242 RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OP INDIA. . 
Mallotus, Lour. 
M. brevipetiolatus. Species M. Janctfolio affinis sed lamina 
peninsrsit distincta. 
5m, altus, foliis. ‘oppositis exstipulatis Ramuli primo. 
compressi, eke subteretes,; 3-4mm. crassi, glabri, straminei, lenticel- 
lati, eglandulosi vel glandulas perpaucas minutas exhibentes ; internodia 
5-8em. longa. Folia paris leviter inaequalia; lamina oblanceolata, 
tenuiter coriacea, 5-17em. longa, 2°2-5-2em. lata, apice breviter cuspi- 
date acuminato, basi coutracta rotundata breviter subcordata, margine 
integro vel breyissime undulato prope costae mediae basim glandulis 2 
ovatis maculiformibus minutis munito vel omnino eglanduloso; pagina 
superior glabra, obscura vel subnitida; pagina inferior glabra, egland- 
vel pareissime pellucide granose glandulosa ; nervi laterales tenues, 
in costae mediae utraque parte 8-14, excurvati et propter marginem 
anastomosantes ;  nervuli uregulares ; petiolus subteres, crassiusculus, 
glaber, 2-3mm. longus. Inflorescentiae masculinae paniculae graciles, 
Aeremniiormes, multorfloriferae, ad 20. cm. longae, plerumque apud nodos 
axis angulatus, plus minusve compressus, glaber, 
‘pls minusye granose ‘glandulosus, , flores i in glomerulis 2-5 mm. distan- 
tibus 1 bracteatis 9-j2-floriferis gerens ; bracteae late ovatae, snbacnial 
1 mm. longae, glabrae, extus Parce granose glandulosae, Flores pedice- 
‘ati, » Deicellis 1. 8 mm. long is in. ramulorum _ pedicelloideorum 
; calyx in alabastro subglobose ovoidens, 
Senco 15-2mm, longus, glaber, utrinque parce minute granose 
glandulosus vel intus eglandulosus, denique ad. basim 3-partitus ; sepala 
leviter . inaequalia, 8mm. longa, ovata; stamina 20-22, extrorsa; 
antherae oyatae, dorsifixae, loculis loculis parallelis. Inflorescentia feminea haud 
visa. Infructeseentiae racemi 7-10 em. longi, graciles, compressi, parce 
minute puberali et granose glandulosi; apud nodos singuli ; bracteae 
jisdem in € masculinae similes sed 1-floriferae. Fructus pedi- 
gellus verus modo 1-2 mm. longus, i in ramulo pedicelloideo 4 mm. longo 
articulatus,, paree puberulus et.granose glandulosus ; capsula 3-coccata, 
vix lem, ats, Slabra, minute granose glandulosa et processibus paucis 
erruciformibus vix. 1mm. longis munita ; 3 epicarpium et mesocarpium 
: tencisema, Sato eae Semina sacral 7 mm. in dia- 
Bs testa cru stacea, tegumento tenuiter carnoso indut,; 
Baki tae, ‘Ridley 15222 1 ‘Punax : King’s Cotlector 4298 | l 
Ciformis. Species M. [-cuncato “yi affinis ‘sed lamina 
vrubris distineta 
