348 DICOTYL. sec EXOGENJE. CROTON. 
taculi indumento. A C. echioideo dein differt floribus multo majoribus et 
numero staminum. (v. s.) 
88. C. ERYTHROCHILUS (Müll Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 93), petiolis limbo 
duplo brevioribus, limbo penninervio basi biglanduloso, stipulis subulatis par- 
vis, racemis longissimis, bracteis ovatis exiguis, calycis fem. laciniis oblongo- 
ovatis subobtusis parvis sub fructu haud accrescentibus, ovario stellato-tomen- 
tello, stylis semel bipartitis laciniis integris, capsulis parvis depresso-globosis 
tridymis, seminibus levibus. 4 In Peruvia (hb. Ruiz.! in hb. berol., et hb. 
Pavon.! in hb. Boiss.). Ramuli dichotome v. subverticillatim ramosi, teretes, 
fusco-nigricantes, succo sanguineo repleti ut in affinibus multis, unde nomen 
vernacule Sangre de Drago, quod incole autem pluribus indistincte tribuunt. 
Ramuli apice cum partibus juvenilibus omnibus pilis abbreviatis stellatis v. 
mox dein depresso-stellatis obscure argillaceis v. argillaceo-brunneis subpul- 
verulento-tomentelli. Limbus foliorum circ. 8-10 cm. longus, triente inferiore 
sepius 4-53 cm. latus, triangulari-ovatus, obtuse cuspidato-acuminatus, basi 
late rotundata leviter cordatus, integer, primum dense, dein sparse adpresso- 
puberulus. Coste secundariz utroque latere circ. 12-17, fere cequaliter inter 
se distantes, infimze non obstante forma triangulari foliorum a reliquis vix 
diverse. Racemi fructigeri 12-30 mm. longi. Pedicelli fructigeri calycem 
&quantes. Capsule tantum 3$ mm. longe, 5 mm. late, subpulveraceo- 
tomentelle. — Flores masculi ignoti. (v. s.) 
b. Stamina 20-15. 
1* Foliorum limbus penninervius. 
89. C. SauPATIEK (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 94), petiolis limbo circ. 
triente brevioribus, limbo penninervio basi patellari-glanduloso, stipulis 
subulatis denticuliformibus, racemis elongatis fasciculifloris, bracteis lineari- 
lanceolatis masc. 3-7-floris, calyce fcem. oblongato-ellipsoideo masculo glo- 
boso, petalis masc. obovatis puberulis, staminibus circ. 14, filamentis gla- 
bris, antheris abbreviato-ellipsoideis, ovario tomentello, stylis semel bipartitis 
laciniis integris. 5 In Peruvia ad Chicoplaya, ubi vulgo Sampatik nuncupa- 
tur (hb. Ruiz.! in hb. berol. et hb. Pavon.! in hb. Boiss.), in Brasiliz sylvis 
prope San Carlos (Riedel! Helmreichen!). Ramuli subteretes, apice confertim 
paucifoliati et cum partibus juvenilibus omnibus pilis ferrugineis brevibus 
stellatis subpulveraceo-vestiti. Petioli 4-7 cm. longi. Limbus foliorum 8-11 cm. 
longus, 3-1 cm. latus, oblongato-ovatus, acuminatus, basi obtusus, tenuius- 
cule sed firme membranaceus, viridissimus, margine nunc obscurius nunc 
profundius grosse lobato-dentatus, utraque pagina pilis exiguis depresso- 
stellatis adspersus. Costze secundaria utroque latere 5-7, distantes, infima 
due utriusque lateris subinde plus minusve approximate. Racemi in apice 
ramulorum subaggregati, sepe 3, laterales tardius evoluti v. deficientes, 
centrales 15-20 cm. longi imove et longiores, interdum basi floribus foemineis 
destituti, vulgo tamen inferne mixto-bisexuales. Bractee 9 mm. longa, ca- 
duca. Calyx foem. subduplo longior quam latus, masculus 21 mm. latus. 
Fructus ignotus. (v. s.) 
90. C. MALAMBO (Karsten in Linnza 1857, v. 28. p- 418), limbo demum longe 
petiolato penninervio basi grosse biglanduloso, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, 
racenris elongatis, calyce masc. depresso-globoso, petalis masc. oblongo- 
obovatis intus pubescentibus margine ciliatis, staminibus 20-18, filamentis 
glabris, ovario ovoideo stellato-pubescente, stylis semel bifidis, capsulis sub- 
globosis leviter tridymis. j In parte maritima Venezuele et Nove Granata 
(Karsten l. c.). — Karsten Flor. Colomb. p. 25. t. 13. Arbor 12-15-pedalis. 
Truncus 4-pedalis, rectus. Cortex camphoreo-aromaticus, officinalis, subero- 
sus, flavescens. Foliorum petioli 24-8 cm. longi; limbus oblongo-oyatus Y. 
oblongo-ellipticus, utrinque obtusus v. subobtusus, circ. 8 cm. longus, 4 cm. 
latus, crenato-dentatus, glaber, hircino-feetidus, in crenaturis glanduliger. 
Pedicelli foem. elongati, in quoque racemo circ. 7. Flores fcem. ex icone 
petalis destituti, staminodia gerentes, Capsule 6-8 mm. latz. Styli erecto- 
patuli, rigiduli. Capsule glabrata. 
