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below. Styles multifid. Capsule 3-coccous. — Leaves with a basilar gland above: hairs 

 stinging ; cyme corymbiform ; calyx white. 



30. C. napseifolius, Pohl. Suflrutescent ; leaves deeply 7-lobed, hispid beneath, or 

 glabrate: lobes pinnatifid, acuminate, and cut into unequal teeth; $ calyx 5-lobed, ? 5- 

 partite. — Juss. Euph.f. 34 b : anal. — Jatropha, Desr. — Male calyx infunchbuliform, 4"' long. 

 — Hab. Introduced from the British West Indies into British gardens ! 



9*. JANIPHA, Kth. 



Calyx coloured, 5-lobed or 5-partite, imbricative. Petals 0. Stamens 10, distinct, in- 

 serted into a central disc, 5 exterior shorter. Styles many-lobed. Capsule baccate, 3-coc- 

 cous. — Woody plants, with large tubers ; leaves long-petioled, glabrous : stipules caducous ; 

 special cymes racemiform, few-flowered : $ at length inferior. 



31*. J. Manihot, Kth. Shrubby; leaves 7 '-5 (-3) -partite, glaucous beneath: seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire; cJ calyx 5-lobed, $ 5-par- 

 tite ; capsule pendulous, ovoid, with six narrow wings. — SI. t. 85 ; Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 1,2; 

 Desc. Ft. 3. t. 176. — Jatropha, L. Manihot Aipi et utilissima, Pohl. — Calyx yellowish. 

 Tubers either sweet or bitter ; but this difference is not accompanied with trustworthy specific 

 characters. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, Hist., March; Antigua!, Nichols.; Trinidad!, 

 Schach; [Guiaea! and New Granada! to Brazil! and Peru!]. 



10*. ALEURITES, Forst. 



Calyx 2-3-fid, valvate. Petals 5. Stamens 15— oo, monadelphous, surrounded by a 

 disc : anthers introrse. Styles 2 (-3), 2-partite. Pericarp baccate, 3-coccous. — Trees ; 

 leaves long-petioled, with a basilar gland above : down stellate ; cymes densely corymbiform. 



32*. A. triloba, Forst. Leaves glabrescent, %-lobed (or ovate) : middle segment larger, 

 deltoid ; cymes puberulous, nearly as long as the petiole ; petals spathulate, much longer 

 than the roundish calyx. — Lam. III. t. 791. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Al., March ; 

 Antigua!, Nichols.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; [introduced from the East Indies !]. 



11*. SIPHONIA, Rich. 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-partite, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens 5-10, monadelphous : exterior 

 series shorter, or none : anthers extrorse. Styles 3, short, emarginate. Capsule 3-coccous. 

 — Trees ; leaves digitate, long-petioled ; special cymes racemiform, few-flowered : ? ter- 

 minal. 



33*. S. elastica, Pers. Leaflets 3, lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, glabrous, whitish be- 

 neath ; column b-androus, devoid of a surrounding disc : anthers equal, subsessile. — Desc. 

 W. 6. t. 452. — Hevea guianensis, Aubl. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Guiana!, Brazil!]. 



Subtkibe 2. RICINFM — Inflorescence centripetal, androgynous ; flowers racemose, 



superior ? . Seeds carunculate, large. 



12*. RICINUS, L. 



Calyx 5-partite, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens oo, many-branched : anthers extrorse. Styles 

 2-partite, papillose. Capsule 3-coccous. — An arborescent herb, 12-40' high; leaves pal- 

 matilobed, toothed, peltate, glanduliferous at the top of the petiole. 



34*. R. communis, L. 



o. Capsules echinate.— Desc. Fl. 1. /. 59 ; 2. t. 1 27. 



0. inermis, Jacq. Capsules devoid of spines. — Jaeq. Ic. Bar. t. 195. — Leaves glaucous 

 beneath. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Barbadoes !, etc. ; [introduced from the East 

 Indies]. 



Subtkibe 3. ETJCROTONEJE. — Inflorescence centripetal, mostly racemose : bracts usually 

 \-flowered-. flowers monoecious, inferior $ , or diacious. Seeds mostly carunculate. 



13. CROTON, L. 



Flowers monoecious (or dioecious by abortion). Calyx divided into 5 (4-12) segment* or 



