586 DICOTYL. seu. EXOGEN.E. CROTON, 
* * Folia alterna. 
188. C. GaisEBACHIANUS (Müll. Arg. ín Flor. ratis. 1864. p. 484), petiolis. 
limbo 5-10-plo brevioribus, limbo penninervio basi eglanduloso, stipulis obso- 
letis, spicis parvis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis deciduis unifloris, calycis foem. 
laciniis triangulari-lanceolatis, staminibus circ. 10, receptaculo valde villoso, 
antheris abbreviatis, ovario tomentello, stylis bis et ultra dichotome divisis 
abbreviatis. 5 In Jamaica (March! ex hb. Griseb. in hb. Hook.). Croton Iserti 
Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. West Ind. p. 39, non Geisel. Rami graciles, teretes, 
glabri. Ramuli cum petiolis et foliis junioribus breviter ferrugineo-subtomen- 
telli. Petioli 8-12 mm. longi. Limbus 6-9 cm. longus, 1£-35 cm. latus, ovato- 
lanceolatus, sensim acuminatus, basi leviter cordatus, subduplicato-serratus 
v.serrulatus, supra fuscus, subtus argillaceo-cinerascens. Pili depresso-stel- 
lati, pagine superioris subsparsi, inferioris feve contigui. Flores abbreviato- 
pedicellati, in. specimine nondum bene evoluto parvi. Calyces masc. globosi, 
mox aperientes 11 mm. lati. Stylorum lacinie apice involute. Capsule 
ignote. (v. s.) 
189. C. LAun1rFOLIUS (Sw. Prodr. p. 100), petiolis limbo 3-A-plo brevioribus, 
limbo penninervio bast eglanduloso, stipulis obsoletis, racemis elongatis axil- 
laribus, bracteis minimisovatis 1-floris, calycis foem. laciniis lanceolatis acu- 
minatis integris haud accrescentibus, petalis masc. obovatis foemineis breviter 
subulatis, staminibus10-6, ovario hirtello, stylis 4-partitis, capsulis majusculis 
globoso-obovoideis prominenter 6-costatis, seminibus levibus. 5 In Jamaica 
(Sw. in hb. holm.!) — Sw. Flor. Ind. occid. v. 2. p. 1191; Willd: Spec. plant. 
V. 4. p. 544; Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 31; Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. West Ind. 
p. 39. Frutex elatus, arborescens. Ramuli superne compresso-angulosi, cum 
petiolis et reliquis partibus omnibus pilis brevibus depresso-stellatis argilla- 
ceo-ferrugineis v. demum fulvidis sparse adspersi. Limbus foliorum 5-12 cm. 
longus, 2-4 cm. latus, lanceolato-ellipticus, utrinque obtuse acutatus, integer, 
coriaceus, rigidus, fuscus. Coste secundarise tenues, aperte patule, utroque 
latere circ. 10-12. Racemi folia axillantia bis zquantes, inferne longius 
nudi, dein flores foem. plures gerentes, superne masculi. Calyx fem. 3 mm. 
longus, pedicello fere duplo longior, rigidus, fuscus, masculus aperiens 
1i mm.latus, fuscus. Stylorum laciniz integre v. bifidee. Capsule 12 mm. 
longe, superne fere totidem late, glabrate, sicccee nigrescentes. Serina 
roD 9 mm. longa, oblongato-obovoidea, superne 5i mm. lata, fusca. 
v. S. 
b. Stamina circiter 15. — Crotonis sect. Stolidanthus Ball. Rec. d'obs. bot. 
v. 4. p. 323, pr. p. 
190. C. ORcANENsrS (Daill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 325), ramis ancipiti-com- 
» pressis, petiolis limbo multoties brevioribus distichis, limbo penninervio basi 
eglanduloso, stipulis lanceolatis, racemis junioribus ovoideis imbricato-brac- 
teatis dein elongatis floribundis, calyce masc. majusculo laciniis late ovatis 
femineo magno 5-partito laéiniis exterioribus crassioribus sublignescentibus 
omnibus erectis, petalis masc. anguste obovato-lanceolatis pubescentibus, 
staminibus 20-14, filamentis villosulo-pubescentibus, antheris oblongatis, 
ovario pilis fasciculatis rectis hirto, stylis bis v. ter dichotome divisis. 5 In 
Brasilia, in Serra dos Orgaos prope Rio de Janeiro (Guillem. n. 938 in hb. 
Mus. paris., ubi autem 1865 frustra quisivi), et in prov. bahiensi (Lhotsky! 
deLimminghes! in hb. DC. et hb. Lenorm.). C. platycladus Müll. Arg. in 
Linnza, v, 34. p. 123. Rami validiusculi, alternatim ramosi, valde compressi, 
demum glabrati. Ramuli compressi, paucifoliati, pulveraceo-tomentelli. Pili 
pallide subargillaceo-fecruginei, pagine inferioris foliorum primum stellati, 
mox depresso-stellati et flocculoso-radiantes, pagins superioris simplices et 
depresso-stellati v. subnulli. Limbus 7-14 cm. longus, 21-4 cm. latus, ovato- 
v. elliptico-lanceolatus, acuminatus, basi obtusus, serrato-denticulatus. Cost? 
dee utrinque circ. 15-20. Racemi basi florem ftem. unicum gerentes 
v. omnino masculi. Bracteze ftem. 1-floree, mascule pluri-uniflorz, infima ste- 
riles lanceolato-triangulares, usque 7 mm. attingentes, superiores florigere 
