198 Ion. URBAN 
subtus plus minus nitentia favo-brunescentia, lepidibus breviter pluri- 
radiatis in facie parcis ad nervum medium crebris adspersa, subtus 
basi ima ad nervum medium glandulas binas sessiles gerentia, coriacea. 
Inflorescentiae terminales cum pedunculo 6—12 mm. longo 3—5 cm. 
longae unisexuales masculae v. bisexuales; bracteae triangulares vix 
1 mm. longae, flores masculos 1—2 in axilla gerentes; pedicelli 1,5 mm. 
longi. Alabastra globulosa 1 mm. diametro. Sepala 3 v. 4 breviter 
ovata v. triangularia acuta er. 1 mm. longa. Petala 3 v. 4 breviter 
ovata supra basin latiuscule stipitiformi-angustata, inferne glabra, superne 
villosa, pellucido-punctata 1,2 mm. longa. Disci glandulae semiorbi- 
culares pallidae. Stamina 4; filamenta subnulla; antherae quadratae. 
Receptaculum parce pilosum. Flores feminei ad basin inflorescentiae 
bisexualis 1 (v. plures?); pedicelli fructiferi 12 mm. longi. Sepala 5 
anguste lanceolata margine non recurva 2 mm. longa. Capsula non 
visa; columella 7 mm. longa. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Cristal prope Rio Lebisa in charras- 
cales 650 — 1000 m. alt., m. Mart. flor.: n. 6793. 
Obs. Floribus masculis 3—4-meris, staminibus perpareis notabilis; 
ob flores femineos ignotos in systemate Muelleriano non rite collocandus. 
Croton bispinosus Ch. Wright in Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana VI 
(1870) p.152. — Frutex monoecus. Rami hornotini pilis multiradiatis 
bruneis laxiuscule accumbentibus dense obtecti, teretes, in axillis foliorum 
non raro spinas binas v. solitarias usque 15 mm. longas gerentes. Sti- 
pulae lineari-filiformes 3—5 mm. longae. Folia 3— 10 mm. longe petio- 
lata, ovata usque elliptico-oblonga, basi rotundata v. subtruncata paullo 
et anguste excisa, antice obtusissima v. rotundata, 2,5—5 cm. longa, 
1,2—2,5 cm. lata, nervo medio supra vix v. paullo impresso, lateralibus 
utroque latere 5—-8, binis infimis e basi prodeuntibus, supra leviter 
impressis v. vix conspicuis, subtus crassiuscule prominentibus et reti- 
culato-anastomosantibus, margine minute crenulata, supra densissime 
punctulato-granulata, punctulis plerumque in pilos simplices v. stellatos 
productis, subtus pilis stellaribus pallidis tomentosula et ad nervos pilis 
majoribus multiradiatis bruneis adspersa, supra basin eglandulosa, co- 
riacea. Inflorescentiae pseudoaxillares et in ramulis abbreviatis termi- 
nales, subsessiles v. usque 3 cm. longe pedunculatae, ipsae 5—15 mm. 
longae, basi florem femineum gerentes, caeterum masculae. Flores 
masculi dense aggregati, bracteis minutis suffulti usque 2 mm. longe 
pedicellati, alabastrum sphaeroideum vix 2 mm. crassum formantes. 
Sepala 5 in aestivatione ad basin vix imbricata, caeterum aperta, sub 
anthesi triangulari-lanceolata 1,5 mm. longa, dorso stellato-tomentosula. 
Petala oblongo-lanceolata, 2,5 mm. longa, eircumeirca villosula, in facie 
glabra, 1-nervia. Stamina er. 15 toro villoso inserta; filamenta glabra 
