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RlClNLS COMMUNIS. THE PALMA CllRTSTI, 



or Castor-oil plant. 



Class and Order. 



MoNCECIA MONADELPHIA. 



Generic Character. 



Masc. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 0. Stamina numcrosa. 

 Fem. Cal. 3-partitus. Cor. 0. Styli 3, bifid i. Caps. 

 3-locularis. Scm. I. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Ricinus communis; foliis peltatis palmatis: lobis lanceolatis 



serratis, stigmatibus tribus bifidis bipartitisve, capsulis 



echinatis. 

 Ricinus communis; foliis peltatis subpalmatis serratis. Lin. 



Sp. PI. U30.—MM. icon. t. 219 & 220. 

 Ricinus communis; foliis peltatis palmatis, lobis lanceolatis 



serratis., caule herbaceo pruinoso. stigmatibus tribus 



apice bifidis., capsulis echinatis. Willd. Sp. PI A. p. 564. 

 Ricinus foliis peltatis scrratis: petiolis gland uliferis. Hort. 



Cliff. 450. Hort. lips. 289. Philos. Bot. p. 25G. 



Regnault Bot. 

 Ricinus albus. Rumph. Amb. 4. p. 92. 

 Ricinus vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 439. Blackw. Herb. t. 148. 



Cam. Epil. 959. Dod. Pempt. 367. Raj. Hist. 166. 



Park. Theatr. 182. Fuchs Hist. ic. 340. 

 Ricinus gallis Palma Christi. Lob. Hist. 392. Lob. ic. 688. 



Gerard emac. 496. 

 Ricinus minor. Hort. Eystt. ord. eestiv. 8. t. 11. 

 Avanacu. Hort. Malab. 2. t. 32. 



The older Botanists gave this plant the name of Ricinus 

 from the similarity which the seed bears to the Tick, which 

 loathsome animal has the same name in latin. 



It is doubtful whether there is in reality any specific 



difference 



