Mallotus auriculatus Merr.

11278. Mallotus auriculata Merr. A 30 foot high
tree with a 6 inches thick stem in humid forests at 2? 60
f#et{ wood easily cutting» white turning reddish toward the
center, odorless an# tasteless bark thinly checked, brown
with gray mottled; branches numerous and forming a roundish
er »ore of an elongated or own; twigs lax. the leaf bearing
ends ascending; petioles aseending; the blades also ascend*
ing, chartao eous, dark lucid green on the upper flat surface»
recurred especially toward the tips* »tieh lighter green h
beneath; infrutesoence axillary; the green ¿lender stalks
ase ending, 3 to 6 inches long» at the end* boar ing one or
a**e spinesoent fruits which are usually subtended by one
or mere foliaaeous bracts; Todaya, August, 1909.
mm's field notes
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
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