CROTON. EUPH. CROTONE/E (aucr. MULLER). 643 
*** Racemi pauciflori. — Plarita perennis. 
325. C. c. gcuoM E rOLIUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34, p. 126, Martio 1865), 
petiolis limbum eequantibus, limbo quintuplinervio membranaceo basi obsolete 
biglanduloso, stipulis e basi triangulari lineari-lanceolatis fasciculato-pilige- 
ris, floribus foem. paucis tonfertis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, calycis foem. 
laciniis ovato-lanceolatis superne subbidentatis v. integris modice accrescen- 
tibus, petalis masc. lineari-ellipticis basi apiceque dense barbato-ciliatis, 
staminibus 11, filamentis glabris, ovario dense hirsuto, capsulis depresso-glo- 
bosis hirsutis, seminibus fere globosis la»vibus. 2& In Brasilia meridionali 
(Sellow ! in hb. berol.), in prov. St-Paul, ad margines viarum secus Rio Verde 
(Aug. St-Hilaire n. 1387 in hb. Mus. paris.). C. tragifolius Baill. Rec. d'obs. 
bot. v. 6. p. 16 (Sept. 1865). Caules e caudice crassiusculo lignoso numerosi, 
infrapedales, subprostrati, divaricato-ramosi, filiformes, teretes, superne 
cum petiolis et racemis et foliis junioribus hispidulo-pubescentes. Limbus 
foliorum 12-18 mm. latus, paulo brevior quam latus, reniformi-orbiculatus, 
basi cordatus, apice rotundato-obtusus, grosse dentatus, membranaceus, indu- . 
mento stellari adpresso vestitus, supra demum glabrescens, viridis, subtus 
persistenter pubescens. Racemi vix 2 cm. longi. Calyx fcem. 2 mm. longus, 
sub fructu paulo longior. Lacinie calycis masc. 1$ mm. longe, fuscidule. 
Styli e basi depressa adscendentes. (v. s.) 
BB. Stipula margine in lacinias glanduligeras dissectae v. inciso-glanduloso- 
dentata. — C. tomentosus et C. adenophorus stipulis plus minusve glandu- 
loso-serratis praediti, supra (n. 196-197) inter proxime affines inserti sunt. — 
Species omnés americane. (Spec. 326-311). 
A* Pilorum radii nec arcte adpressi nec valde abbreviati. — Indumentum 
partium juvenilium plus minusve molle, intricatum (Spec. 326-366). 
I. Styli bis et ultra dichotome divisi v. laciniz in semel divisis haud integra 
simulque nunquam anguste lineares (Spec. 326-359). 
à. Stamina circ. 40. — Limbus foliorum tripli-quintuplinervius. 
326. C. crLIATO-GLANDULOSUS (Ortega, Plant. rar. hort. matrit. dec. 4. 
p. 51, 1191), petiolis limbum subeequantibus, limbo membranaceo toto ambitu 
ciliis purus apice turbinato-incrassatis ornato, stipulis in cilias plures 
rigidulas glanduligeras solutis, racemis breviusculis, bracteis in cilias glandu- 
ligeras circiter 7 parvulis inciso-divisis, calycis foem. laciniis spathulato-lan- 
ceolatis longis margine ciliis glanduligeris auctis dein modice accrescentibus, 
petalis masc. basi anguste ciliolatis foemineis subulatis elongatis apice glan- 
duligeris, filamentis glabris, ovario stellato-villoso, stylis profunde subdichotome 
^-8-partitis, capsulis globoso-ellipsoideis truncatis tridymis, seminibus oblique 
undulato-costatis. 5 Prope Mexico (hb. Pavon.! Hartweg n. 511!), ad banos 
del Grande (C. Ehrenb.!) ad Gonacatepec (Andrieux n. 1080), ad Arctopan 
(Schiede n. 11291), prope Irehuacan et Oaxaca (Liebm.!), inter Tula et Tampico 
(Berland. n. 2172!), prope Puente de Istla (Bonpl! in hb. berol. et Humb.! 
in.hb..Willd. fol. 17878!). Etiam in insula Cuba indicatus. C..penicillatus 
Vent. Ohoix p. 12. t. 12 (1803); Willd. Spec. pl. v. 4. p. 549; Geisel. Crot. 
Monogr. p. 55; Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec. plant. v. 2. 
p. 84; Schlecht. in Linnea, v. 6. p. 361; A. Rich. in Ramon de la Sagra 
Flor. cub. edit, hisp. v. 3. p. 211. C. pulcherrimus Willd. sched. ex Schlecht. 
in Linnea, v. 6..p. 361 (nomen). Frutex 5-6-pedalis. Rami superne cum 
petiolis stellato- ubescentes , apice confertim foliosi. Stipule in lacinul s seta- 
ceas apice glanduloso-capituligeras 3-& mm. longas divise. Limbus foliorum 
3-11 cm. longus, 21-6 cm. latus, ovatus, acuminatus, basi cordatus, minute 
denticulatus, supra breviter stellato- uberulus, viridis, subtus molliter in- 
cano-y. demum viridi-tomentellus. Clio marginales, si excipias infimas, iis 
stipularum duplo breviores, similes iis laciniarum calycis feminei. Pedicelli 
fructigeri abbreviati. Calyces extus cinereo-v. pallide fulvo-tomentosi, fc- 
