CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/E (aucr. MULLER . 5641 
Fere omnia ut in var. precedente, sed folia basi vulgo obtusa, tantum 
10-18 mm. longa, 7-14 mm. lata. Lacinie calycis feeminei ut in prace- 
dentibus varietatibus dorso plus minusve costato-carinatz» sunt. — A 
simili C. origanifolio jam primo intuitu differt foliis tripli-quintupliner- 
viis. (v. s.) ! 
118.? C. PoTTsi1, floribus breviter racemosis, bracteis subulatis, petalis masc. 
anguste ellipticis unguiculatis margine villosis. 5 In Mexico occid. ad Chi- 
huahua (Potts). Lasiogyne Pottsii Klotzsch in Seem. Bot. of Herald. p. 278. 
Humilis, erectus, gracilis, vix racemosus, adpresse stellato-tomentosus. Petioli 
erecti, semipollicares. Folia 25 cm. longa, vulgo 6-10 mm. lata, oblongo-ellip- 
tica, Drevissime apiculata, basi obtusa, supra pallide viridia, subtus incana. 
Bractec extus hirtz. Calyces incano-tomentosi. Stamina exserta. Capsule eva- 
nescenti-hirsute. 
B. Stipulae distincte glanduloso-pluridentatae aut. glanduloso-laciniata., 
IL. Styli bis et ultra. dichotome divisi. 
«. Species monoicz, Indumentum adpressum. — Crotonis sect. Astrieopsis Baill. 
Etud, gén. Euphorb. p. 362; Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. West. Ind. p. 40 pr. p. 
1" Limbus foliorum basi glanduliger. 
119. C. GUY ANENSiS (Aubl. Guyan. v. 2. p. 882. t. 339, 1775), petiolis limbum 
demum :quantibus, limbo quintuplinervio basi biglanduloso, stipulis elon- 
gatis lineari-subulatis apice truncato glanduligeris subulato-bistipellatis sti- 
pellis apice glanduligeris, racemis elongatis, bracteis rhombeo-lanceolatis 
inciso-dentatis patulis unifloris, calycis foem. angulosi laciniis late triangulari- 
ovatis acutis laciniato-dentatis, petalis masc. obovatis intus basi sericeis, sta- 
minibus circ. 11, filamentis piloso-hirtis, ovario fulvo-hirsuto, stylis ultra 
medium 4-6-fidis. 5 In Guyana gallica (Aubl.! in Mus. londin. ex hb. Sw., in 
hb. holm.!, Poiteau! in hb. berol). C. subluteus Lam. Encycl. v. 2. p. 210 
(1186); Willd. Spec. pl. v. 4. p. 540; Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 46. Folia sparsa, 
ad apicem ramulorum congesta, juvenilia cum reliquis partibus juvenilibus 
pilis fulvo-albicantibus depresso-stellatis subflexuosis v. subcrispulis mox ex 
parte secedentibus adspersa, demum subglabrata, membranacea, subtus lutes- 
centia, supra fusca, nitida, absque petiolis 10-15 cm. longa, 41-7 cm. lata. 
oblongo-ovata, acute acuminata, basi obtusa, fusco-lucida, minute crenata 
v. evoluta szepe primo intuitu integra, in crenaturis glanduligera, tota crebre 
pellucido-punctata. Stipulae 6-8 mm. longe. Racemi 20-30 cm. longi. Flores 
fem. numerosissimi, aperti longe filiformi-pedicellati. Calyx foem. 5 mm. 
longus, masculus aperiens 3 mm. latus, globosus. Stylorum lacinie obtusz, 
apice incurvz, integre v. ex parte bilobae. (v. s.) 
?* Limbus foliorum basi non glanduliger. 
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120. C. Lücipvus (L. Pugill. jamaic. plant. in Amocen. acad. v. 5. p. 410, 1759), 
foliis longiuscule petiolatis penninerviis v. latioribus subquintuplinerviis basi 
non glanduligeris, stipulis exiguis viscosis utrinque inciso-glanduloso-lobatis, 
bracteis ovatis parvis more stipularum lobatis, calycis foem. laciniis anguste 
lanceolatis subobtusis accrescentibus, petalis masc. utraque pagina pubescen- 
tibus, staminibus 12-10, filamentis inferne pilosis, ovario parce pubescente, 
Stylis ultra medium 4-partitis, capsulis oblongo-ellipsoideis, seminibus elon- 
gatis laevibus. 5 In Jamaica (Houst.! hb. Linn.! Swartz! Bertero!), in Hispa- 
niola (ex hb. Sw.! in hb. holm. sub C. pallente), in Cuba (hb. Mus. paris.! 
Otto! Ramon dela Sagra! Linden n. 1732! 1802! Wright n. 5611). — Linn. 
Spec. pl. ed. 3. p. 1426; Lam. Encycl. vol. 2. p. 210; Sw. Flor. Ind. occid. 
V. 2. p. 1193; A. Rich. in Ramon de la Sagra Flor. cub. edit. hisp. v. 3. 
p. 211; Griseb. Flor. ofthe Brit. West Ind. p. 40. C. spicatus Berg. in 
Philosoph. Transact. v. 58. p. 132. t. 7 ex auct. (1768). C. fruticosus Mill. 
Dict. n. 6. (1768). C. pallens Sw.! Prodr. p. 100. (et in hb. holm.). C. ave- 
nius Geisel, Crot. Monogr. p. 11 (1808). C. glanduliferus Vahl in Geisel, 
