CROTON. EUPH. CROTONEJE (Aucr. MULLER). 653 
liorum limbus 6 cm. longus, 3 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus, acutus, basi 
breviuscule cordatus, duplicato-serratus, membranaceus, supra glaber v. pilis 
stellatis minutissimis remotis albidis adspersus, levigatus, subtus pallidior, 
pilis creberrimis albidis parvis vestitus. Costze utraque pagina prominentes. 
Racemi graciles, inferne flores foem. laxos circ. 12 gerentes. Flores masc. in 
axillis bractearum solitarii-v. pauci, pubescentes. Calyx foem. '6 mm. longus ; 
laciniarum setule 21-3 mm. longs et breviores, apice clavate-incrassata. 
Petala fem. subulata, glabra, longitudine varia. Glandula disci hypogyni 
erecta, crasse, apice recte truncate, albide. Styli incqualiter 4-5-fidi; 
lacinie lineares, superne involuta. — A C. urtiezfolio calyce feem. omnino 
differt, et indumentum multo parcius, magis adpressum, tenellum; folia 
tenuiora, laeviora, subfuscescentia, supra demum fere omnino glabrata. Calyx 
fcem. fere ut in C. chztocalyce et in C. serratifolio. (v. s.) 
2" Laciniz calycis iominei laciniatz. — Stipulae elongata. 
349. C. RHEXIEFOLIUS (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 313), limbo foliorum 
breviter petiolato longe triplinervio basi eglanduloso, stipulis lacero-dissectis 
glandulosis, racemis floribundis a basi florigeris, bracteis foem. palmato-dis- 
sectis lobo medio majore glanduloso-dentato masculis autem e basi, angustata 
rhombeo-lanceolatis medio utrinque incisis, calycis fcem. laciniis ovatis 
longe cuspidato-acuminatis margine inciso-laciniatis lacinulis subglandulo- 
sis, petalis masc. basi attenuatis glabris margine eiliatis, staminibus 10-12, 
ovario incano-tomentello, stylis subliberis circ. 6-partilis. 5 In Brasilize prov. 
Minas Geraes in Catingas prope Bon-Jardin (Aug. St-Hilaire n. 1560! in hb. 
Mus. paris.). Suffrutex 1-11- pedalis, foliorum pagina superiore obscura nigri- 
canti-viridi Rubiaceas et Melastomaceas quasdam simulans v. ex forma et situ 
foliorum Urticaceas, costarum indole Celtideas in mentem revocans. Rami 
teretes, graciles, subdichotome v. ad apicem axium subverticillatim ramosi, 
pube brevi rigidula obscure vestiti. Folia inferiora axium alterna, superiora 
subopposita aut verlicillata, usque 9 om. longa, 3 cm. lata, petiolo 1 cm. longo 
süpitata, lanceolato-ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, basi sepius rotun- 
data, serrata, membranacea, subtus pilis stellatis dense hirtella, supra in 
parenchymate nigricanti-fusco pilis subsparsis multo pallidioribus limbum ex 
minore parte tegentibus variegato-cinerascentia. Racemi 3-4 cm. longi. Flores 
brevissime pedicellati, feeminei 2-3, utriusque sexus in axilla bractearum 
solitarii. Calyx foem. 6 mm. longus, ovario pluries longior. Petala foem. 
obsoleta. Stylorum lacini: anguste, papillose. Capsule ignote. (v. s.) 
350. C. PoPULIFOLIUS, foliis longe petiolatis basi obsolete glanduligeris, sti- 
pulis subulatis inferne crasse glanduloso-dentatis, racemis elongatis, bracteis 
ovato-lanceolatis dentatis, calycis foem. laciniis ovato-lanceolatis margine sub- 
recurvis glanduloso-ciliato-dentatis fructigeris capsula paulo brevioribus, 
staminibus 8-12, filamentis inferne pilosis, ovario pilis stellatis hirsuto, stylis 
profunde A4-partitis, capsulis subglobosis, seminibus sublevibus. 
&, genuinus, partibus juvenilibus et parte superiore caulium hispidis, foliis 
subtus pubescentibus majoribus olivaceo-viridibus. 5 In Jamaica (Sw.! in 
hb. holm.), ip ins. St- Vincent (Guilding!in hb. Hook.), in Cuba (Ramon 
de la Sagra), in Martinica (Belanger n. 144!), et in Venezuela prope 
Caracas altit. 1800-3000 ped. (Humboldt! in hb. Willd. fol. 17884, Fendler 
n. 1220! 1220 81), in Colombia (Moritz n. 930!), in Panama (Seem.! in 
hb. Hook.).C. populifolius Lam. Encycl. v. 2. p. 205 (1786) ; Sw. Prodr. 
p. 101, Flor. Ind. occid. v. 2. p. 1197; Vahl Symb. II. p. 97; Willd. Spec. 
pl. v. 4. p. 543; Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 27; Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. 
West Ind. Isl. p. A1. C. hircinus Vent. Jard. Malmais 50 cum ic. (1803) 
(specim. Venten. cultum in hb. Deless.!). C. tilizefolius Pers. Enchir. 2. 
P. $85 (non Lam.). C. hispidus Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et 
Sp. v. 2. p. 12. Barhamia hispida. et B. Panamensis Klotzsch in Seem. 
Bot. of Herald p. 104. Totus hircino-fctidus. Stipulee 6-8 mm. long&, 
rigida. Foliorum limbus late v. oblongo-ovatus brevius longiusve acumi- 
natus, basi cordatus, obtusus v. acutus, margine serrato-dentatus. Calyx 
fructiger 5-6 mm. longus. Petala florum fcem. subulata, calycem dimi- 
XV. Sect. 2. 4? 
