18S Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



Hutnilis, tota glanduloso-puberula. Caulis gracilis, valde ramosus, ramis tenuibus prostratis 

 foliosis. Folia patentia, reniformia, basi plus miaiisve cordata, nervosa, rugosa, pro- 

 funde crenata, nigrescentia, \ unc. lata, 2 lin. longa, petiolis 1-2 lin. longis. Inflores- 

 centia terminalis, foliis subtensa, ^ unc. longa. Perianthia dense imbricata, orbiculata, 

 intiis basi flor. fcemin. 3, masculumque solitarium gerentia, marginibus involutis, 3-5- 

 fida, segmentis ciliatis et glanduloso-pilosis venosis. Capsula 3-cocca, valvis dorse 

 ciliatis, stylis elongatis 3-fidis. 



84. Croton Scouleri, Hooh.Jil.; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis incano-tomentosis, 



rainuiis junioribus lepidotis, foliis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis subacutis 

 integerrimis supernfe pilis stellatis sparsis infern^ appressfe stellato-pu- 

 bescentibus junioribus squamis lepidotis interjectis, floribus elongato- 

 spicatis, capsulis obovato-rotundatis diam. pisi communis tomentosis. 

 Hab. James Island, D. Douglas Sf Dr. Scouler. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Rami lignosi, puberuli, teretes, cicatrisati, cortice fusco ; ramulis canaliculatis, vestitis, versus 

 apices foliosis. Folia alterna, plano-hemisphaerica, margine obsolete sinuato-dentata, 

 2j-3-uncialia, ^ unc. lata, superne pilis minimis stellatis, inferne pube dense stellata 

 flavida vel subargentea sericeo-incana vestita ; juniora utrinque dense tomentosa, squa- 

 mis lepidotis micantibus ; petioli 3 lin. longi. Spicas axillares v. terminales, sub 20- 

 florffi (flores non visi), fructifer£e graciles, 3-4-unciales, nutantes, angulatae, incano- 

 tomentosas. Capsulse solitariae, remotae, sessiles, basi perianthio marcescente subtensae, 

 3-loculares, 3-valves ; stylis 3 deciduis ; valvis extus flavo-tomentosis. 



85. C. Macr^i, Hook.Jil.; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis incano-tomentosis, foliis 

 angust^ linearibus subcarinatis petiolatis apicibus obtusis nervo valido 

 carinatis supern^ pilis stellatis sparsis infernfe densfe et appresse argenteo- 

 tomentosis junioribus lepidoto-squamosis, spicis elongatis. 



flab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 



Fragrans : a priori difFert solummodo foliorum forma, quae elongato-linearia, 3A-4 unc. longa, 

 2 lin. lata, et spica breviori lj-2-unciali, sed his characteribus valde distincta. 



86. C. Xalapensis, Humh.'i Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. xi. p. 85. Kunth, Synops. vol. i. 



p. 404. 

 Mab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



I refer this with much hesitation to the plant described by Humboldt, the 

 specimens being very imperfect and the flowers in an exceedingly young 



