148 DICOTYL. sEev EXOGENE. CROZOPHORA. 
dicellis fructigeris demum capsulam 2-3-plo superantibus. 2& v. () In 
Indie orientalis prov. Malacca (Klein in hb. Willd.!), in prov. Penjab 
(G. Thomson !), in Zigypto (G. Ehrenb.!), in Nubia (Kotschy n. 4731), in 
Sennar (Hartm.!), in Abyssinia (Schimp.!), versus fontes Nili (Speke and 
Grant!in hb. Hook.), in Africa centrali prope Kouka (Vogel n. 32! in 
hb. Hook.). Croton plicatus Klein sched. ex Schweinf. l. c.; Roxb. Flor. 
ind. p. 681. non Vahl. Crot. tinctorius Burm. Flor. ind. t. 62. fig. 2. non 
L.; Forsk. Flor. zegypt. arab. p. 162. Crot. lanuginosus Schum. sched. ex 
Schweinf. 1. c. (nomen). Crot. asper Koen. sched. ex Roxb. 1. c. (nomen). 
Crozophora prostrata Dalz. Bombay Flora p. 233. Croz. parvifolia Klotzsch 
sched. ex Schweinf. |. c. (nomen). Croz. plicata A. Rich. Tent. Flor. 
byssin. v. 2. p. 252 (non Croton plicatus Vahl). Croz. obliqua Schweinf. 
Plant. quedam milot. p. 10. A precedentibus varietatibus primo intuitu 
vulgo discernitur foliis ambitu magis oblongis et indumento distincte 
breviore, sed characteres vere specifici omnino desunt. Folia ut in var. 
B haud raro basi non minus obliqua sunf quam in presenti varietate. 
Petala foem. ut in « et & ludunt. Bractez infimz non semper foliacecw et 
pedicelli fructigeri non semper elongati. Variationes has in und eodem- 
que specimine indico ab ill. Hook. et Thoms. distributo observavi. Flores 
et fructus caeterum ad amussim quadrant. (v. s.) 
S 2. Stamina 1-2-verticillata, 5-10. 
a. Ovarium pilis stellatis vestitum. 
2. C. SABULOSA (Kar. et Kir. in Bull. soc. imp. des natural. de Moscou, 1842. 
p. 446), foliis longe petiolatis repando-denticulatis v. subintegris, petalis 
masc. lanceolatis integris fcemineis linearibus calycis lacinias breves &quan- 
tibus, staminibus 5, ovario stellato-tomentello, stylis profunde bifidis, semini- 
bus lzvibus. ( In collibus sabulosis Songoria (Kar. et Kiril.!) etinter Kuwan-et 
Jan-Darja et in deserto Kisil-Kum (Lehm.! in hb. berol.). — Bunge Beitrege 
p. 490. Herba sepius vix semipedalis, raro subpedalis, ramosissima, brevius- 
cule incano-tomentella, specimina parvula C. tinctorize simulans, sed capsulis 
haud lepidoto-squamosis statim dignoscenda. Petioli limbum bis v. ter 
aquantes, cum ramulis sepe purpurascentes. Limbus foliorum vulgo 2-21 cm. 
longus, paulo longior quam latus, late ovatus, obtusiusculus, basi obtusus. 
Pedicelli fructigeri elongati, subdeflexi. Flores similes iis C. tinctoris, 
sed distincte paulo minores. Petala florum masc. inferne tantum in dorso 
squamigera. Capsule quoad formam et magnitudinem ut in C. tinctoria. 
— Aqua partes florales emolliens ut in C. tinctoria colore purpureo tingitur. 
(v. s.) 
b. Ovarium peltato-squamigerum. — Stamina omnium 5-8. 
a3 
1* Semina tuberculato-aspera. 
. C. z[ixc TORIA, petiolis limbum demum subazquantibus, petalis masc. linea- 
ri-lanceolatis integris ,feemineis calycem zequantibus angustis, stylis bipar- 
titis. 
«., verbascifolia, indumento denso albicante v. subfulvo intricato, foliis infe- 
rioribus late ovatis basi subcordatis reliquis oblongo- v. lanceolato-rhom- 
beis acutis v. acuminatis sinuato-dentatis v. integris, capsulis vulgo 
argenteo-squamosis vulgoque etuberculatis. j v. ( In Hispania prope 
Murcia (Lagasca, Bourgeau n. 1483!), in Grecia (Heldreich!), prope 
Athenas (Boiss.!), in Candia (Olivier!), in Oriente (hb. Willd. fol. 16860!), 
prope 8myrnam (Balansa n. 296!), prope Aleppum (Kotschy n. A41 !), ad 
Karnb-Tau (Lehm.!), in Persia (Aucher n. 3187!), nec non paucis locis 
Algeria et, regni tunetani (Coss., hb. Juss.!). Croton verbascifolius Willd. 
Spec. plant. vol. 4. p. 539; Geisel. Crot. Monogr. p. 71. Crot. patulus La- 
gasca Nov. gen. et spec. p. 21. Crot. villosus Sibth. et Sm. Prodr. Flor. 
grec. vol. 2. p. 249 et Flor. grec. t. 951. Crozophora verbascifolia Adr. 
Juss. Tent. Euphorb. p. 28; Coss. Notes sur quelq. plantes nouv. ou 
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