CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/E (avcr. MULLER). 569 
tomentellis, pilorum radiis circa centrum angustissime coalitis, pilis sepe 
pilo partiali terminali auctis. 5 In Montevideo (Sellow! in hb. berol.). 
C. lachnostephanus Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 1864, v. 4. p. 357. C. tricho- 
cephglus « rigidus Müll. Arg. in Linnza, 1865. v. 34. p. 102. Frutex 
videtur subhumilis. Foliorum limbus 12-20 mm. longus, 6-10 mm. latus, 
apice ut in reliquis varietatibus acutus, integer, subtus albicans. Calyces 
fructigeri subcompacti, 6-9 mm. longi, pulchre aureo-lanati; pili subse- 
tacei, elongati, stelligeri. (v. s.) 
8, Chamzpitys, ramulis crassiusculis patule ramosis albido-tomentellis, 
foliis lanceolato-ellipticis utrinque subobtusis subadpresso-lepidoto-tomen- 
tellis, pilorum radiis circa centrum distinctius coalitis. 5 Cum var. pra- 
cedente (Sellow! in hb. berol). C. Chamsepitys Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 
v. 4. p. 356. C. trichocephalus 8 brevifolius Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. 
p. 102. Rami rigiduli et indumenti color magis cinerascenti-alhidus ut in 
«, foliorum magnitudo autem et forma ut in var. sequente. (v. s.) 
y, intermedius, ramulis gracilioribus magis elongatis minus patule dicho- 
tome ramosis breviter tomentellis, foliis lanceolato-ellipticis utrinque 
subacutis adpresse lepidoto-tomentellis, pilorum radiis circa centrum 
distincte coalitis, pilo terminali partiali deficiente. 5 Cum var. « et 8 
(Sellow! in hb. berol.). C. trichocephalus y intermedius Müll. Arg. l. c. 
Foliorum limbus 7-12 mm. longus, 3-5 mm. latus, quoad formam ut in f. 
(v. s.) ' 
0, genuinus , ramulis gracilibus elongatis virgato-ramosis breviter tomen- 
tellis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis v. spathulatis adpresso-lepidoto-tomentellis. 
À In Brasilia prov. Rio Grande do Sul (Gaudich. n. 1668! 1669! in hb. 
Mus. paris.) et in Montevideo (Sellow! in hb. berol.). C. pycnocephalus 
Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v.4. p. 356 (« et 8). C. trichocephalus à lepto- 
phyllus Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 34. p. 103. Foliorum limbus 12-22 mm. 
longus, 2-4 mm. latus, subsimilis ei Crotonis leptophylli, sed paulo ma- 
jor. — Indumentum calycis fructigeri in tota specie ludit nunc pulchre 
aureo-fulvum, nunc fulvo-albidum, nunc cinerascens. (v. s.) 
140. C. LEPTOPBYLLUS (Müll Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 103), limbo penni- 
nervio basi eglanduloso supra pilis stellatis subtus lepidibus profunde ra- 
diantibus vestito, stipulis Bem racemis unisexualibus parvis paucifloris, 
bracteis linearibus calycem haud excedentibus, calycis fem. laciniis lanceolato- 
ovatis acutis fructigeris capsulam haud czequantibus extus adpresse tomentellis, 
petalis masc. lanceolato-obovatis pubescentibus, staminibus circ. 16, filamen- 
tis hirto-pubescentibus, ovario tomentello, stylis gracilibus bipartitis laciniis 
bipartitis v. bifidis v. bilobis, capsulis globosis, seminibus lavibus. j In Bra- 
silia meridionali (Sellow! in hb. berol.). Fruticulus vix pedalis, ramosissimus, 
leptocladus, microphyllus, partibus junioribus indumento flavido-albicante 
densissime et adpresse vestitus. Foliorum limbus breviter petiolatus, 10-18 mm. 
longus, 25-5 mm. latus, lanceolatus v. lineari-ellipticus, utrinque subobtusus, 
integer, rigidulus, planus v. subtus leviter carinato-convexus. Flores in spe- 
ciminibus visis dioici, in racemis tantum 1-5, breviter pedicellati. Calyx fruc- 
liger non accrescens, 4 mm. longus, masculus aperiens globosus, 2j mm. 
latus, pedicellum czquans. Capsule 5 mm. longe, incano-tomentellie. Semina 
subglobosa, fuscidula, nitida. — Similis C. parvifolio, sed indumentum lepi- 
dotum et numerus staminum alius. A simillimo C. pycnocephalo 8 genuino 
recedit floribus dioicis, bracteis haud exsertis, calyce foem. non accrescente, 
tenuiore et pilis setaceis stelligeris destituto. (v. s.) 
3* Petioli breves. Ovarium lepidotum. 
141. C. M YRICIFOLIUS (Griseb. in Nachricht. d. Kónigl. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. 
d. Univ. Gótting. 1865. p. 173), foliorum limbo penninervio basi eglanduloso 
supra glabro subtus crebre lepidoto, lepidibus breviter radiantibus, stipulis 
obsoletis, racemis depauperatis exiguis, calycis foem. laciniis oblongo-ovatis 
acutiusculis, staminibus circ. 12, filamentis pilosis, ovario crebre lepidoto, 
stylis 3 bipartitis cruribus semel v. bis bifidis, seminibus levibus. In Cuba 
