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elongatis apice glandulosis 2 nigris peltatis glabris stipitatis preeditis, foliis 
cordato-orbicularibus acutis serratis integris vel breviter palmatim trilo- 
batis facie viridibus punctis minutis stellato-pilosis scabris dorso dense 
stellato-pilosis penninerviis reticulato-venulosis, racemis laxis elongatis, 
floribus masculis multis staminibus circiter 12, foemineis solitariis ovario 
dense hispido stylis brevibus multipartitis. 
A tree, with slender woody branchlets, densely clothed with 
short drab stellate hairs. Leaves alternate; petiole 13-2 in. long, 
with a pair of deflexed stalked cushion-shaped glands at the top ; 
blade 4-5 in. long and broad, shallowly cordate, irregularly ser- 
rated, with 7 veins radiating from the base of the petiole and 3-4 
pairs of erecto-patent main branches from the midrib above the 
base; upper surface green, rough with minute stellate hairy 
tufts ; lower surface covered all over with whitish stellate hairs, 
the veins and veinlets all raised. Racemes erect, axillary, 5-6 in. 
long, only the lowest flower female. Male perianth densely 
pilose. Female calyx 3 in. broad when expanded; sepals ovate ; 
petals oblong, as long as the sepals. Fruit 3 in. long and broad, 
rough with spreading whitish hairs. Styles short, black, with 9 
or 10 divisions. —Central Madagascar, Baron 1841! 1854! Allied 
to C. muricatus, Vahl. 
Croton ($ EvcnoTON) NITIDULUS, n. sp. 
C. ramulis gracillimis lignosis ferrugineo-lepidotis, foliis alternis vel oppo- 
sitis petiolo brevi apice biglanduloso limbo parvo oblongo integro sub- 
obtuso subcoriaceo nitidulo obscure lepidoto-punctato, floribus masculis in 
racemos angustos elongatos dispositis calyce ferrugineo-lepidoto staminibus 
paucis, floribus foemineis solitariis calycis segmentis ovatis parce lepidotis, 
ovario dense lepidoto, stylis brevibus multipartitis. 
A tree, with slender woody branchlets, soon denuded, but 
densely clothed at first with ferruginous lepidote scales. Leaves 
alternate or opposite. Stipules deciduous ; petioles 1-2 in. long, 
with a pair of stalked cushion-shaped glands at the top; blade 
11-21 in. long, moderately firm in texture, finely penninerved, 
green on both sides, with only a few indistinct lepidote scales, 
glossy above. Male flowers in dense elongated axillary racemes, 
seen in bud only. Calyx globose, densely ferrugineo-lepidote. 
Female flowers solitary, on a long pedicel. Segments of the 
female calyx finally å in. long, with only a few scattered scales 
on the outside. Ovary densely ferrugineo-lepidote ; styles short, 
black, glabrous, multifid.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1302! 
1349! Allied to C. Argyrodaphne, Baill. 
LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XX. x 
