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2-glandular at the base, concolor with wool, repand-entire, rarely denticulate, long-petioled : 

 glands minute, stipitate ; raceme terminal ; seeds subtetragonal-ovoid. — C. Richardi, W. -. 

 a form with the leaves rounded at the base. — A shrub, 2'-3' high : branches thickish : wool 

 persistent; stamens about 12; seeds l'"long: angles obtuse. — Hab. Jamaica!, all collectors, 

 common in the southern plains ; Trinidad !, Schach ; [S. Thomas !]. 



*** Leaves toothed. 



40. C. corylifolius, Lam. Branchlets hoary-tomentose with appressed down ; leaves 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, bluntish, doubly toothed, with the teeth glandular, glabrescent above, 

 hoary, and at length pale-green beneath with scattered minute down, 2-glandular at the top 

 of the long petiole : glands scutelliform, thickly stipitate ; raceme terminal, loug ; styles 

 bifid.— Dese. Fl. 5. t. 366. — C. montamis, Gets. — An aromatic shrub; leaves 8"-3" long, 

 pellucid-punctate, chartaceous : petiole l"-2" long; calyx $ valvar, $ 5-fid ; stamens 12. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Al. ; in pastures, S. Ann's, S. Elizabeth, Dominica !, Imr.; [Cuba !, 

 Guadeloupe.] 



41. C. Iserti, Geis. Branchlets hoary or rusty-tomentose with appressed down; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subcordate at the base, acuminate, toothed, scabrous 

 with minute scattered down, glaucous beneath, devoid of basilar glands ; racemes short, 

 axillary, subsessile, twice as long as the petiole. — Leaves 4"-2'" long, pellucid-punctate, 

 chartaceous : petioles 6"'-3'" long ; $ calyx imbricative : stamens about 10 : the % flowers 

 are wanting in our specimens. — Hab. Jamaica!, March; [Martinique]. 



Sect. 2. Eluteria. — Stamens 10-20. ? Calyx valvate, usually corollate. Styles 2-par- 

 tite, with 2-Jid branches, or 4-partite, with the branches simple, or 2-fid. Seeds smooth. 

 — Aromatic, lepidote shrubs ; leaves quite entire, or repand, stipulate, devoid of glands ; 

 racemes axillary and terminal. 



42. C. Eluteria, Sw. ! Branchlets rusty-lepidote ; leaves ovate, entire or repand, bluut 

 or pointed, glabrous, rusty or silvery-variegated with distinct scales chiefly beneath, pellucid- 

 punctate : stipules evanescent ; stamens 10-12 ; $ flowers corollate ; styles bipartite, with 

 2-fid branches; seeds oval-oblong. — SI. t. 174./. 1, 2; Kl.in Hayne Arzn. 14. t. 1. — 

 Clutia, L. Croton glabellus, L. : ex. syn. SI. C. nitens, Sw. I : the common form with 

 simple racemes {Slrf. 1), or C. Eluteria, Bennett, while in the original C. Eluteria, Sw. 

 (C. S/oanei, Benn.) the axillary racemes are compound : the specimen in Sloane's collection 

 if. 2) is the same, and so are Gronovius's and Catesby's specimens, quoted by Linnaeus. — 

 A hk r h shrub, 8' to above 20' high ; leaves 5"-2" long, at length concolor, greenish : petiole 

 12"'-2'" long, petals white, villous on the margin ; seeds 4'" long, opaque, blotched, convex 

 on both sides. — Hab, Bahamas!, Catesb., e.g. Providence, Eleuthera; Jamaica!, all collec- 

 tors, in the plains and lower hills; [Veraguas !, Cauca!]. 



43. C. pseudochina, Schlecht. ! Branchlets silvery -lepidote : scales with a rusty centre ; 

 leaves ovate, with a bluntish point, minutely cordate at the base, repand-entire, glabrous, 

 devoid of pellucid points, discolor, shining-silvery beneath with confluent scales, which are 

 scattered above : stipules thickish, linear, somewhat persistent ; racemes simple, as long as 

 the petiole ; stamens 10 ; $? flowers corollate ; styles 4-partite, with the branches bifid or 

 simple; seeds . . . — Kl. in Hayne Arzn. 14. t. 2. — Leaves 3"-l-£" long, green above, white 

 beneath; petiole 10"'-2'" long.— Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Lockh., Schach, Cr. ; 

 [Mexico !, Venezuela !]. 



44. C. laurinus, Sw. ! Branchlets and petioles lepidote with scattered, stellate-ciliate 

 scales ; leaves oblong, rounded or bluntish at the top, quite entire, bearing stellate-ciliate 

 evanescent scales on the margin and distant ones on the surface, glabrate, concolor-green, not 

 lepidote, but punctate with minute whitish points, chiefly above, devoid of pellucid dots : 

 stipules thickish linear, deciduous ; racemes slender, simple, equalling or exceeding the 

 leaves; stamens 10; ? petals abortive; styles 4-partite, with the branches bifid; seeds 

 " oblong." — A high shrub ; leaves leathery, 6"— 1" long : midrib very prominent beneath : 

 petiole 1" long; pedicels numerous, scattered, 1'" long; $ ones somewhat distant ; petals 

 white.— Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., AL, on hills, Moneaguc. 



