666 DICOTYL. sev EXOGEN/E. CROTON. 
viter palmatinervius, basi biglandulosus, e basi rotundato-obtusa v. brevissime 
contracta sensim longe acuminatus, grosse duplicato-serratus, fuscidulus, 
, membranaceus, sparse pubescens. Racemi 5-6 cm. longi, graciles, ima basi 
florem fcem. gerentes, dein longiuscule nudi. Bracteze minima, oblongo-ova- 
tz. Pedicelli fructigeri capsul:m aequantes, masculi graciles, alabastris mas- 
culis aperientibus globosis 1 mm. latis fere glabris duplo longiores. Calyx 
fructiger 5 mm. longus. Capsulie 6 mm. longe, 4$ mm. late. — A subsimili 
C. sclerocalyce foliis longe acuminatis et stylis semel bipartitis differt. (v. s.) 
b. Stipulae glanduliformes, brevissima. 
311. C. supsrERRUGINÉUS (Müll Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 135), foliorum 
limbo penninervio basi glandulis duabus adpressis aucto, calycis foem. laci- 
niis lanceolatis parvis sub fructu non accrescentibus, floribus masculis fere 
capitato-congestis, petalis masc. lineari-spathulatis glabris inferne margine 
ciliatis, staminibus 9-11, ovario dense stellato-pubescente, stylis bipartitis 
brevibus ramis apice involutis. 5 In Brasilia (Pohl n. 1622! in hb. berol.). 
Frutex videtur parvus. Rami subtrichotome ramulosi, firmi, pilis adpressis 
Strigoso-hirti . cum omnibus partibus subaureo-ferruginei. Petioli limbo 
1-]0-plo breviores. Limbus 34-54 cm. longus, 15-22 cm. latus, ovato-lan- 
ceolatus, acutus, basi obtusus, margine minutissime glanduloso-denticula- 
tus, supra pilis stellatis brevibus hirto-pubescens, subtus adpresso-tomentosus 
et aureo-nitidulus. Glandulcz baseos 12-21 mm. late, tenuiter marginate, 
margine grosse undulate, fuseze. Racenii foliis breviores, spicifermes. Flores 
fern. ima basi racemorum conferti, sessiles, masculi fere sessiles. Calycis 
fom. lacinie& vix 12 mm. longe. Colyces masc. aperientes globosi, 1! mm. 
lati. Styli ovarium bene zquantes. — Subsimilis C. ferrugineo et C. Lun- 
diano. (v. S.) 
Sect. V. Asrm rs Balll Etud. gén. vic ue d 363. I. 17. fig. 1 et t. 19. 
fig. 1; Griseb. Floraof the Brit. West Ind. Islands p. 38 et &2; Müll. Arg. 
in Linnza, v. 35. p. 8. — Genus Astrzea hi lotzsch in. Erichs. Archiv 
1841, p. 195; Endl. Gen. plant. Suppl. 2. p. 90. 
Calycis feem. laciniee equales, 5. Petala foem. rudimentaria, mascula evo- 
luta. Receptaculum masc. glabrum. Ovarium trimerum. — Frutices humiliores 
v. suffrutices v. herbe perennes v. annue. Folia alterna, sepius longiuscule 
v. longe petiolata, seepissime lobata, palmatinervia, raro penninervia. Racemi 
floribundi, terminales. Calycis masc. lacini& quincunciales, latiuscule imbri- 
cate. Petala masc. imbricativa, freminea zestivatione longe inter se distantia. 
Styli szepius bis et ultra dichotome divisi. Semina cylindrica, utrinque truncato- 
obtusa, exasperata, rarius ambitu latiora et levia. — A sect. Eucrotone non 
differt nisi receptaculo masculo glabro, folia enim non constanter lobata sunt, 
et lobata ccdeterum etiam inter sectionem praecedentem occurrunt. — Generi suo 
Asirece species 22 agnosse dixit cl. Klotzsch in Seem. Bot. of Herald p. 103, 
quarum nomina edita sunt 9, duo normaliter, reliqua absque characteribus dia- 
gnosticis. Omnium exstant specimina in hb. reg. herol., sed species sic.dicle 
ex maxima parte nil sunt nisi varietates aut lusus Crotonis lobati et C. Klotz- 
schii; pauca dein non ad hanc seclionem spectant. — Spec. 318-385. 
1. Styli bis et ultra subdichotome divisi. 
A. Stipulae herbacea, subulate, non glanduloso-incise. — Limbus foliorum 
omnium v. inferiorum lobatus. Stamina 15-10. 
IU Petioli limbo 2-10-plo breviores. 
318. C. Gan DNEnI (Mull. Arg. in Linnea, v. 34. p. 135), petiolis limbo 2-4-plo 
brevioribus apice supra minute glanduligeris, limbo foliorum elobato v. infe- 
riorum ultra medium patenter 3-lobo superiorum elobato, racemis elongatis, 
calycis feem. laciniis anguste lanceolatis glanduloso-ciliato-denticulatis, petà- 
