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CoDIiEUM PICTUM. PAINTED-LEAVED 

 CoDIjEUM. 



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Class and Order. 



MONCECIA MONADELPHIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — EuphorbiacEjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Fl. Monoici. Mas. Cat. 5-partitus. Pet. 5, squami- 

 formia. Stam. plurima. Fcem. Cal. 5-fidus. Petala o. 

 Styli et Stigmata 3. Fructus subcarnosus, tricoccus. Adr. 

 Juss. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Codleum* pictum ; foliis cordato-oblongis coriaceis nitidis 



variegatis. 

 Croton pictum. " Noisette." (Steudel.) Lodd. Bot. Cab. 



t. 870. 

 Croton variegatum, var. 3, latifolium. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 



p. 69. 



This is, in our stove, a low shrub, of slow growth, gla- 

 brous in every part, and having its foliage collected princi- 

 pally at the extremity of the branches. The leaves are very 

 beautiful, four to six inches long, on short petioles, coriace- 

 ous, glossy, between cordate and oblong, rather obtuse, 

 e »tire, veined, of a reddish or yellow colour, mottled and 

 variegated with green, paler on the underside. Flowers in 

 Jong, pedunculated racemes, from the extremity of the 

 branches. I have only seen that which bears female flowers. 



These 



* So termed by Ritmhuus, from the Malayan name of the Croton variega- 

 ■** of Linn^us, Codebo. 



