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antice per limam longituJiualem dehisccntibus. Fcem. Calyx profimde quinquefidus globosus, licr- 
haceus, ^qualis, laciniis ovalibus subottusis. PetaJa ^lulla corum loco glandulas pcdiccUatas qmu- 
que inter lobes disei InTOgvni inserte adsunt; radii disci applanati suborbiculares rcmot, crenulat.. 
Germen globosum, obt'use irigonum, triloculare, loculis unio^latis. Styli tres distmct. profunde 
bipartiti, lobis planiusculis, extus versus apicem svdcatis tortiUbus. Cap^nla tricoeca, coceis bivalv.bus 
monospermis. Semina bre,H oblonga, subtrigona, radiatim rugosa.-Arbu.eul«> A.urrc. ,nrM,s, 
e^ceptio«e loborum disci, sUuniuum at,p,e slylorum dense stellatim tomeniosce ■ olus aU-n„s lonye 
petiolatis deciduo-stipulatis magnis plu. nnnusve cordalis sulhule lobati., dorso ad basm brylaudulosts ; 
spieis robuslis lonyissimis terminalibus. 
This ncwly-cstablisted genus comprises at present only six species. One, C. abutiloide. (Croton 
abutUoides, A'i.), is a native of Peru; another, C. ms^^u. (Croton lubi.i^l.us. f 0,^ W - 
New Granada; two, 0. .aUp.nse (Croton xalapensis, A7A.) and 0. Braco (Croton ^■■^ /'^f J^' ' ; ;; 
been coUeeted in Mexico ; and two" other hitherto undesenbed ones were discovered by B. Seuuann 
Panama. The character of the genus is very easily understood hy the flowers of both sexes bcmg n.ued 
together in clusters along the whole spike, which is robust and very long ; and n. the cmale Ao-s, rn^tead 
of petals, there appear long stalked glands ; the three styles are, besides, deeply bipartite, linear, and pomted. 
208. CvciosTiGMA Panamense, Kl. MSS.; ramis stellatim furfuraceo-floccosis ; foliis ovatis 
cordatis anguste acuminatis obsolete dcnticulatis, supra scabriusculis, subtus molUter tomcntosis, 
nenis utrinqne 7-9 lateralibus instructis ; glandulls patcUicformibus umbonatis ; stipulis crassis 
teretiuscuHs brevibus obtusis deciduis; florum fasciculis remotis; bracteis perbrcMbus; gcrnunibus 
oehraceis strigosis.-Nomen vemacul. " Sangrillo." Volcano of Chiriqni, Veragua.. 
The leaves are 6-9 inches long, and 4-6 inches broad, on the upper surface of a lively green, somewhat 
scabrous • on the under surface covered with a rather white furfuraeeous tomentum. The glands t the 
;i7eTf the leaves are sessile, of a cartilaginous texture, and yellowish-white. The spikes are about nu.e 
inches loug, and as tliick as a crow's quill. 
209 CYCLOsriGMA dcntlcidatum, Kl. MSS. ; ramulis petiolis spiclsquc tcnue stellatim-pubescen- 
tibus ; foliis membranaceis late ovatis profunde cordatis, apiee bre^d attenuatis, margui_c di^tmcte 
denticulatis supra scabrido-pubescentibus, subtu. tenuc incano-tomcntosis, nervis utnnque o-6 late a- 
JC instructis ; glandulis patell^formibus umbiHcatis ; stipulis planis lanccolatis caducis ; spicis fobo 
brevioribns; bracteis brevissimis, Panama. 
A middle-sized tree. Leaves membranaceous, 4-5 inches long and as many broad, dark-green above and 
glauctrbeteath. Petioles 5 inches long. Spike rather thin and somewhat angiUar, 5 inches long. 
Tribus V. Phyllanthe^, Endlicher. 
^■{v VI AT^^S - suffruticosus, virgatim ramoslssiraus ; ramis ramulisque 
niatibus bidcntatis, dentibus divaricatis. In swamps near Panama. 
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