554 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENJE. CROTON. 
stellatis subtus lepidibus profunde radiantibus nitidulis vestito, stipulis lan- 
ceolatis acuminatis majusculis caducis, bracteis exsertis, calycis foem. laciniis 
late ovatis acutis demum accrescentibus intus coloratis, petalis masc. utraque 
pagina tomentosis, staminibus 16-13, filamentis totis pilosis, ovario hirsuto, 
stylis 3 profunde A-partitis, laciniis angustis semel v. bis bifidis hirtis, cap- 
sulis depresso-globosis tridymis muricato-corticatis, seminibus sublevibus. 
5 In Brasilia meridionali late distributus, in prov. S. Pauli prope Lorenà et 
Taubate (Riedel! Lund n. 779!), prope Rio de Janeiro (Guillem. n. 228! 
Gaudich.!), ibidem in monte Corcovado (Riedel!), in prov. Minas Geraes 
(Claussen! Pohl n. 1615!). — Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 300. C. asper 
Desv. sched. ex Baill. l. c. Arbuscula v. frutex magnus, 10-20-pedalis. Rami 
validi, teretes. Ramuli leviter et obtuse angulosi, pilis stellatis subverrucae- 
formibus cinnamomeo-fuscis v. purpurascentibus pulveraceo-scabrati. Petioli 
1-3 cm. longi, firmi. Limbus 5-12 cm. longus, 2-6 em. latus, oblongo-ovatus 
v. oblongo-ellipticus, acutus, subinteger, supra fuscidulus, pilis stellatis hir- 
tello-scabratus, subtus argenteo-ochraceus, lepidibus breviter stipitatis tectus. 
Radii pilorum longe ultra medium inter se liberi, interdum fere biseriales. 
Stipulae 8 mm. longe, 2 mm. late. Pedicelli fructigeri 8 mm. longi. Alabastra 
mascula 3; mm. lata. Calyx fructiger 7 mm. longus. Capsule 1] mm. lata. 
— Similis C. gonoclado Spreng. s. C. compresso Lam. (v. s.) 
3^ Racemi graciles, comosi. 
104. C. MICANS, petiolis limbo 6-10-plo brevioribus, limbo penninervio basi 
eglanduloso subtus dense et nitide argenteo-lepidoto, stipulis setaceis, race- 
mis elongatis tenuibus, bracteis lanceolato-subulatis exsertis, calycis fcem. 
laciniis triangulari-ovatis erectis obtusis, petalis masc. lanceolato-ellipticis 
dorso non lepidotis intus dense hirto-pilosis, staminibus circ. 14, filamentis 
pilosis, ovario lepidoto-hirto, stylis bipartitis laciniis bifidis gracilibus. 
&, geminus, petiolis eirc. 4-1 mm. longis cum ramulis petiolis et stipulis 
et foliis juvenilibus ferrugineo-villoso-pubescentibus, costis nunc nume- 
rosis nunc in foliis nonnullis breviusculis paucioribus magisque distanti- 
bus, calyce fcem. breviter pedicellato. 5 In Jamaica (Sw.! ex fragm. a cl. 
Griseb. benevole misso), in Guyana anglica secus Essequebo (Rob. Schomb. 
n. 44! et Rich. Schomb. n. 3291). C. micans Sw. Flor. Ind. occid. v. 2. 
p. 1185; Willd. Spec. pl. v. 4. p. 548. C. nervosus B villosus Klotzsch in 
Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1843, v. 2. p. 50. C. argyrophyllus v villosus 
Müll Arg. in Linnaea, v. 34. p. 96. Ramuli tenues, ferrugineo-hirtelli. 
Petioli 3-7 mm. longi. Limbus íoliorum ramulinorum 3-5 cm. longus, 
12 mm. latus, ovato-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi obtusus v. leviter cor- 
datus, minute denticulatus, supra fuscus, pilis parcis»imis stellato-lepidi- 
formibus centro sepe pilum elongatum gerentibus adspersus, subtus 
dense et nitidule lepidotus. Lepidum radii basi tantum pro 5-4 longitu- 
dinis imove brevius inter se coharentes, argillaceo-argentei, horizontales 
v.leviter adscendentes. Calyces lepidibus profunde radiantibus flavidis 
vestiti, fere sessiles, masculi aperientes 2 1 mm. lati, globosi, leviter ver- 
tice depressi; feemineorum lacini; cum basi 4 mm. longz, dorso cari- 
nate, margine leviuscule recurvz. Antherz ellipsoidez, secus connecti- 
vum inferne v. tota longitudine v. etiam in ipsis loculis, etiamsi sparsé, 
plus minusve puberula. Capsule ignota. (v. s.) ! 
B, pubescens, petiolis circ. 8-15 rnm. longis cum ramulis albido-v. demum 
nigricanti-pubescentibus, costis secundariis approximatis, calyce fem. 
breviter pedicellato. 5 In Guyana anglica secus Rio Takutu (Schomb. 
n. 802!), et in Brasilia ad Moritiba prope Bahiam (Blanchet n. 3655 !). 
C.nervosus a pubescens Klotzsch in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. 1843. v. 2. 
p. 50. C. argyrophyllus B. pubescens Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 96. 
C. argyroglossum Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 290. Frutex 10-12-pedalis. 
Ramuli cum petiolis et stipulis villoso-pubescentes et insuper lepidibus 
fulvo-albidis subtomentelli. Stipulae 6-10 mm. longa. Limbus foliorum 
5-9 cm. longus, 22-4 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus v. ovato-lanceolatus, acu- 
minatus, integer, supra fuscescens, subtus lepidibus densis subconcólo- 
