CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/E (4ucr. MULLER. 517 
quam in C. glabello. Foliorum ambitus dein est omnino alius, tlores minores, 
laxiores, forma petalorum foem. alia, habitus multo gracilior, characteres 
ezterum proxime ad eos C. glabelli accedunt. (v. s.) 
9. C. wxuLTICOSTATUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnzea v. 34. p. 79), ramulis compres- 
sis, foliis breviter petiolatis basi minute et subocculte bigiandulosis penni- 
nerviis subtus dense ferrugineo-lepidotis, costis secundariis utroque latere 
numerosissimis fere horizontalibus, stipulis obsoletis, bracteis 2-3-floris ovatis 
parvis, calycis foem. laciniis orbiculari-ovatis, petalis foem. spathulato-obovatis 
calycem zequantibus, staminibus circ. 14, ovario dense lepidoto-squamuloso, 
stylis 4-8-partitis. 5 In Hispaniola (hb. Juss.| ex hb. Thuill. nunc in Mus. 
paris. servat.. Ramuli encipites. Petioli 3-7 mm. longi, validi, superiores 
suboppositi. Limbus foliorum 10-13 cm. longus, 20-27 mm. latus, lineari- 
lanceolatus, acute acuminatus, basi acutus, subinteger, supra atro-fuscus, 
glaber, subtus ferrugineus. Cost? secundarie utroque latere 40-50, subtus 
vix perspicuz, in genere numero summopere insignitz.. Racemi in dichotomia 
ramulorum siti, terminales, breviusculi, florigeri 31 cm. longi, toti lepidibus 
obscure ferrugineis tecti. Rhachis angulosa. llores feminei et masculi ape- 
rientes consimiles, globosi, 1$ mm. longi, breviter pedicellati. Fructus ignoti. 
— ]n herb. Juss. pro Crotone citrifolio Lam. habebatur. Species insigniter 
distincta, nulli cognitarum arcte affinis, folia gerens ambitu ea Salicis pen- 
tandre simulantia at rigidiora. (v. s.) 
10. C. ScgiEDEANus (Schlecht. Linnza, 1841, v. 19. p. 243), foliis supra parce 
et fugaciter subtus densius lepidotis, racemis gracilibus axillaribus folio bre- 
vioribus. 5 In Mexici regione calida inter Nantla et Misantla (Schiede n. 1126). 
Folia interdum 10 cm. superantia, elliptica, utrinque acuminata v. apice 
subobtusa. Racemi solitarii v. gemini, simplices v. paulo ramosi. — Similis 
dicitur C. Eluterize Sw. 
11. C. GLABELLUS, petiolis limbo 4-5-plo brevioribus, limbo penninervio basi 
non glanduligero, lepidibus ferrugineo-obscuris, stipulis exiguis, racemis bre- 
vibus densifloris axillaribus, floribus foem. demum longe pedicellatis, calycis 
fcem. laciniis ovatis acutis non accrescentibus, petalis foem. oblongo-obovatis 
acutis, staminibus circ. 10, filamentis inferne pilosis, ovario lepidoto-squa- 
moso, stylis bipartitis laciniis semel v. bis bifidis, capsulis submajusculis glo- 
boso-obovoideis muricato-tuberculatis lepidotis, seminibus levibus. ^ In va- 
riis Antillis (hb. Linn.! hb. Juss.! *w.! Bertero!), in Mexico variis locis prope 
Vera Cruz (Liebm.!), in Nova Granata prope La Paila (Holton n. 859!), prope 
La Parada in prov. bogotensi (Triana n. 3643!), in monte Barba et Aguacate 
(CErsted), in Colombia (Karsten!). C. Sloanei Bennett Journ. Linn. Soc. 
1859. v. 4. p. 30; W. F. Daniell in Pharmac. Journ. Oct. 1862. p. 144. c. ic.; 
et ejusd. On Cascarilla Plants p. 7. t. 2; Bonplandia 1860 p. 215. C. Eluteria 
Sw. Prodr. p. 100; .et ejusd. Flor. Ind. occid. v. 2. p. 1183; Willd. Spec. pl. 
V, A. p 545; Geisel. Ceot. Monogr. p. 52; Klotzsch in Hayne Arzneigew. 14. 
t. 1; Griseb. Flor. of Brit. West Ind. p. 39. C. nitens Sw. Prodr. p. 100 et 
Flor. Ind. occid. v. 2. p. 1189; Willd. Spec. pl. v. 4. p. 547; Geisel. Crot. 
Monogr. p. 48. Clutia Eluteria Linn. Amoen. 5. p. 41i (fide hb. Linn.). 
C. glabellus L. Aman. 5. p. 409 quoad syn. Sloan., Spec. pl. ed. 3. p. 1425 
pr. p.; Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 40 pr. p. (hac species e Crotonis Eluterie 
iconibus Sloan. et speciminibus fructigeris Phyllanthi scandentis composita 
erat). C. squamulosus Vahl in Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 52. — Sloan. Hist. 
Jamaic. v. 2. t. 174. fig. 1-2. Frutex elatus, erectus. Ramuli superne angulosi, 
cum partibus junioribus omnibus lepidibus margine breviter radiato-incisis 
parvulis arcte adpressis ferrugineo-fuscidulis vestiti. Limbus magnitudine 
valde ludens, 3-20 cm. longus, 2-10 cm. latus, oblongo-ellipticus v. oblongo- 
ovatus, utrinque nunc obtusior nunc acutior, v. basi subcordatus, integer. 
Lepides pagine superioris dense sparse, inferioris sibi contiguee. Flores et 
racemi ut in C. niveo, sed fuscidulo-ferruginei et pedicelli fem. demum 
] em. longi. Flores feem. pauci. Calyx foem. basi extus quasi prominenter an- 
nulatus. Capsule 7 mm. longe -— Ludit insuper racemis simplicibus v. pro 
parte ramosis. (v. s.) 
