582 DICOTYI.. seu EXOGENJE. . CROTON. 
Muell! in hb. Hook.). Ramuli tenues, juveniles incano-tomentelli. Petioli 
3-4 mm. longi. Limbus 2-3! cm. longus, sepius 21-3 cm. zequans, 5-10 mm. 
latus, lineari-lanceolatus, obtusus, submucronulatus, basi subacutus, integer, 
supra obscure viridis, opacus, primum minutissime stellato-pubescens, mox 
glabratus, subtus dense vestitus, ima basi utrinque ad insertionem petioli 
minutissime biglandulosus; glandule pallide. Racemi foem. foliis breviores, 
masculi folia duplo superantes. Fedicelli calycem zequantes. Calyx masc. ape- 
riens leviter depresso-globosus, 24 mm. latus. Capsule 6 mm. long, 64 mm. 
late. — Speciminula ramulos simulant Oleze europee. (v. S.) 
S 2. Pili depresso-siellati, breviter radiantes, sparsi, primo intuitu 
puncliformes ; rami v. pili parliales rigidi, non in disculum con- 
fuentes, 
Pili in C. Tbouarsiano, C. Chapelieri et C. bifurcato saepe pilo partiali valde 
elongato terminati sunt. — Spec. 177-190. 
A*. Foliorum limbus basi glanduliger.— Species przeter priorem omnes africana. 
— Anisophyllum Boiv. sched. ex Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 153, non Harv. 
— Crotonis sect. Anisophyllum Baill. l. c. pr. p. 
a. Stamina circ. 20-12. Foliorum limbus distincte tripli-septupli-nervius. 
1? Folia sparsa. 
111. C. BILLBERGIANUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 98), petiolis limbo 
3-plo brevioribus, limbo breviter 5-7-plinervio basi sessili-biglanduloso, sti- 
ulis subulatis elongatis rigidis, racemis paniculato-pauciramosis v. bipartitis, 
racteis lineari-lanceolatis, pedicellis feem. subnumerosis recurvis, calyce 
fom. nutante, laciniis oblongato-ovatis, petalis masc. lanceolato-spathulatis 
dorso puberulis margine ciliatis inferne lanatis intus glabris, staminibus 
circ. 16, filamentis inferne longipilosis czeterum glabris, ovario dense hirsuto, 
stylis inferne connatis parte libera profunde 4-partitis laciniis tenuibus. À In 
Isthmo panamensi prope Porto Bello (Billberg n. 316! in hb. berol), 
ad Empire-Station (Sutton Hayes n. 118! in hb. Boiss.). Limbus foliorum 
triangulari-ovatus, acuminatus, basi leviuscule et late cordatus, minute den- 
liculatus, membranaceus, viridis. Indumeentum adpressum, nitidulum. Racemi 
laxiflori. Stylorum lacinie apice involute. — À subsimili C. scabro in eo 
recedit quod stipule rigide, folia multolatiora, minus oblongata, basi latiora, 
coste secundaria patule, pagina superior minutissime puncticulato-aspera, 
inferior pilis depresso-stellatis multo brevius radiantibus nonnihil albicantibus 
nitidis dense adspersa. Pedicelli foem. recurvi dein et laciniae calycis foem. 
reduplicativae ceterum omnino differunt, sed reliquarum partium magnitudo, 
forma, consistentia, color, conveniunt. Species floribus fcem. recurvo-nutan- 
tibus valde insignita est. (v. s.) ] 
118. C. FOTHERGILL EFOLIUS (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 150), foliis me- 
diocriter petiolatis tripli-quintuplinerviis basi stipitato-biglandulosis, racemis 
breviusculis densifloris, calycis fcem. laciniis oblongo-ovatis demum accres- 
centibus, petalis foem. linearibus calycem longitudine subaquantibus, stami- 
nibus 12-20, filamentis glabris, ovario sparse sublepidoto, stylis subliberis 
4-6-partitis, capsulis globosis leviuscule tridymis. 5 In sylvis vastis insulae 
Mauritii (Pet. Thouars! in hb. Mus. paris., Bojer! et Bouton! in hb. DC.). 
C. tiliefolius Pet. Thouars sched. ex Baill. l. c. (nomen). Rami validi, sub- 
yerticillatim ramosi, teretes, glabri. Ramuli alternifolii v. apice subverticil- 
latim fohigeri, breviusculi, rigidi, apice pilis parvis depresso-stellatis fusco- 
fulvis adspersi. Petioli 4-12 mm. longi, scabriduli. Limbus foliorum 4-8 cm. 
longus, 21-5 cm. latus, late ovatus, v. ellipticus v. obovatus, obtusus 
v. acutiusculus, basi obtusus, integerv.repandus, pilis depresso-stellatis parce 
vestitus, fuscidulus. Coste'secundariz utroque latere 4-5, infimze duse utrius- 
que lateris inter se paulo distantes, quarum superior dimidium limbum su- 
