CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/JE (avcr. MULLER). 567 
sepe incurva, rigida. Pedicelli calyce breviores. Calyx foem. 21-23 mm. 
longus, mox patens. Alabastra masc. globosa, cum ovario dense lepidoto- 
squamosa. Stamina subgranulosa. Styli' ovario paulo breviores, depresso- 
patuli; lacinia integre v. bilobze. (v. s.) 
134. C. BozERIANUS (Baill..Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 151), foliis breviter 
peliolatis, limbo penninervio basi minute biglanduloso supra glabro subtus 
dense argenteo-lepidoto, racemis brevibus, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis 1-floris, 
petalis masc. obovatis pubescentibus foemineis subulatis apice puberulis, 
staminibus 14-16, filamentis pilosis, stylis profunde partitis. 5 In Madagas- 
caria (Bojer! in hb. Mus. pàris.. Rami graciles, subteretes, nigricantes, 
pallide lenticellati. Ramuli obseure pubescentes. Stipulz lineari-lanceolatz. 
Petioli alterni, 1-3 mm. longi, ferrugineo-hirtelli. Limbus foliorum 2 4 om. 
longus, 5-8 mm. latus, oblongato-e!lipticus v. ovato-lanceolatus, basi inaequi- 
laterali rotundatus, apice obtuse attenuato-acuminatus, membranaceus, supra 
fusco-nigricans, pellucido-punctatus. Racemi circ. 10-flori. Flores foem. pauci, 
ad basin racemorum siti. Calyces masc. stellatim pubescentes. Receptaculum 
masc. villosum. Discus hypogynus brevissimus. Stylorum lacinie involuta, 
corrugatz. — A C. farinoso, quocum cl. Baill. comparavit, primo intuitu 
differt pu vere lepidotis. Similior est Crotoni squamigero, cujus formam 
parvifoliam facile crederis, sed foliorum lepides unicolores et petala foem, 
subulata. (v. s.) 
3» Racemi in glomerulum contracti. 
135. C. AN1IsATUS (Bail. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 159), foliis oppositis v. 
subverticillatis breviter petiolatis penninerviis primum utraque pagina parce 
argenteo-lepidotis, lepidibus exiguis breviter et irregulariter radiantibus, 
floribus glomerulatis, calycis foem. campanulati laciniis ovatis acutis ferru- 
gineo-lepidotis, staminibus 10-6, ovario globoso lepidoto, stylis basi connatis 
parte libera decompositis. j In Madagascaria (Lepervanche! in hb. Mus. 
m Frutex 3-pedalis, ramosissimus, totus odore Anisi gratus, Lignum 
urissimum. Rami graciles, dichotome ramosi, teretes, glabriusculi. Ramuli 
ramis conformes, cum reliquis partibus fere omnibus rufescenti-lepidoti. 
Petioli 1-& mm. longi, oppositi v. 4-8-natim subverticillati. Folia majora 
34 cm. longa, 14 cm. lata, minora 1 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, oblongato-obo- 
yata v. lanceolata, basi cuneata, apice obtuse attenuata, ad quemque nodum 
inzqualia, integra, demum glabrata, viridia, subtus pallidiora. Flores omnes 
masculi v. inferiores pauci feeminei. Petala masc. eroso-sublacinulata, vil- 
^u EE linearia, brevissima. Stylorum lacinic inflexee , corrugatza. 
Y. S. 
b. Petioli limbum subaquantes. — Species americana. 
136. C. sALUTARIS (Casaretto Novar. stirp. brasil. decad. p. 89. n. 100, 1845), 
ramulis acute compresso-angulosis, petiolis limbo paulo brevioribus, limbo 
basi stipitato-urceolari-biglanduloso subtus dense lepidoto, lepidibus margine 
repando-lobatis, stipulis lanceolato-subulatis, racemis elongatis floribundis, 
bracteis exiguis masc. fasciculifloris, calycis foem. cylindrico-urceolaris laci- 
niis oblongato-ovatis demum acutis late imbricatis erectis, petalis masc. 
Obovato-lanceolatis margine barbato-ciliolatis, staminibus circ. 15-20, fila- 
mentis glabris, ovario dense squamoso-lepidoto, stylis bis bipartitis squamoso- 
lepidotis, laciniis acuminatis, capsulis ellipsoideis, seminibus lzvibus. 5 v. Jj 
In Brasilie montibus Serra dos Orgaos prope Rio de Janeiro (Casaretto 
n. 856! in hb. DC., Sellow! Riedel!), in prov. Minas Geraes (Aug. St-Hilaire 
n. 601! 6911 in hb. Mus. paris.). Vulgo cum aliis diversis speciebus hujus 
generis Sangue de Drago nuncupatur. C. urceolatus Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 
Y. A. p. 299. C. angularis Klotzsch sched. ex Baill. l. c. (et fid. specim. orig. 
in hb. berol.!). Arbor 20-30-pedalis. Partes juveniles omnes dense ferrugineo- 
lepidotzee, dein lepidibus rufescenti-argenteis dense vestite. Stipulee 5-7 mm. 
longs. Limbus foliorum 6-8 em. longus, 3-4 cm. latus, triangulari-ovatus v. 
oblongo-ovatus, acuminatus, basi late subtruncatus. Coste infima secundarice 
longiuscule, unde limbus, imo junior potius triplinervius quam penninervius, 
evolutus autem distinctius penninervius, sc. coste infimze dimidio limbo 
