682 - MONOECTA) MONADELPRHIA., Croton. 
6. C. polyandrum, R.- 
Shrubby. Leaves oval, often lobate, scollop-toothed, pro- 
jecting glands at the base. Male flowers in axillary ra- 
cemes; the, female ones sub-solitary, no coro}, anthers twin, : 
Jatropha Montana; Willd. iv. 563. : 
Hind, Hakoon. 
Teling. Konda-amadum. . 
A perennial species, a native of the borders of rills of sweet 
water, and moist high places amongst the Circar mountains. 
It flowers during the wet and cold seasons, « 
Stems’ several from the same root, shrubby, straight. 
Branches few, young shoots a little downy, and round, from 
three to six feet high, Leaves alternate, petioled, oval, some- 
times lobate, deeply toothed, or grossly and remotely serrate, 
a little hairy, three-nerved, with two projecting brown glands 
at the base, from two to six inches long. Pedtioles round, 
about an inch long. Stipules none, but two glands in their 
place. Mane FLowers racemed, small, of a dull yellow co- 
lour.. Racemes axillary, erect, intercepted. Calyx five-leav- 
ed: Corolnone. Nectary a membranaceous, yellow ring,’ 
surrounding the base of the filaments. Filaments shorter 
than the calyx, numerous, distinct, compressed, clubbed, 
with the apices bifid, each bearing two oval anthers. F-. 
MALE FLOWERS peduncled, axillary, one, two, or three, bow- 
ing. Calyx cylindric, five-toothed. Coro/ none. Ni ectary 
as in the male. Seeds exactly like those of Ricinus commu-: 
nis, but much smaller, — ; 
_ The seeds are esteemed by the nativesa good purgative; _ 
they administer one seed bruised up with water for every eva- 
cuation they wish the patient to have; each seed weighs 
about a grain anda half, They aresaid to be the real Jamal- 
gata of the Hindoo Physicians. While others, and with more 
reason, think the = C. — to be the real drug. 
7. Tiglium. Willd. iv. 453. 
Arboreous, Lone ovate, cordate, serrate, ssi sania 
