256 Dr. Francis HaurrTON's Commentary 
Zeylanica, and quotes as synonymous the Ricinoides of his father, 
the Granum Moluccum, and the Cadel Avanacu. 
M. Lamarck (Enc. Meth. ii. 208.) continues the same syno- 
nyma and specific character, and seems to have described from 
specimens in the herbarium of Jussieu ; for he mentions several 
circumstances not previously noticed by the authors I have enu- 
merated. He calls it a tree of a middling size. He gives five 
divisions to the calyx, five petals, and aboutsixteen stamina. He 
mentions that the young leaves are dotted with hairs disposed in 
form of a star; and he takes no notice of the cells of the capsule 
being much larger than the seeds. He mentions its being a cul- 
tivated plant, of which I find no traces in former authors. ‘The 
figure of the fruit which he gives (I//. Gen. t. 790. f. 2.) repre- 
sents it shaped like that of the Cadel Avanacu, and having the 
seeds as large as the cavities. 
Willdenow (Sp. Pl. iv. 543.) continues the synonyma, but adds 
a new specific character, omitting the caulis arboreus and adding 
racemus terminalis. If he had attended to what Burman stated, 
he might have seen that this last was not to be depended on: for, 
although the raceme in the plant of Burman appears at first 
terminal, yet two young shoots, proceeding from its base, soon 
leave it ** in divaricatione caulis," as Linnzus has it. His spe- 
cimens, however, were probably in a young state, and had “ ra- 
cemos facie terminales," as he described. He says nothing to 
extricate us from the doubts respecting the identity of the plants 
described by Rheede, Burman and Rumphius. 
In the Hortus Kewensis (v. 327.) Rheede alone is quoted ; yet 
the plant was sent to the garden by Dr. Roxburgh, whose Croton 
Tiglium is a large tree (Hort. Beng. 69.) called Jamalgota in the 
language of the vicinity. "The specimen of this, which I have 
given to the collection of the East India Company, has no fruit ; 
but it has 15 stamina, a circumstance that deserves particular 
attention. 
Geertner 
