Mallotus. 
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Eupiiorbiaceae. 
iomentoso^ c. 0.17 — OA cm. longo. CaUjx 3—4-partiiiis^ laciniis suhellipticis 
vel ovaiis, aciids vel aciiliusculis, coneavisy Oorso stellato-suhto7nentosis, 
c. 0.2 —0.3 cm. loïvjis, 0.1—0.15 cm. latis. Stamina c. 45~G5,c.0.3 — 0 4 
cm. lorif/aj antherae hretjes, latae, exteriorea introrsae^ intet'iores extrorsae^ 
c. 0 025 cm. loruffie^ 0.01 cm. latae, thecis suhpm'allelis vel hasi diver- 
(jentibm^ oealihus, hngitudinaliter dehisceiitihuSy conneciivo lato thecis 
hrevtore. Plslilli midimentum saepe adest.^ parvum.^ breviter et molliter 
echinatum. Tufiorescentiae J tertninales^ pe lunculatae, simplices vel paulo 
rainosae. densissime spicif onnes, totae pleriunque floccoso’stellato-tomentosae, 
c. 7 — 14 on. longae, pedunculo c. 4—5 cm. longo. Bracleae subulatae, 
dorso sleUato-tomentosae, c. 0.15—0.3 cm. longcte. Flores 5 pleriimque 
solitarii, subsessiles, infra calgcem articulati. Calgx subcmnpaniilatus, 
pleriimque ad vel ultra medium 5-fidus, extus stellato-tomenfosus., c. 0.3 on. 
longlis, laciniis erecti'^, triangulis, amtis, concavis. Ovarium subglobosum, 
ecJiinis mollibus arcte adpressis brevibus stellato-hirlellis tectum, c. 0.15 — ■ 
0.175 cm. altum, plerumque 3-loculare ; Stylus brevissimus, stellato-tomen- 
fosus, c. 0.07 — 0.17 cm. longus; stigmata 3, diverg entia, apice recurva, 
linearia, dorso stellato-tomentosa, intus dense long iuscule piliimosa, c. 0.25 — • 
0.4 cm. longa. Spicae fructiferae pilus minusve densae, saepe densPsimae, 
cylindricae, r. 14—28 cm. longue, 2.5 — 3 5 cm. diam., pedunculo c. 4—9 
cm. longo. Capsula subsessilis, calijce suffulta, stigmatis coronata, echinis 
mollibus incurvis, subulato filiformibus, stellatoAilrtellis, ad c. 0.75—1 
cm. longis densissime tecta, cum echinis c. 1.4 cm. diam , nuda trigono- 
suhglobosa, c. 0.85 cm. diam., trilocularis, in cocca 3 hivalvia dehiscens, 
qmriete tenni, endocarpio intus glabro ab pericarpio haud solubili. Semina 
subglobom, c. 0.43 — 0.5 cm. diam., testae strato exteriore carnoso, strato 
interiore duro, longitudinaliter verrucoso-rugoso ; albumen crasse carnosum ; 
cotyledones ovato-cordatae, apice rotundatae, c. 0.17 cm. longae, 0.125 cm. 
latae; radicula c. 0.075 cm longa. 
5. Mallotiis cocliiiicliineusis Lour. Fl. Cocliinch. ii, 781 ; Hook. 
f. Fl. Br. Ind. v, 430; Brand. [rid. Trees, 588. — M. paniciilatus 
Murll. Arg. in Linnaea, xxxiv, 189; in DO. Prodr. xv, 2, 965; 
Kurz For. Fl. II, 383; Btii. Fl. Austr. vi, 140. — Croton paniculatus 
Lam, Encycl. ir, 207; Wlld. Sp. PI. iv, 541. — G. appendiculatus 
Elm. ! Leafl. Phil. Bot. i, 312. — Echinus trisulcus Lour. l.c. ii, 
778. — Mappa cochinchinensis Spr. Syst, Veg. iii, 878. — Trewia 
tricuspidata Wlld. Sp. PI. iv, 834. — Rottlera paniculata A. Juss. 
