CROTON. EUPH. CROTONEZ/E (aucr. MULLER). 551 
b. Foliorunv limbus basi non. glanduliger. 
«. Folia penninervia. ] 
110. C. Sox pERItANUS, petiolis limbo 4-5-brevioribus, limbo penninervio basi 
eglanduloso, costis secundariis ad basin limbi approximatis, stipulis rigide 
setaceis elongatis minute laceratis, racemis floribundis Said. brac- 
teis lineari-lanceolatis omnibus unifloris, calyce fcem. 5-lobo, lobis orbicu- 
: laribus rotundato-obtusis accrescentibus demum margine undulatis capsulam 
dimidiam vix superantibus, petalis masc. obovato-lanceolatis utraque facie 
albido-tomentosis fem. obsoletis, glandulis extrastaminalibus connatis gla- 
bris, disco hypogyno tenui calyci adnato tomentello, staminibus circ. 15, 
filamentis hirto-pilosis, ovario villoso-tomentoso, stylis profunde 4-6-partitis 
laciniis gracilibus bifidis, capsulis majusculis depresso-globosis tridymis um- 
bilicatis, seminibus punctato-scabris. 3 In Brasilia; prov. Ceara (Kalkmann 
n. 141! a cl. Sond. benevole miss.). Species pulchra, proxime affinis C. com- 
presso, sed rami teretes, ramuli autem modice compressi, indumentum par- 
tium magis albidum, in foliorum pagina inferiore hinc inde argenteo-subre- 
nitens, non tamen lepides formans, et coste secundarize multo numerosiores, 
infimz et summa approximate. Limbus 10-14 cm. longus, inferne 5-7 cm. 
latus, quam in specie laudata vulgari ambitu magis triangularis, longius et 
acutius acuminatus. Alabastra masc. aperientia 31 mm. lata, depresso-glo- 
bosa, albida. Calyces foem. dein et capsule differunt, illi late hemisphzerico- 
cupulares, hze circ. 7 mm. longe. Semina 5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata. (v. s.) 
111. C. gouPRESSUSs (Lam. Encycl. v. 2. p. 208), ramulis compresso-angulosis, 
foliis mediocriter petiolatis penninerviis basi eglandulosis, costis secundariis 
infimis non approximatis, stipulis subulatis, racemis multifloris, bracteis 
lanceolatis parvis, calycis foem. laciniis ovatis basi altiuscule gamosepalis 
demum accrescentibus fructigeris capsulam squantibus, petalis masc. utrin- 
que incano-tomentosis, staminibus 18-15, filamentis undique pilosis, ovario 
villoso-tomentoso, stylis 3 ter dichotome divisis, capsulis laevibus tomentellis, 
seminibus sublevibus. 3 et 5 Frequens in campestribus, in collibus et in 
montosis prope Rio de Janeiro (Commers.! in bb. Juss., Mart. hb. bras. 
n. 163! Gaudich.! Riedel! Sellow! Meyen! Widgren! Lhotsky! Vauthier 
n. 89! Pohl n. 1643! Weddell n. 341! Casaretto n. 1402!) — Geisel. Crot. 
Monogr. p. 9; Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 300. C. gonociadus Mart. in 
Flora ratisb. 1837 Beibl. p. 119. Lasiogyne Brasiliensis Klotzsch in Act. 
Acad. Nat. cur. v. 19. Suppl. 1. p. 418 (1848). Croton Brasiliensis Mart. 
Sched. ex Kl. l. c. (nomen). Frutex 2-4-pedalis v. paulo altior, in umbrosis 
magis longirameus, gracilior, minus rigidus, fere omnino masculus, in sic- 
cis firmior magis brevirameus et floribus fcem. numerosioribus ornatus. 
Caules teretes. Ramuli subtrigono-compressi, tomentelli, superne saepius 
longiusculo tractu eo magis herbacei quod ipsi magis elongati. Petioli 1-4 cm. 
longi, validi, cum pagina inferiore limbi et cum 'inflorescentia tota tomen- 
tosi. Limbus 8-15 cm. longus, 21-8 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus v. ovato- 
lancéolatus, acuminatus, basi leviter cordatus v. obtusus, minutissime 
crenulatus, junior supra breviter stellato-tomentosus, dein breviter stellato- 
pubescens v. pilis sparsis parvis asperulus. Racemi foliis breviores, nunc fere 
omnino v. omnino nmiasculi, nunc inferne floribus fcemineis subnumerosis 
onusti, juniores densiflori, dein laxiflori. Alabastra masc. 34 mm. lata. 
pr fem. 4 mm. longus, fructiger 8 mm. attingens. Capsule 7 mm. longz. 
v. S. 
112. C. suBCoMPRESSUS, petiolis limbo 3-4-plo brevioribus, limbo penni- 
nervio basi eglanduloso, indumento stellari, stipulis subulatis parvis, racemis 
submultifloris superne haud comosis, calycis fcem. laciniis triangulari-ovatis 
florigeris margine recurvis fructigeris accrescentibus capsulam dimidiam 
:quantibus, petalis masc. obovato-lanceolatis intus villosis extus puberulis, 
glandulis hypogynis adnatis puberulis masc. glabris, staminibus circ. 16. 
filamentis pubescentibus, ovario pallide tomentello, stylis ter dichotomis, 
XV. Sect, 2. i 
