Mallolus.] CXXVIII. EUPHORBlACEiB. 2&7 
acuminate, sinuately subserrate, base slightly narrowed, blunt; 
nerves 8 pairs; 6 to 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles *25 to -5 in. 
long, slender, Male racemes slender, stellate-pubescent, 2 to 3 in. 
long. Flowers very small few in a cluster. Bracts longer than 
the ovoid buds densely silky tomentose. Sepals 3, ovate. Stamens 
30 to 40; anther-cells globose separated by a broad connective. 
Hab . Perak (Scortechini). 
I have only seen a very poor specimen, but in its nearly glabrous habit, 
shape of leaves, and stamens number and form, it seems quite distinct from 
M. leucocalyx. Mull. Arg., to which Pax refers it. 
(5) M. Wrayi King, in Hook. fil. F.B.L v. 433. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, stem 10 to 15 in. through, quite glabrous. 
Leaves opposite elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, long cuspidate- 
caudate, base acute biglandular; nerves 6 pairs slender elevate 
beneath, nervules conspicuous transverse; 6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 
2-25 in. wide, cusp 1*5 in. long; petioles slender, 5 in. long, thickened 
at the top. Male flowers unknown. Female racemes axillary, 
1*5 in. long, hoary pubescent. Capsule trilobed appressed tomen¬ 
tose with short, stiff spines 1 in. across, bluish green. Hab. Moun¬ 
tain forests at 1000 to 3000 ft. altitude, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(6) M. lancifolius Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 434. 
Tree about 20 ft. tall, stem slender, glabrous except buds and 
racemes. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate, base 
rounded or narrowed; nerves 5 pairs, elevate beneath; 4 to 8 in. 
long, i*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 to 2 in. long, slender dilate 
at both ends. Racemes very slender axillary, 1 in. long. Male 
flowers in small clusters below the females. Sepals ovate. Stamens 
50 to 60. Female flowers, styles very short. Capsule 3-lobed, top 
depressed, *5 in. wide, glandular with a few slender black spines. 
Hab. Hill forests, Penang Hill (Maingay); Moniot's Road (Curtis). 
Native names : Ludai jantan; Medang Jarak. 
(7) M. brevipetiolatus Gage, Rec. Bot. Suru. Ind. l.c. 242. 
Shrub 15 ft. tall. Leaves opposite, slightly unequal oblanceo- 
late shortly cuspidate-acuminate, base narrowed rounded shortly 
sub-cordate, edge entire or shortly undulate with two minute 
ovate glands at the base near the midrib, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; 
nerves 8 to 14 pairs; 2*i to 7 in. long, *75 to 2-3 in. wide; petioles 
•1 in. long. Male panicles slender racemiform many-flowered, 
17 in. long, glandular; flowers in distant heads of 9 to 12 flowers. 
Bracts broadly ovate sub-acute. Pedicels *i in. long or less. 
Calyx ovoid glabrous, 3-lobed, lobes ovate. Stamens 20 to 22. 
Female panicles not seen. Fruit racemes 2*75 to 4 in. long. Cap¬ 
sules shortly pedicelled, glandular, with a few short wart-like pro¬ 
cesses -25 in. long. Seeds sub-globose. Hab. Perak (Kunstler). 
Perlis, Bukit Lagi near Kanga (Ridley). 
Near M. lancifolius, but the leaf penni-nerved. 
