2go cxxviii. euphorbiace^. [Mallotus. 
(13) M. puberulus Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 435. 
Young shoots fulvous tomentose, branches puberulous. Leaves 
membranous elliptic' caudate-acuminate, sinuate-toothed, base 
narrowed deeply cordate; glabrous except the tomentose midrib 
and nerves beneath; nerves 7 to 9 pairs; 5 in. long, 2*1 in. wide; 
petioles 2 to 2-5 in. long, pubescent. Male racemes slender pubes¬ 
cent, 3 in. long; flowers in clusters of 10 to 20. Sepals 3, lanceo¬ 
late sparsely stellate-hairy and glandular. Stamens 60 to 70. 
Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
The only specimen seen is poor. 
(14) M. floribundus Mull. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 187; in 
DC. Prod. xv. (2), 962; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 432; Pax, Pflanzen- 
reich , l.c. 173, Fig. 26a. 
Small tree 40 ft. tall or less. Leaves orbicular peltate glaucous 
beneath cuspidate acuminate; nerves 5, radiating from end of the 
petiole; 4-5 to 6 in. long and as wide; petioles 3 to 4 in. long. 
Male racemes 3 to 6 in. long; flowers crowded, -12 in. wide. Calyx 
spathaceous. Stamens 40 to 50 puberulous. Female racemes 
4 to 6 in. long; flowers distant. Ovary covered with white- 
tomentose spines. Style-arms very long plumose united at base. 
Capsule trilobed, 75 in. through, pubescent with long slender 
flexuous subulate processes. Hab. Edges of forests and woods. 
Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Griffith); Bukit Panchur (Derry); 
Batu Tiga (Holmberg). Pahang, Pekan; Sungei Chenei (Fox). 
Perak, Temengoh; Goping (Kunstler); Changkat Serdang (Wray). 
Kedah, Sembing, Kedah Peak (Haniff). Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang. 
Distrib. Tenasserim, Siam, Cochin china, Malay islands to Philip¬ 
pines. Native name : Sekubing Ayer. 
(15) M. acuminatus Mull. Arg. in Linncea , xxxiv. 187; in 
DC. Prod. xv. (2), 966; Hook , fil. F.B.I. v. 431. 
Tree about 50 ft. tall; branchlets scurfy. Leaves thin elliptic 
entire or shortly toothed, cuspidate peltate glabrous above; nerves 
and midrib scurfy pubescent beneath, nerves about 7 pairs slender; 
6 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 4 in. wide; petioles 1*5 to 2 in. long, scurfy- 
pubescent or tomentose. Male racemes slender tomentose in 
terminal axils several on a shoot, 4 to 7 in. long; flower buds conic, 
glabrous, shortly pedicelled in distant clusters. Sepals 4, ovate. 
Stamens very many; filaments slender longer than petals. Female 
racemes about 6 in. long. Calyx obliquely urceolate. Style 
stout, -2 in. long; stigmas 2, short recurved. Capsule trilobed 
pubescent covered with short spines. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunst¬ 
ler) ; Kwala Dipang. Distrib. Tenasserim, Sumatra. 
(16) M. subpeltatus Mull. Arg. in Linncea, xxxiv. 189; in 
DC. Prod. xv. (2), 968; Hook. fil. l.c. 433. 
Small tree nearly glabrous, 30 to 40 ft. tall, stem 10 to 15 in. 
through. Leaves thinly coriaceous oblong long-cuspidate, base 
