300 Ien. UrBan: 
anguste v. lineari-lanceolatis; stylis fere usque ad basin in lobos 
2 lineares partitis; capsulis globulosis, fere 4 mm. longis, mediocriter 
longitrorsum 3-sulcatis; seminibus ovalibus, 3 mm. longis sublaevibus 
nitidis. 
Rami vetustiores teretes glabrescentes griseo-brunei valde ramosi; 
ramuli hornotini angulati, pube lepidota sordide flava. Stipulae minutae 
glanduliformes v. nullae. Folia petiolis angulatis supra sulcatis, nervo 
medio supra profunde sulcato-impresso, subtus valde prominente, nervis 
lateralibus sub angulo 70— 80° abeuntibns, supra impressis, ad marginem 
dichotomis et saepius conjunctis, chartacea v. chartaceo-coriacea, supra in 
sieco olivacea v. brunescentia, subtus pilis stellaribus breviter multiradiatis 
adpressis dense vestita, apice ipso subeucullato-plicata. Inflorescentiae 
terminales, 1—2 cm. longe pedunculatae, femineae 2—5-florae; rhachis 
angulata, pube ramorum; bracteae lanceolato-lineares, 0,7—1 mm. longae. 
Flores feminei: Sepala 5 in aestivatione valvata, 2 mm. longa, 0,5— 0,6 mm. 
lata, obtusa, extrinsecus pilis brevibus adpressis lepidiformibus induta, intus 
glabra, subcoriacea, posterius non v. vix accerescentia. Petala (v. stami- 
nodia?) bene evoluta, sepalis subaequilonga, linearia v. lineari-subulata, 
margine pubescentia. Disei glandulae 5 subsemiorbieulares, inferne calyeis 
fundo adnatae. Ovarium sphaeroideum trigonum flavido-tomentosum. Styli 
1,5 mm. longi, dorso infero brevissime pubescentes, apice involuti, crassius- 
euli, intus sulcati. Capsulae dorso pilis stellaribus parcis obsitae, in sicco 
nigrescentes; valvae columnam triangulam ad margines breviter pilosam, 
superne sensim crassiorem relinguentes.. Semina 1,5 mm. lata, utrinque 
convexa, obsolete v. vix impresso- punctata, nitidissima, cinerascentia, carun- 
cula latiuscula biloba, raphe basi saepe apiculato-producta. 
Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince: Picarda n. 1299. 
 Obs. Affinis O. origanifolius Lam. pube ramorum et foliorum subtus 
manifeste radiata, foliis latioribus, supra stellato-pilosis, nervis multo minus 
numerosis (utringue 5—7), inflorescentiis plurifloris bisexualibus, seminibus 
brevioribus, manifestius punctatis recedit. 
Croton Poitaei Urb. (n. sp.) monoicus, foliis 20— 5 mm. longe 
petiolatis, subtus ad basin v. sub basi glandulas 2 parvas v. minutas 
subsessiles v. sessiles, nune obsoletas gerentibus, lanceolatis v. lineari- 
lanceolatis, basi obtusiusculis, superne sensim angustatis, apiee obtuso 
in apiculum brevem contraetis, 3,5—1,5 em. longis, 1—0,5 cm. latis, 
sed plerisque longitrorsum plicatis, margine integris, nervo medio supra 
subimpresso, lateralibus supra non conspicuis, subtus prominentibus 
pinnatis, supra pilis stellaribus adpressis dense obsitis, subtus eadem 
pube, sed densiore flavida v. ferruginea tomentosnlis; inflorescentiis 
2—3 cm. longis, 3—7 mm. longe peduneulatis, floribus inferioribus 
2—6 femineis, caeteris masculis; pedicellis flor. masc. in quaque 
bractea 3—=d, 1,5 mm. longis, alabastris sphaeroideis, ca. 1 mm. 
diametro; staminibus ca. 16; flor. fem. usque 1 mm. longe pedicellatis, 
sepalis lanceolatis; stylis bipartitis; capsulis globulosis, 3,5 mm. diametro, 
