512 DICOTYL. sev EXOGENJE. CROTON. 
oppositifolii ; axille summ: ramulos oppositos proferentes, relique vulgo 
steriles. Ramuli graciles, teretes, summi angulosi, ferruginei, subpulveraceo- 
squamulosi. Stipule obsoletz, Petioli 3-6 mm. longi. Limbus foliorum 12-2; 
cm. longus, 8-13 mm. latus, oblongo-v. lanceolato-ellipticus, utrinque obtu- 
sus v. obtusiusculus, integer, supra nigricans et lepidibus profunde stellato- 
paucipartitis tenerrimis niveis adspersus, subtus omnino lepidibus tectus, non 
argenteo-albidus. Pedicelli calycem subcquantes. Calyces ferrugineo-lepidoti. 
Petala fem. glandulosa, subciavata, exigua. — Ab affini C. metallico preter 
formam foliorum et stylos graciliores jam alabastris utriusque sexus globosis 
differt. Confer ad C. squamigerum. — Glandula hujus speciei exiguz in angulo 
inter costam prominentem et paginam inferiorem limbi site ibique arcte 
adpresse sunt facileque pretervidendz. (v. s.) 
b. Glandulz limbi foliorum evoluta. Lepides densissima, imbricatae, margine 
breviter radiantes. — Species madagascariensi-zambesica, asiatica et ocea- 
nica. 
1? Racemi abbreviati, pauciflori. 
148. C. PULCHELLUS (Bail. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 161), foliis alternis bre- 
viter petiolatis penninerviis basi stipitato-biglandulosis supra stellato-pube- 
rulis subtus dense argenteo-lepidotis, calycis foem. laciniis triangulari-ovatis, 
petalis fem. subnullis masc. obovatis, staminibus 12-15, filamentis glabris, 
ovario dense lepidoto-squamuloso, stylis semel bipartitis brevibus. j In Ma- 
dagascaria, ubi dicitur Foussy-ravou (Martin! in hb. Deless.) , et in Zambesia 
prope Tette, ubi Casüa-mucongo nuncupatur (Peters! in hb. berol., Kirk! in 
"hb. Hook.). Argyrodendron bicolor Klotzsch in Peters Reise Mozamb. p. 102 
(non Croton bicolor Roxb.). Frutex 4-5-pedalis. Rami teretes, cinereo-pallidi, 
glabri. Ramuli cum petiolis et inflorescentiis lepidibus brevissime multira- 
diantibus adpressis centro nonnihil umbonato-convexis ibique ceraceo-lutes- 
centibus dense tecti. Petioli 3-8 mm. longi. Limbus 4-9 cm. longus, 2-4 cm. 
latus, lanceolato-ovatus, acutus, apice obtusus, basi leviter cordatus, integer, 
supra fuscidulus et primum stellato-puberulus deinque punctato-scabridus v. 
omnino glabratus.Bractez ovata, exigua. Pedicelli fcem. calycem fructige- 
rum haud accrescentem bis zequantes. Calycis feem. lacinia 1 1-2 mm. longa. 
Discus hypogynus 5-lobus, adnatus. Ovarii lepides medio fusco-nigricantes. 
Styli vulgo profunde bipartiti, rigiduli, fusco-purpurei. (v. s.) ! 
2* Racemi floribundi. 
149. C. METALLICUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 103), foliis mediocriter 
petiolatis basi subtus sessili-biglandulosis subtus lepidotis, lepidibus argillaceo- 
rufescentibus demum argenteo-albicantibus nitidis, alabastris foem. oblongo- 
ovoideis, disco hypogyno urceolari tenui repando-lobato, staminibus circ. 15, 
filamenüs infra medium pilosis, ovario dense lepidoto-squamuloso, stylis 
abbreviatis crassis bipartitis ovario 2-3-plo brevioribus, seminibus levibus. 
5 In insulis Fidji (B. Seemann n. 408! in hb. DC., et Unit. Stat, expl. exped. 
under Capt. Wilkes! in hb. DC.). Ramuli, petioli, pagina inferior foliorum et 
inflorescentie tote dense lepidote. Lepides irregulariter 4-6-lobz, parvul&. 
Stipule exigua. Petioli 1 1 cm. longi. Limbus foliorum 6-9 cm. longus, 3-5 cm. 
latus, ovatus, acuminatus, basi rotundato-obtusus, fere integer, supra mox 
glaber et nigricans, opacus. Coste secundarie subtus distincte, sed leviter 
tantum, prominule. Rhachis racemorum angulosa. Pedicelli calycem supe- 
rantes, foeminei mox elongati. Flores fcem. fere omnino ut in C. insulari, 
sed pedicelli foem. mox multo longiores, fructigeri demum 14 mm. longi for- 
teque longiores, stylorum lacinie emarginato-bilobz et glandulz limbi hypo- 
nec epiphylle. In flore foem. saepe staminodia adsunt. Capsule 6-7 mm. longe. 
Semina 5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, brunnea. — Species brevitate stylorum In- 
signita, habitu elegans, pulchre colorata. (v. s.) 
150. C. B1coLoR (Roxb. Flor. ind. v. 3. p. 680), petiolis limbo 2-3-plo bre- 
vioribus, limho basi sessili-biglanduloso subtus ferrugineo-lepidoto, stipulis 
setaceis, calycis foem. laciniis oblongalo-ovatis suberectis, petalis masc. lana- 
