DICLINIA SEGREGAT. Ricinus, 603 . 
In cultivated grounds, frequent in old plantations in Vir- 
ginia and Carolina. (9. Aug. Sept. v. v. Intro- 
duced by the Negroes. Known by the name of Cas- 
tor-oil Bean. 
685. JATROPHA. Gen. pl. 1463. 
1. J. herbacea, stimulis patulis horridissima ; foliis subpal- — stimulosa. 
mato-lobatis, lobis obtusiusculis subsinuato-incisis, 
cymis brevi-pedunculatis, Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 216. 
J. urens. Walt. fl. car. 239. ET ; 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t 220. f. 3. Marcg. brass. 79. f. 2. 
In fields and plantations : Virginia to Florida. Y. July, 
Aug. v. v. Flowers white; roots tuberous and 
eatable, the same as J. Manihot, which is so gene- . 
rally cultivated in the West Indies under the name of 
Cassida. The present plant is a very injurious weed - 
in some parts of Carolina, as it ruins the Negroes’ feet 
when they tread upon it; from which it is known by 
the name of Tread-softly. 
686. CROTON. Gen. pl. 1462. 
1. C. foliis ellipticis integerrimis obtusiusculis incanis sub- maritimum. 
‘tus tomentosis petiolatis, spicis terminalibus pauciflo- 
ris. Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 532. Walt. fl. car. 239. 
` C. disjunctiflorum. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 214. 
B. C. spicis dichotomalibus, flore femineo unico pedicellato. monantbogy- 
Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 215. : num. 
On the sea-coast of Carolina; 8. in Tennassee, near 
Nashville. b. Y. June, July. v.s. “The flowers of 
this genus are small and inconspicuous. The branches 
sometimes live over winter, but it cannot be considered 
a real shrub. Most of the species here mentioned 
are covered with stellated hairs, 
2. C. suffruticosum, stellato-tomentosum ; foliis oblongis argyranthe- 
integerrimis subtus tomentosis petiolatis, pedunculis mum. 
terminalibus subbifloris.— Willd. sp. pl, 4. p. 535. 
C. punctatum. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 621. 
In sterile woods of Georgia and Florida. h. X. July, 
Aug. v.s. i . 
3. C. hispidissimum ; folis oblongis serratis subtus hirtis glandulosum. 
basi subintegerrimis biglandulosis, caule trichotomo, 
spicis alaribus, capsulis glomeratim sessilibus.-— Wild. 
sp. pl. 4. p. 540. 
C. scordioides. Lam, encycl, 2. p. 214. 
