CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/E (vcr. MULLER). 579 
pedicellati. Calyx foem. 21 mm. longus, non accrescens, masculus aperiens 
23 mm. latus. Capsule 5 mm. longz. Semina 31 mm. equantia. (v. s.) 
168. C. TogngEYANUS, petiolis limbo circ. 5-6-plo brevioribus, limbo penni- 
nervio basi eglanduloso supra pilis stellatis subtus lepidibus fere a centro 
radiantibus argenteis nitidulis intricatis vestito, stipulis subulatis parvulis 
racemis brevibus, bracteis ovatis parvis 1-3-floris, calycis fcem. laciniis ovàtis 
subacutis parvis, petalis masc. obovatis fcem. lanceolàto-linearibus, disco hy- 
pogyno pubescente, staminibus circ. 15, filamentis glabris, ovario molliter 
tomentello, stylis semel bipartitis rigidulis brevibus, capsulis junioribus glo- 
bosis trisulcatis. 5 In Novo Mexico (C. Wright n.1802!). C. suaveolens B oblon- 
gifolius Torr. Mex. bound. surv. p. 194. Totus albicans. Ramuli tomentosi. 
Petioli 5-6 mm. longi. Limbus foliorum 25-31 cm. longus, circ. 2 cm. latus 
oblongo-ovatus v. subellipticus, acutus, basi obtusus, supra dense stellato-pu- 
berulus, subtus lepidibus intricatis velutino-tomentosus, albidus. Racemi visi 
foliis breviores. Flores fem. ad basin racemorum 1-2, sessiles, masculi bre- 
viter pedicellati. Calycis foem. lacinie 2 mm. longe. Alabastra masc. 2 mm. 
lata, depresso-globosa, albida. — Similis C. Lindheimeriano, lepides autem 
profundius radiantes, basi subinde yix distincte disciformes, pure nitides. Cha- 
racteres caeterum ad eos C. fruticulosi proxime accedunt, cujus indumentum 
stellare, non argenteo-nitidulum. (v. s.) 
169. C. LINDHEIMERIANUS (Scheele in Linnza, v. 25. p. 580, ex Torr. Mex. 
bound. surv. p. 195), petiolis limbo triente brevioribus, limbo subquintupli- 
nervio basi eglanduloso lepidoto, lepidibus profunde radiantibus, stipulis 
subulatis parvis, racemis subcorymbiformibus parvis inferne nudis, calycis 
foem. laciniis lanceolato-ovatis acutis margine saepe subreduplicativis, petalis 
foem. demum elongatis linearibus, staminibus 13-11, filamentis dorso albide- 
sericeis, ovario tomentello, stylis elongatis gracilibus semel bipartitis pilósis, 
capsula ovoidea subinflata ambitu subtereti, seminibus leviter foveolato-punc- 
ticulatis. 5 In Noyo Mexico inter Western Texas et El Paso (C. Wright n. 6411 
et n. 1805!), in Mexico (Gregg n. 71). Caules circ. pedales, e caudice lignoso 
subnumerosi, erecti, pauciramosi, cum tota planta opaco-argenteo-albican- 
tes. Foliorum limbus 2-45 cm. longus, 15-22 mm. latus, ovatus, acutus, basi 
obtusus v. acutiusculus, integer, breviter quintuplinervius, fere penninervius, 
utraque pagina adpresse vestitus, flavido-argenteus. Costa? secundaris leviter 
prominentes. Stipulze 21 mm. longa. Racemi omnino masculi v. inferne fce- 
minei. Bractez steriles inferiores oblongo-ovate, parvae, fertiles lineares, 
duplo longiores, 3 mm. bene &quantes. Pedicelli foem. tenues, 5-8 mm. longi. 
Calyx foem. 3 mum. a&equans, non ampliatus, quam capsula 2-3-plo brevior. 
Lacini& scpe margine reduplicativee, antea tamen et postea margine plane. 
Petala pubescentia. Capsulae 7 mm. longe, 5 mm. late. Semina fere 4 mm. 
longa, subeylindrica. — Hine similis speciei precedenti et Crotoni suaveo- 
lenti, illinc speciem sectionis Hendecandra simulans. (v. s.) 
2* Stamina 11-10. 
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170. C. PAnvuLUs (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34 p. 106), petiolis limbo 3-4-plo 
brevioribus, limbo subtriplinervio basi eglanduloso paucicostato supra pilis 
depresso-stellatis subtus lepidibus profunde radiantibus intricatis flavido-albis 
denso vestito, stipulisminimis orasse glanduliformibus, racemis parvis, brac- 
teis ovatis minimis pedicellos masc. breves vix eequantibus 1-2-floris, stami- 
nibus 11, filamentis glabris. 5 In America calida, ut videtur (hb. DC.!). Folia 
visa 12-18. mm. longa, 1-10 mm. lata, ovata, utrinque obtusa, supra primum 
puberula, juvenilia ut in C. hypoleuco indumento tenui mox secedente cine- 
rascentia. — Nulli cognitorum nisi C. hypoleuco Schlecht. et proximis plus 
minusve similis primaque fronte facile pro C. hypoleuci forma parvifolia ob- 
tusifolia habendus, sed examini submissus etiam absque floribus foem. et cap- 
sulis statim recedit numero staminum, costis secundariis utrinque tantum 3-4, 
infimis dimidium limbum snbattingentibus etlepidum radiis paulo longioribus 
longiuscule ultra medium, nec tantum circiter triente, inter se liberis, indu- 
mentum multo mollius magis araneoso-intricatum formantibus. (v. s.) 
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