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Croton phebalioides, qui C. argyrato affinis et in Australia 
orientali tropiea et extratropica provenit, a Crotone stigmatoso 
discernitur foliis subtus sicut calycibus et capsulis revera argenteo- 
lepidotis, illis szepe latioribus integerrimis, staminibus magis nu- 
merosis nec non stigmatum forma. Ex annotatione Leichhardtii 
cortex hujus arboris larvis perfossus gummi transparens exsudit. 
Croton tomentellus, 
Fruticosus, undique s/ellari-tomentellus, foliis subovatis v. 
lanceolato- v. oblongo-ovatis herbaceis aut subchartaceis minutis- 
sime denticulatis, floribus racemosis, foemineis in racemo sat nu- 
merosis, stigmatibus bifidis raro dichotomis, capsulis trigastro- 
sph:ericis stellari-pilosulis. 
In rupibus fluvii Victoria River, ejus ostium versus. FF. M. 
Indumentum totius plante pallidum.  Stipule caduezm.  Petioli 
3-1l' longi. Folia longitudine sepe 2-21" latitudine 3-11" me- 
tientia, pallide virentia, distincte penninervia, obtusiuscula, venis 
parum visibilibus percursa, basi glandulis duabus stipitatis mu- 
nita. Racemi androgyni, ramulos terminantes. Flores masculi 
minuti, 5-10-andri. Lobi calyecum femineorum semilanceolati, 
eirca 1" longi. Pedicelli fructiferi 2-3" longi. Capsule circiter 
3" longs», interdum loculo quarto aucta. 
Croton Verreauxii. 
Baillon, Étude Générale du Groupe des Euphorbiacées, 357. 
Arboreus, mox fere omnino glaber, innovationibus sparse stel- 
lari-pilosulis, foliis herbaceis v. subehartaceis lanceolatis v. ovato- 
lanceolatis v. subovatis acutiuseulis v. acuminatis serrulato-crenu- 
latis, racemis multifloris androgynis, calycibus fundo lanuginosis, 
petalis florum masculorum angustis barbato-ciliatis, staminibus 
circiter decem, stigmatibus bifidis, germinibus stellari-sericeis, 
capsulis trigastro-globosis parcissime stellato-pilosulis, seminibus 
late trigono-ovatis lz»vibus, caruncula parva subrenata, radicula 
hilo proxima. 
In locis silvaticis Australie orientalis extratropiez et subtro- 
piez; e. g. Blue Mountains, Miss Atkinson ; Illawarra, Shepherd ; 
Cabramatta et Wollongong, W. Woolls; Hunter's River, L. Leich- 
hardt; Hastings et Richmond Rivers, H. Beckler; Clarence River, 
J. Wileox ; Pine River, F. M. 
Cortex: levis, albido- et cinereo-variegatus. Folia breviuscule 
vel modice longe petiolata, 2-5" longa, $—-2" lata, supra saturate 
subtus pallidius viridia, creberrime et subtilissime pellucido- 
punetulata; glandule 2 basales scutelliformes, sessiles v. brevis- 
sime stipitatse. Stipulm lineari-subulatz, caducz. Racemi sepius 
elongati, przcipue e fasciculis florum masculorum, cui flores 
