CROTON. EUPH. CROTONEJZAE (Aucr. MULLER). 594 
202. C. ToMENTELLUS (Müll. Arg. l. c.), !Miis breviter petiolatis, limbo basi 
lateraliter minute .biglanduloso, stipulis exiguis subulatis, racemis spicifor- 
ibus multifloris, calycis foem. parvi laciniis triangulari-ovatis acutis, stami- 
nibus circ. 10, filamentis glabris, ovario pilis stellatis hirtello, stylis basi 
connatis paulo supra basin in disculum dilatatis parte libera complanata pro- 
funde bipartitis laciniis bifidis, capsulis parvis subglobosis tridymis pilis 
stellatis brevibus adspersis. 5 In Arnhems-Land Nove Hollandia septentrio- 
nalis (Ferd. Muell.! in hb. DC.). Partes juniores omnes pilis stellatis mollibus 
subadpressis nonnihil argenteo-nitidis tomentellz. Rami abbreviati, ramosis- 
simi. Ramuli breves, paucifoliati. Stipulae 1-15 mm. longs. Petioli 5-15 mm. 
longi. Limbus foliorum 4-6 cm. longus forteque major, 15-3 cm. latus, ellip- 
lico-lanceolatus, utrinque angustato-acutus, subinteger, firmus, crebre pellu- 
cido-punctatus. Pedicelli florigeri calyce multo breviores, fructigeri calycem 
equantes. Flores parvi. Calyx fructiger 24 mm. longus. Capsule 5-6 mm. 
latze et fere totidem longe. (v. s.) 
203. C. AsTROGYNUS (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 310), ramulis crassis adpres- 
so-tomentosis, foliis subsessilibus basi patellari-biglandulosis, stipulis glanduli- 
formibus, racemis breviusculis, bracteis lanceolato-ovatis masc. 3-floris eglan- 
dulosisfoemineis utrinque patellari-glandulosis, calycis foem. laciniis lanceolatis, 
petalis masc. lanceolato-obovatis, staminibus 15-11, ovario hirto-tomentoso; 
stylis rigidis bis bipartitis, capsulis ovoideis, seminibus laevibus. 5 In Bra- 
silia (Sellow ! in hb. berol., in prov. Rio Grande do Sul (Gaudich. n. 1665 ! 
in hb. Mus. paris.). C. crassirameus Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 108. Rami 
ramosissimi, teretes, tomenti vestigiis hirtell. Ramuli validi, tomento cine- 
rascenti-fulvo dense vestiti. Foliorum limbus 3-4 cm. longus, 6-15 mm. latus, 
lanceolatus, utrinque acutus, penninervius, integer, subtus pilis depresso- 
stellatis sublanatus. Coste  secundaric adscendentes. Racemi nunc basi 
feminei, nunc omnino masculi ; pars mascula racemorum bisexualium demum 
s:epe decidua. Flores omnes fere sessiles. Calyx fjem. 5 mm. longus, masculus 
aperiens 2! mm. latus. Stylorum lacinie secundarie haud raro cohzerentes. 
— Habitus quemadmodum ad C. lanatum accedit. Bractez foem. glandulis 
stipularibus insignitz. (v. s.) 
3* Calyx fructiger modice accrescens, coriaceo-indurascens, — Cleodora Klotzsch 
in Erichs, Archiv 1841 p. 196; Endl. Gen. pl. Suppl. 2. p. 90. — Crotonis 
sect.? Cleodora Baill. Etud. gén. Euphorb. p. 369. — Crotonis sect. Stolidan- 
thus Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 323 pr. p. 
204. C. sPHgROGYNUS (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 326),foliis breviter petio- 
latis penninerviis basi subtus convexo-biglandulosis, stipulis subulatis elon- 
gatis, racemis elongatis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis 1-floris, alabastris masc. 
globosis muticis, calycis foem. laciniis orbiculari-ovatis margine late imbri- 
catis majusculis fructum laxe cingentibus quasi cupulam depresso-hemisphza- 
ricam subcoriaceam formantibus, staminibus circ. 17-15, filamentis inferne 
pilosis, ovario brevissime incano-tomentello, stylis erectis bis bipartitis, cap- 
sulis globosis teretibus albicantibus. 5 In Brasilize prov. Rio de Janeiro (Gau- 
dich. n. 1139! in bb. DC., etc., Luschnath! in hb. berol. Riedel! Widgren 
n.487!). Cleodora Sellowiana Klotzsch in Erichs. Arch. 1841. p. 197 (non 
Podostachys Sellowianus Klotzsch.). C. pachycalyx Müll. Arg. in Linnea, 
v. 94. p. 109. Ramuli, petioli, stipule, folia et pedicelli hirto-puberuli, rufes- 
centes. Stipula circ. 4 mm. longe. Petioli 6-12 mm. longi. Foliorum limbus 
9-12 cm. longus, 3 1-5 cm. latus, oblongato-ovatus v. ellipticus, acuminatus, 
asi subangustata cordatus, argute denticulatus, supra fusco-nigricans, subtus 
obscure olivaceo-viridis. Cosic secundarie utroque latere 9-12. Glandule 
picez, adpresse, emarginate. Racemi terminales, circ. 15 om. longi. Pedi- 
celi foem. calyce breviores, masculi calycem equantes. Calyx foem. 5 mm. 
longus; lacini? fere squilate ac longe, .margine indumento parc.ore fus- 
Ciores et quasi bicolores. Alabastra masc. 2 mm. lata. Petala foem. nulla. 
Discus hypogynus adpressus, 5-lobus. Stylorum laeinie parte dimidia supe- 
riore inflexe. Capsule juniores 6 mm. lata, vix perspicue tridymea, superne 
mox 6-fissaa. — Habitus valde distinctus. (v. s.) 
