650 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENJE. CROTON. 
lius Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 34 p. 129 (non C. Claussenianus Baill. 
1864). Rami ineequaliter angulosi,sulcati, tomento ferrugineo brevi obsiti. 
Petioli 1 cm. longi, crassi, subangulosi, tomentosi. Limbus foliorum 
4-7 cm. longus, 3-5 cm. latus, coriaceo-membranaceus, integer, supra 
parcius, subtus dense tomento ferrugineo velutinus. Coste secundarie 
hinc inde perspicus. Flores subsessiles, feminei inferiores 5-6. Alabastra 
utriusque sexus ferrugineo-velutina. Lacinie calycis masc. ovate, acu- 
tiuscule. Calyx fcem. mollis, extus intusque dense ferrugineo-tomentosus; 
lacinis& integre. Petala masc. ad unguem paulo attenuata et villosa, 
feminea brevissima, pilis stellatis adspersa. Glandule masc. ellipticz, 
apice rotundate v. emarginatee, glabre, fuscatze, vertice albido depressa. 
Discus hypogynus obsolete 5-lobus, calyci adpressus, glaber. Anthere 
ellipsoidezs, Receptaculum villosum. Stylorum lacinie graciles, involute, 
papillosa. (v. s.) 
8, hirsutus, ramulis patulis v. divaricatis praeter tomentum pilis horizonta- 
libus hirsutis, foliorum limbo dimidio v. subduplo longiore quam lato 
basi obtuso subtus pallide ferrugineo. 5 In Brasilia, in Serra Mazda 
(Sellow | in hb. berol.). C. Claussenianus f hirsutus Müll, Arg. in Linnza, 
v. 34. p. 129. Suffrutex circiter sesquipedalis, ramosissimus. Trunculi 
teretes, demum glabrati. Rami ramulique pilis stellatis pallide ferrugineis 
tomentelli ét pilis longioribus hirsuti; pili tamen hi longiores hinc inde 
decidui et deficientes. Limbus foliorum 15-22 cm. longus, subtus tomen- 
tellus, supra minute puberulus. (v. s.) 
y; genuinus, ramulis adscendentibus tomentellis, foliis ovatis 2-3-plo longio- 
ribus quam latis basi obtusis subtus rufo-ferrugineis dein pallidioribus. 
5 In Brasilit prov. Minas Geraes, in Serra da Caraca (Claussen n. 110! 
Casaretto n. 2957! Mart. hb. bras. n. 1084 !). C. siderophyllus Baill. Rec. 
d'obs. bot.; v. 4. p. 305. C. Claussenianus fj tomentellus Müll. Arg. in 
Linnea, v. 34. p. 129. (v. s.) 
2^ Calycis foem. laciniee margine setulis glanduligeris onuste. , 
342. C. vesTITUS (Spreng. Syst. veg. v. 3. p. 875), foliis subsessilibus penni- 
nerviis basi eglandulosis, indumento subadpresso, stipulis lanceolatis glandu- 
loso-inciso-dentatis, bracteis sublinearibus more stipularum dentatis 1-floris, 
calyeis fcem. laciniis margine minute ciliolato-lacinuligerig, stamínibus 
circ. 11, antheris puberulis, ovario villoso-tomentoso, stylis semel bipartitis 
laciniis subspathulatis integris v. bipartitis superne margine recurvís, capsula 
globosa villosula calyce inclusa, seminibus levibus. 5 In Brasilia meridionali 
(Sellow! in hb. berol). C. matronalis Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 308. 
C. trichophorus Müll. Arg. in Linnea, v. 34. p. 132. Caules circ. 2-pedales, 
erecti, dichotome ramosi v. subsimplices. Rami ramulique cum omnibus par- 
tibus, si excipias stipulas glabras fuscas 3-7 mm. longas prope basin utrinque 
glanduloso-unilobas indumento villoso mollicinereo-fulvo v. cinereo-flavicante 
vestiti, recii, graciles. Petiofi 1-1! mm. longi v. etiam vix distinguendi. 
Limbus foliorum 12-22 om. longus, 35-6 mm. latus, spathulato-lanceglatus 
v. lineari-spathulatus, utrinque acutus, glanduloso-denticulatus, firmus, supra 
villosus, subtus pilis depresso-stellatis densis subimbricatis tomentosus, mar- 
gine leviter incurvus. Racemi inferne foeminei v. longo traetu nudi. Bractec 
stipulis similes. Calycis frucligeri lacinize 1 cm. longe, subacuminatz, dorso 
villoso-tomentose. Calyx masc. globosus, 2-21 mm. latus. Capsule 51 mm. 
longe. — Subsimilis C. nitraricfolio, sed flores haud dioici, et lacinia calycis 
foem. demum margine haud reduplicative. (v. s.) ' 
343. C. sERRA TIFOLIUS (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 312), petiolis limbo 
circ. 6-plo brevioribus, limbo penninervio v. basi abbreviato-triplinervio et 
eglanduloso, stipulis laciniato-partitis laciniis setaceo-dissectis glanduligeris, 
racemis multifloris apice longe comosis, floribus foem. compaetis, bracteis 
sublinearibus elongatis glanduligero-ciliatis unifloris, calycis foem. laciniis 
extus margine glanduloso-setulosis, petalis masc. basi angustatis et dense 
villoso-ciliatis, staminibus 10-12, filamentis glabris, antheris oblongatis, 
