Siacarawia.] CXVlt. EUPHORBlACtliB.-. 1451 



2. Vfl. subdentata (somewhat toothed), Benth. Fl. Austv. vi. 145. A shrub 

 or small tree, glabrous except a minute scaly tomentum on the inflorescence and 

 young shoots. Leaves oblong narrow-elliptical or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 irregularly sinuate-toothed or rarely almost entire, penniveined, green on bott 

 sides but paler underneath from the minute scales they are more or less covered 

 with, 8 to 9in. long, on petioles varying from ^ to lin. Male flowers not seen. 

 Female p6du.ncles axillary, elongated, but much shorter than the leaves, bearing 

 2 to 5 flowers, of which 1 or 2 sessile or nearly so, and 2 or 3 on long pedicels. 

 Perianth of 4 or 5 narrow-lanceolate segments scarcely 1 line long and quite 

 distinct from the base. Ovary and capsule usually 2-celled, scaly-tomentose 

 and shortly echinate. Styles filiform, scarcely thickened at the base, often above 

 ^in. long. 



Hab.: Uockingham Bay, DaUac/ij/. 



3. V/L. inamoena (unpleasant), F. v. M. ; Benth. FL Amtr. vi. 145. A tall 

 shrub or small tree, the branches foliage and inflorescence scabrous-pubescent, 

 the short hairs scarcely or irregularly stellate. Leaves oblong or narrow-elliptical, 

 acuminate, entire, penniveined, green on both sides, the small glands underneath 

 few and scattered, 8 to Sin. long on a petiole of -J- to lin. Male spikes in the 

 upper axils or several together at the ends of the branches, 2 to 4in. long, the 

 flowers clustered within small broad densely tomentose bracts, the clusters at 

 length distant along the rhachis. Perianth-segments about |-line long. Stamens 

 20 to 30. Female peduncles axillary or lateral, elongated, bearing sometimes 3 

 pedicellate flowers at the end with another occasionally lower down, sometimes 

 dichotomous with 1 to 8 flowers at the end of each branch. Pedicels at first very 

 short, lengthening to- from \ to lin. Perianth of 4 or 5 narrow-linear segments 



1 to 2 lines long, united in a spathaceous calyx splitting open on one side (or 

 rarely in the uppermost flower separate?). Ovary and capsule usually 2-celled, 

 rarely 3-ceUed, echinate. Styles long and slender, thickened at the base, attain- 

 ing sometimes 5 lines. — Mallotus iiianucniis, F. v. M. Herb. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, Vallachy. 



Wood of a light-colojjr,4ough and close grained. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods, Xo. 380b. 



4. IVX. involucrata (bracts forming a kind of involucre), BaiU. Etitd. Euph. 

 432 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 146. A tree attaining sometimes 50 to 60ft., but 

 often small and straggling, the branches inflorescence and underside of the leaves 

 softly pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate-rhomboidal, acuminate, entire or slightly 

 sinuate and denticulate, usually slightly peltate, 3, 5 or 7-nerved, with 2 to 4 flat 

 glands on the upper side, 3 to Bin. long and sometimes as broad, on a petiole of 



2 to Sin. Stipules subulate. Male spikes in axillary panicles not much branched 

 and shorter than the leaves, the flowers almost sessile, in dense clusters within 

 an oblong or ovate toothed bract of about 2 lines. Perianth-segments about f 

 line long, villous outside. Stamens 10 to 15. Female inflorescence simple or 

 nearly so, the peduncle axillary or lateral, shorter than the leaves, with a single 

 terminal or several distant clusters. Bracts broadly ovate or cordate, 

 acute, toothed, often ^in. long. Perianth sessile, short, broadly and obliquely 

 cup-shaped. Ovary 1 or 2-cened, more or less muricate with soft processes. 

 Styles 1 or 2, long, glabrous, fringed on the upper side. Fruit globular, 1-celled 

 and 1 -seeded, losing the processes of the ovary and sometimes quite glabrous and 

 smooth. — Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod, xv; ii. 1011 ; Vrtica involucrata, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. iii. 592 ; Macaranf/d mallotoides, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 139 ; M. asterolasia, F. 

 v. M. I.e. 140, Baill. Adans. vi. 317. 



Hab.: Endeavour liiver, A. Canniiighaiii; "Pont MoUe, M' Gillivrat/ ; Eockingham Bay and 

 Mount Elliott, Dallachy ; Cape York, Daemel. 



The species is also in the Eastern Archipelago. 



Wood very light and soft, might be found serviceable for making splints. — Baileu's Gat 01 

 Woods, No. 380c. ' ^ ' 



