CROTON. RUPH. CROTONE/E (avcr. MULLER). 581 
ninsulze Indie orient. parte occidentali (Wall. Cat. n. 7124. B !), in Malabaria 
et Concan (Stocks! in Hook. et Thoms. hb. Ind. or.). C. reticulatus Wall. 
Cat. n. 1724, B (nomen), non Wilid., qui Malloti spec. C. hypoleucus Dalz. 
in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 1853. v. 3. p. 123 (non Schlechtend.). Frutex 3-A-pe- 
dalis, Rami tenues et petioli et rhachis inflorescentiz pilis subdisciformibus 
longe radiantibus ferrugineis squamuloso-tomentella. Folia sparsa, in apice 
ramulorum congesta, 9-12 cm. longa, 24-4 em. lata, lanceolata, cuspidato- 
acuminata, basi zequilaterali acuta, obsolete repando-denticulata, supra mox 
glabrata, viridia, demum nitidula, subtus pilis apice disciformibus profunde 
radiantibus argenteis leviter nitidulis densissime tecta. Stipule subulatz, 
parve. Racemi similes iis C. caudati, sed flores foem. pauci et horum calyx 
mox aàccrescens, subcoriaceus, demum 7 mm. longus, pedicellum bene 
gquans; lacini: lanceolato-v. sublineari-ovate, obtusee, erectz, cinerascentes 
v. argenteae. Calyces masc. pedicellis duplo triplove breviores. Stylorum laciniz 
subinvoluto-incurvcd, apice emarginato-bilobz. Capsula integrae desunt, valvee 
coccorum 8 mm. longa, medio 4 mm. late. — A C. bicolore Roxb. jam stylis 
et numero staminum recedit. (v. s.) 
174. C. ZEYrANIGUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 34. p. 107), foliis sparsis medio- 
criter petiolatis subtus argenteis, stipulis subulatis, racemis tenuibus, calycis 
fcem., laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis, disco hypogyno 5-lobo glabro, staminibus 
circ. 15, filamentis glabris, ovario stellato-hirto, stylis basi in columnam 
connatis profunde semel bipartitis laciniis apicem versus flabellato-dilatatis 
£pice inciso-plurilobulatis, capsulis ovoideis trigonis apiculatis magnis. 5 In 
interioribus Ceylonice, altitudine 2000-3000 ped. (Thwait. n. 2110!). Croton 
hypoleucus Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeylan. p. 276 (non Dalz., nec Schlechtend., et 
excl. insuper syn. Heyn.). Folialanceolata, breviter cuspidato-acuminata, basi 
s:equilaterali acuta v. obtusa, obsolete adpresso-denticulata, basi ut in specie pra- 
cedente stipitato-2-4-glandulosa. Coste infimce secundaric& submarginales, fere 
folium triplinervium formant, sed reliquis haud longiores, imo vulgo multo 
breviores. Pedicelli rhasc. calycem paulo;superantes, fceminei calyce breviores. 
Capsule (ex cl. Thw.) semipollicares, i. e. triplo majores quam in specie prz- 
cedente. Semina (ex eod.) nigro-fusca, albo-maculata. — Simillimus prece- 
denti, sed gracilior, ramuli tenuiores, petioli paulo longiores et tenuiores, 
racemi breviores, flores brevius pedicellati et styli demum et capsule omnino 
specifice differunt. (v. s.) 
115. C. FARINOSUS (Lam. Encycl. v. 2. p. 211.), foliis oppositis breviter petio- 
latis basi sessili-biglandulosis subtus indumento albido farinaceo-tomentello 
dense vestitis, stipulis subulatis, racemis tenuibus subspiciformibus, calycis 
fom. albo-farinosi laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis masc. obovatis cilio- 
latis, staminibus circ. 16, filamentis glabris, ovario subgloboso pilis depresso- 
stellatis exiguis dense tomentello, stylis bipartitis laciniis bifidis v. bilobis 
rigidulis. 5 In Madagascaria (Comme's. in hb. Juss.! et in hb. Mus. paris.!). 
— Willd. Spec. pl. v. 4. p. 552; Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 49; Baill. Rec. 
d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 151. Rami pluries dichotome divisi, tenues, teretes, glabri, 
grisei. Ramuli juniores albido-v. apice ferrugineo-farinosi. Petioli 4-6 mm. 
longi. Foliorum limbus circ. 41cm. longus, ovato-lanceolatus, acutus, basi 
obtusus, subinteger, venosus, discolor, supra viridis, glaber, puncticulatus. 
Stipulae 4-5 mm. longa. Racemi 3-8 cm. longi, in apice ramulorum v. in 
dichotomiis siti, ferrugineo-tomentosi. Calyx foem. 3 mm. longus. Styli valde 
patuli v. recurvi. (v. s.) 
b. Limbus foliorum basi rudimentarie glanduliger. 
116. C. PHEBALIOIDES (Müll. Arg. in Flora ratisb. 1864. p. 485), petiolis limbo 
multoties brevioribus, limbo subtus densissime argenteo-vestito, stipulis obso- 
letis, racemis unisexualibus masc. subelongatis laxifloris foemineis circ. 4-1-flo- 
ris, bracteis exiguis, calycis foem. laciniis ovatis acutis nou accrescentibus, 
disco hypogyno peniagono in angulis longipiloso, staminibus 11, filamentis 
glabris," receptaculo longe lanato, ovario parce stellato-tomentello, stylis bis 
bipartitis breviusculis, capsula globosa tridyma leviter muricata et incano-pu- 
bescente, seminibus levibus. 5 In interioribus Novze Hollandizce orient. (Ferd. 
