CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/E (avcr. MULLER). 589 
flocculoso-tomentelli. Stipule circ. 8 mm. longe. Petioli 6-20 mm. longi. 
Limbus foliorum 3-6 cm. longus, 15-34 cm. latus, ovatus v. oblongo-ovatus, 
subacutus, basi obtusus v. leviter cordatus, crenato-serrulatus, suprà densius 
hirto- pubescens, demum glabrescens. Flores fcem. ad basin racemorum vulgo 
2-4. Bractearum rhachis lineari-lanceolata, 4-5 mm. longa. Pedicelli foem. 
calycem 3-3 $ mm. longum vix superantes. Alabastra masc. globosa, mutica, 
2i mm. lata. Capsule circ. 6-8 mm. longe. — In floribus fcemineis sepe 
staminodia occurrunt. Similis proxime precedentibus. (v. s.) 
! b. Stamina 20-10. 
3a. Limbus foliorum basw glanduliger. 
««. Foliorum limbus tripli-septupli-nervius. 
197. C. ADENOPHORUS, foliis oppositis v. simul alternis basi stipitato-glandu- 
ligeris, stipulis elongatis lanceolato-subulatis denticulatis dein accrescentibus, 
racemis parvis, bracteis lanceolato-ovatis concavis 1-floris, calycis foem. laci- 
niis primum subaequalibus dein inaequaliter accrescentibus, staminibus 15-20, 
ovario pilis stellatis dense rufo-hirtello, stylis ultrà medium 4-6-fidis. 
«, Loucoubensis, toto pube ferrugineo-stellata obsito, foliis oppositis et 
simul alternis rigidulis, stipulis subulatis margine incisis, calycis foem. 
laciniis modice inzequalibus. 5 In insula Nossibé juxta partem septen- 
trionalem Madagascarie occidentem versus sita, in sylva Loucoubé (Boi- 
vin n. 2187 pr. p.!) et in insula vicina Mayotte (Boivin n. 3382! in hb. 
Mus. paris.). C. Loucoubensis Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 155. Rami 
teretes, cum ramulis plus minusve compressis pube brevi rufo-ferruginea 
densiuscule tecti. Stipulae ut in sequente var. 1-1 1 em. longe, sed an- 
guste, pulveraceo-puberulze. Petioli limbum subequantes, apice utrinque 
rigide biglanduligeri. Limbus 10-20 cm. longus, circ. 5-10 cm. latus, 
sapius ambitu triangulari-ovatus, i. e. a basi lata apicem versus sensim 
acuminatus, supra pilis stellatis scaber, opacus, basi nunc distincte cor- 
datus, nunc obtusus, nunc brevissime acutatus. Glandule hypophylle 
vulgo satis numerosa, parvule, pallidoe, 1-4 mm. late, breviter stipi- 
iate. Alabastra masc. globosa, fere 2 mm. lata. — Confer ad similem 
C. Payerianum. (v. s.) 
B, genuinus, toto ferrugineo-pubescente dein glabrescente, foliis oppositis, 
stipulis elongatis lanceolato-subulatis majoribus inferne inciso-dentatis, 
calycis foem. laciniis mox accrescendo valde inzqualibus. 5 In insula 
Nossibé (Rich. n. 214! 574! in hb. Mus. paris., Boivin n. 2187 pr. p.!). 
C. adenophorus Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 1. p. 153. C. acuminatus Rich. 
sched. ex Baill. l. c. (nomen). (v. s.) 
198. C. BALsAMEUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 107), petiolis limbo circ. 
2-4-plo brevioribus, limbo basi 2-4-glanduloso, stipulis exiguis denticulifor- 
mibus subulatis, racemis parvis dense paucifloris, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, 
calycis foem. laciniis oblongo-obovatis subobtusis, petalis masc. oblongo-obo- 
vaüs basi cuneata longe barbatis margine ciliolato-villosis, staminibus circ. 
15, filamentis scabridulis, ovario fulvo-tomentoso, stylis bis bipartitis laciniis 
superne latiusculis interdum hinc unilobatis, capsulis ellipsoideis ambitu sub- 
teretibus tomentosis, seminibus levibus. 5 In Peruvia prope Huanaco (hb. 
Pavon. in hb. Boiss.! et hb. Ruiz.! in hb. berol.). Frutex ramosissimus, brevi- 
rameus, dense foliosus. Ramuli intricati, crassiusculi, cicatricoso-subnodu- 
losi, juniores cum partibus junioribus omnibus tomento ferrugineo-albicante 
V. fulvo breviusculo dense vestiti. Limbus magnitudine valde ludens, 1-6 cm. 
latus, saepius paulo longior quam latus, orbiculari-ovatus, utrinque subemar- 
ginatus v. obtusus, 5-7-plinervius, subinteger, supra obscurior, glabrescendo 
minute puberulus, minor rigide submembranaceus, major demum tenuior. 
Costze secundariz paucae, longiores prope basin: orte, dimidium folium vulgo 
longius superantes, extus ramigere. Racemi folia equantes, in speciminibus 
parvifoliis breves, in grandifoliis simulque longiores, flores foem. in illis s&- 
pius solitarii, in his 5-8. Calyx fructiger 5-6 mm. longus, masculus aperiens 
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