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Croton Jamalgota staminibus quindecim, semine loculum im- 
plente. 
Croton Tiglium. Enc. Meth. 1. 208? Hort. Deng. 69. Hort. 
Kew. v. 327. 
Jamalgota Hindice. 
Konibish Bengalensium. 
Habitat ubique in Bengala. 
Arbor mediocris ramulis teretibus, glabris, ad apicem sulcatis. 
Folia alterna, petiolata, oblongo-ovata, denticulis apice glan- 
dulosis serrata, acuminata, nitida, punctis raris piloso-stel- 
latis maturitate evanescentibus aspersa, quinquenervia. Pe- 
tiolus subpentagonus, canaliculatus, apice recurvus, brevis, 
pilorum stellulis aspersus Stipule bine laterales, subulatz, 
minime, erectæ. Glandule, preter eas apicibus denticu- 
lorum folii insidentes, duze, ad marginem folii paulo supra 
petioli apicem adnatæ. Racemi floriferi terminales, erecti, 
simplices. Flores parvi, virides, subternati, pubescentes : 
superiores masculini, inferiores feminini. | 
Masc.: Calyx quinquefidus. Petala quinque lanceolata, lanata. 
Filamenta quindecim distincta, receptaculo lanato inserta. 
Anthere biloculares. 
Fam.: Calyx quinquefidus persistens. Germen superum, ovatum, 
maximum. Styli tres longi, ultra medium bifidi, filiformes, 
decidui. Stigmata simplicia. Capsula erecta, magnitudine 
nucis Moschatæ oblonga, scabra, trigona, sex-sulca, trilocu. 
laris. Semina loculos implentia, solitaria, apici receptaculi 
insidentia, integumento osseo nigra. Arillus albus. 
The description by M. Lamarck of his Croton Tiglium differs 
in nothing, except in his saying “les fruits sont glabres, marqués 
de trois sillons—coques brunes ou rousseatres :" but these diffe- 
rences of themselves are too trifling to give room for a separa- 
tion ; 
