COLLECTED BY ME. SPRUCE. 375 



rlbus basi rotundatis nee cordatis, floribus minoribus. Tetala ma- 

 riura lineari-oblonga, dorso ciliata, calycem sequantia, foemineorum 

 vix conspicua. 



A slender tree of 15 to 20 feet^ leaves smelling of cloves when 



bruised. In the Matinha, near Barra do Eio Negro, distributed as 

 Croton^ n. 4. 



3. C, Matonrense, Aubl. PI Gui. p. 879. t, 338.— a serieeus. Lam. 

 Diet. vol. ii. p. 210. 



From Barra do Eio Negro, distributed as Croton, n, 2. 



4. C. cuneatus. Mart, ex Kl, in Lond, Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 49. 

 From the gapd on the Eio Negro, near San Gabriel do Cachoeiras. 



5. C. Spruceanus, sp. n. ; fruticosus, foliis ovatis acuminatis basi rotun- 

 datis V. subcordatis membranaceis supra laete virentibus glabris sub- 

 tus lepidoto-incanis, gland ulis baseos 2 parvis scutellatis, racemis uni- 

 sexualibus?, floribus subsolitariis, calycibus valvatim 5-dentatis, mas- 

 culis 15-20-andris, foemineorum stylo semitrifido laciniis subbiparti- 

 tis, capsula intra calycem coriaeeum valde auctum inclusa. — Frutex 

 est 15-pedalis, ramis tenuibus, ramulis lepidotis. SlipulcB minut^e, 

 caducse. Tolia 3-6 poll, longa, li-3 poll lata, petiolo 3-6 lin. 

 longo, penninervia, venis 2 infimis oppositis, additis iuterdum utriu- 

 que 1-2 tenuibus ex eodem puucto, sed minus distincfce 5-7-nervia 

 quam in C. 8y ring fpf olio, Racemi quos florid os vidi masculi sunt, 

 2-3-pollicares, subsecundi, lepidoto-tomentosi. Pedicelli floridi 2 lin. 

 longi. Calyces subglobosi, 2 lin. diametro, in vivo albi, in siccG 

 rubescenti-lepidoti, breviter 5-dentati. Fetala cum glandulis disci 

 alternantia, calycem sequantia, oblonga, margine barbata. Stamina 

 saepius 17-18, infra medium barbata, Racemm frudifer in altero 

 specimine 4-pollicaris, floribus superioribus (an masculis?) delapsis. 

 Calyx fructus junioris ovato-pyramidalls, 3 lin. longus, coriaceus 

 5-dentatus ; circa capsulam maturam globoso-conicus, 7 lin. diametro, 

 capsulam superans, rufescens, Icpidoto-tomentosus. Stylus persis- 

 tens, usque ad medium integer, erectus et tomentosus, ramis glabris. 

 Among inundated rocks at the falls of San Gabriel. The leaves are 



aromatic. 



6. C. mollis^ sp. n. ; fruticosus, ramulis hirsutis, foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis integerrimis utrinque pilis longis hirsutis et subtus moUiter in- 

 cano-tomentosis, glandulis ad apicem petioli 2-4 stipitatis, spicis 

 brevibus tomentosis, floribus breviter pedicellatis subsolitariis ap- 



