524 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN/E. CROTON. 
subrefracte, calycis masc. 3 mm. longe, indumento albido-fulvo v. basi 
sepe purpureo-fusco vestitae et variegata. Fructus ignotus. — Habitus Julo- 
crotonis. (v. s.) 
Sect. IV. EucRorox Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 35. p. 78. 
Calyx feem. equaliter v. subequaliter 5-partitus v. 5-fidus. Petala florum 
masc. evoluta in alabastro imbricata, foemineorum rudimentaria, subulata v. 
obsoleta. Receptaculum florum masc. vestitum. Ovarium trimerum. — Hac 
sectio ditissima in series 4 distribuere licuit ex bracteis foemineis racemorum, 
e quarum axillis oriuntur flores feminei simulque masculi (Ser. I, aut tantum 
fceminei solitarii; racemi tum contigui sunt et laciniz calycina florum feemi- 
neorum reduplicativze (Ser. I1.), aut margine plane (Ser. III), aut racemi inter 
flores feemineos ima basi sitos et masculos longiusculo spatio interrupto-nudi 
(Ser. IV.). 
Ser. I. — Subsect. I. Cyclostigma Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 35. 
p. 81. — Genus Eutropia Klotzsch in Erichs. Arch. 1841. p. 196. 
— Genus Cyclostigma Klotzsch in Seem. Bot. of Herald p. 104 
(1852). — Crotonis sect. Cyclostigma Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. 
West Ind. p. 42. — Crotonis sect. Palanostigma Baill. Etud. gén. 
Euphorb. p. 260 et 358. pr. p. — Crotonis sect. Andrichnia ejusd. 
l. c. p. 362. pr. p. — Grotonis sect. Stolidanthus ejusd. in.Rec- 
d'obs. bot. v. h. p. 393 pr. p. 
Racemi contigui, sc. inter flores foemineos et masculos haud longius- 
culo tractu denudaio-interrupti. Bractez inferiores racemorum flores 
femineos simulque masculos stipantes. Calycis feminei lacinie aut 
margine plana ut in serie III, aut rarius margine reduplicativo-recurvae 
utin serie II. — Flores fceminei in C. olivaceo aliisque occurrunt inter- 
dum ex parte solitarii, masculis destituti. — Spec. 29-95. 
A. Plante lepidotz. — Pili partiales horizontales, uniseriales, centro latius 
v. angustius in disculum peltiformem margine radiantem' v. rarius in dis- 
culum subintegrum omnino connati sunt. — Lepides profunde divise s. 
longe radiantes a pilis lepidotis depresso-stellatis in eo recedunt, quod pili 
partiales omnes uniseriales, nec alii profundiores et alii magis superficiales, 
unus tamen interdum insuper occurrit centralis, erectus. — Spec. 29-38. 
I. Styli bis et ultra dichotome divisi. — Species omnes americanz. 
1* Foliorum limbus palmatinervius. 
29. C. REMIARGYREUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 81), petiolis limbum 
subequantibus, limbo quintuplrseptuplinervio basi stipitato-biglanduloso 
supra viridi subtus argyreo-lepidoto, lepidibus arcte adpressis pilo elongato 
deciduo terminatis, stipulis setaceis elongatis, racemis floribundis, bracteis 
linearibus masc. fasciculifloris, calycis fc&m. angulosi laciniis late ovatis 
obtusis subplanis, staminibus circ. 15, filamentis hirtellis, antheris breviter 
ellipsoideis, ovario tomentello, stylis A4-partitis rigidis. 5 In Brasili& prov. 
Minas Geraes (Regnell n. 402! in hb. holm., Widgren!'in hb. upsal.). Ra- 
muli anguiosi, adpresso-tomentelli, pallide fulvi, subgraciles. Stipule 
7-12 mm. longae, integre v. inferne lacinulate. Limbus foliorum 8-12 cm. 
longus, 34-5 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basi rotun- 
data leviter cordatus, subinteger, firme membranaceus, supra pilis lepidoto- 
stellatis pilo partiali ind ue terminatis fuscidulis Bere du d lepidibus 
densissimis argenteo-nitidis vestitus. Pili partiales lepidum usque ad medium 
aut longius breviusve connati, longitudine inaequales. Racemi florigeri 
9-12 cm. longi, laxiflori. Bractez inleriores bisexuales, relique mascule. 
