CROTON. EUPH. CROTONEA (Avcr. MULLER). 681 
similis, sed folia minus albicantia, stipulze 3-4 mm. longe et calyx foem. 
alius. (v. s.) 
408. C. GuiLDINGII (Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. West Ind. Isl. p. 38), limbo 
penninervio v. breviter triplinervio basi sessili-biglanduloso, stipulis setaceis 
elongatis, racemis multifloris, bracteis linearibus unifloris, calyce cem. pro- 
funde inaqualiter 5-fido, laciniis angustis obtusis majoribus spathulato-obo- 
vatis capsulam paulo superantibus, petalis masc. obovato-lanceolatis acutis 
intus villosis, staminibus 12-9, filamentis glabris, stylis bipartitis, capsula el- 
lipsoidea. 5 v. 5 In insula St-Vincent (Guilding! in hb. Hook). Ramuli pi- 
loso-tomentelli, dense foliosi. Stipulee 3-5 mm. longe, subpersistentes. Petioli 
5-12 mm. longi. Foliorum limbus 2 $-45 cm. longus, ovatus, acuminatus, basi 
cuneatus, denticulatus, supra scaber, subtus stellato-tomentellus. Indumen- 
tum partium depresso-stellare, breve, densiusculum, in partibus junioribus 
subadscendens et molle et albicans. Racemi 24 cm. longi. Flores feem. inferne 
subnumerosi, erecti, rhachi subadpressi. Calycis fructigeri laciniae capsula 
adpresse, una reliquis multo longior, 7 mm. longa, minor lineari-lanceolata. 
Capsule 5 mm. longse, pilis stellatis puberulze. Semina 2j mm. longa, ovoi- 
dea, levia, opaca, fusca. — Nulli cognitorum arcte affinis. (v. s.) 
3* Folia longe petiolata. Stipule setacez. Semina rugulosa. 
409. C. LEUcoPnvrLUs (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 139), foliis subpenni- 
nerviis, stipulis et, bracteis setaceis, racemis brevibus, calycis foem. laciniis 
majoribus lineari-lanceolatis reliquis 3-4-plo brevioribus e basi triangulari 
breviter subulatis, staminibus 11, filamentis basi pilosis, disco hypogyno ad- 
nato subquinquelobo regulari, ovario villoso, stylis bipartitis, capsulis subglo- 
bosis leviter tridymis villoso-hirtis. 5 In regione texano-mexicana (Berlandier 
n. 2024!). Caules semipedales v. paulo altiores, di-tetrachotome ramosi, basi 
glabrati, superne cum partibus reliquis omnibus pilis depresso-stellatis lon- 
giusculis dense intricatis albidis v. flavicanti-albidis dense vestiti. Stipulz 
circ. 24 mm. longa, caduce. Folia quidem quintuplinervia, sed coste secun- 
darie infimz utroque latere limbum dimidium haud attingentes, in petiolis 
sepe flexuosis v. recurvis plus minusve deflexa. Limbus 2-34 cm. longus, 8- 
14 mm. latus, oblongato-ovatus, utrinque acutiusculus, integer, mollis. Ra- 
cemi vulgo folia vix superantes, sdpeque parte mascula abortivi et tum basi 
foeminei, superne rudimentis florum masc. terminati. Flores masc. parvi, 
fere 21 mm. lati. Lacinic longiores calycis fructigeri 4$ mm. longe. Capsule 
circ. 5-6 mm. longa. (v. s.) 
B*. Pili steliati luxud depressi: 
1* Limbus foliorum basi eglandulosus. 
&. Folia quintuplinervia. 
410. C. cREWIOIDES (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. v. 4. p. 365), petiolis limbo mem- 
branaceo multoties brevioribus, stipulis subobsoletis, racemis elongatis graci- 
libus, rhachi filiformi recta a basi florigera, bracteis exiguis lanceolatis sub- 
unifloris, calycis foem. laciniis modice inxqualibus inter se distantibus 
lincari-lanceolatis parvis, disci hypogyni glandulis liberis crassis, staminibus 
10-11, antheris subglobosis tenellis, ovario fulvo-tomentello, stylis profunde 
bifidis gracilibus. 5 In Brasilie prov. bahiensi, in paludosis Japira (Blanchet 
n. 3100!). C. glycosmeus Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 34. p. 140. Rami graciles, 
teretes, aphylli, glabri, in speciminibus jam ante 24 annos lectis, suavem et 
dulcem odorem Auisi spirantes. Ramuli annui breves, paucifoliati, patuli, 
apice in racemum iis vulgo duplo longiorem abeuntes, breviter tomentelli. 
Petioli 3-6 mm. longi. Limbus foliorum 21-4 cm. longus, 12-20 mm. latus, 
ovato-lanceolatus, acutus, basi obtusus et eglandulosus, serrulatus, utraque 
pagina pilis stellatis brevibus tomentello-pubescens, subtus mollior et paulo 
pallidior. Racemi pilis argillaceo-fulvis dense puberuli. Pedicelli calycem su- 
perantes, masculi capillacei, foeminei validi et arcuato-adscendentes. Calyx 
