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CXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEjE. 
[. Mallotus , 
(8) M. cuneatus Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 181. 
Branches red-brown flattened and dilated upwards scabrid. 
Leaves opposite unequal obovate or sub-rhomboid acuminate, 
coarsely toothed, base cuneate, glabrous thin-textured; nerves 2, 
slender from base, above 4 pairs from the midrib pubescent; trans¬ 
verse nervules numerous conspicuous parallel, large leaf 7 in. long, 
4 in. wide, smaller 4 in. long, 2 in. wide. Racemes axillary very 
slender. Males about 5 in. long, pubescent. Flowers -08 in. wide, 
3 or 4 together. Bracts ovate acuminate small. Sepals 3, ovate- 
hairy. Stamens numerous. Female spikes 3 in. long, pubescent. 
Ovary grey-hairy; stigmas plumose red recurved on a shot style. 
Capsule trilobed, *25 in. wide, green hairy with stellate hair tufts, 
and short black processes. Seeds sub-globose, blackish brown. 
Hab. Limestone hills, Perlis, Bukit Lagi near Kanga (Ridley). 
(9) M. smilaciformis Gage, Rec. Bot. Sure. Ind. lx. 242. 
Shrub. Leaves opposite, membranous or thinly coriaceous 
ovate caudate acuminate, base cuneate, edge entire or undulate, 
minutely glandular dentate, 2 minute glands at base; nerves 
slender, 3 to 5 pairs fulvous-hairy in axils; 3-6 to 9 in. long, 1-25 
to 4*4 in. wide; petioles minutely puberulous, *ii to i-6 in. long. 
Male racemes slender, 2-35 in. long, puberulous with red glands; 
flowers 3 to 4 in a bract pedicelled. Bracts triangular puberulous 
red-glandular. Sepals 3, ovate serrate pubescent red glandular. 
Stamens 33. Female racemes as in male, but bracts bigger and 
i-flowered. Sepals 6 , linear-oblong or lanceolate acuminate, 
stellate puberulous. Ovary trigonous depressed puberulous and 
red-glandular. Stigmas 3, linear-oblong plumose papillose. Cap¬ 
sule -2 in. long, glabrous, more or less granular, red-glandular 
with a few warts. Seeds sub-globose. Hab. Perak, “ Lalema ” 
(Selama ?) (Kunstler). 
Near M. cuneatus, but distinct in the ovate leaf and red glands. 
(10) M. macrostachyus Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. (2), 963; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 429. 
Large shrub or treelet 10 to 15 ft. tall, spreading. Leaves 
ovate denticulate acuminate or occasionally nearly trilobed, base 
round peltate, just within the edge, glabrous above, red (when 
young) to whitish tomentose beneath; nerves 3 from base with 
strong lateral nerves, 7 from outer side of outer nerves, 5 pairs 
from midrib; 6 to 11 in. long and as wide; petioles 3 to 9 in. 
long. Panicles lax 12 to 18 in. long, tomentose. Male flowers 
small sessile in small clusters, tomentose. Stamens very numerous. 
Female racemes solitary unbranched. Bracts ovate acute, rather 
large. Flowers sub-cylindric, yellow, *15 in. long, tomentose. 
Styles short plumose. Capsule globose densely brown-tomentose 
and spiny, -5 in. through. Hab. Common in thickets and borders 
of woods, Singapore, Bukit Timah Road. Johor, Batu Pahat. 
