bail. Bot. Bull. '2. A slender shrub, stems attaining 4 or 5ft., but often 

 flowering and fruiting when only 6 to 12in. high. Leaves, except when very young, dark- 

 green, appearing glabrous, the small stellate scales only visible under a lerts, attaining 5 or 6in. 

 in lengih, with a breadth under l^in. tapeiing to an acute point and a very short petiole, 

 penniveined, the usual basal pair scarcely di.stinot from the others, the primary veins ending 

 in sharp marginal-teeth. J'eduncle in the upper axils, .slender, 2 to over Sin. long, bearing 

 clusters of small flowers. 



Hab.: Yandina. 



i. M. philippinensis (of the Philippines), Muell. Arrj. in Linnaa xxxiv. 

 196, and in TJV. Prod. xv. ii. 980; Benth Fl. Aiiatr. vi. 141. A tree often 

 acquiring a considerable size, the branches and inflorescence more or less 

 ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves on long petioles, oblong ovate-lanceolate or 

 almost ovate, acuminate or obtuse entire, contracted or rounded and 3-nerved 

 at the base, 3 to Gin. long, more coriaceous than in the preceding species, the 



