30 MR. BENNETT ON SPECIES OF CROTON. 



Clutia Eluteria, L. Sp. Plant, ed. 1. p. 1042 {excl. synon. omn. prater 



Hort. Cliff.). 

 Clutia Eluteria s. Cascarilla, Woodv. Med. Bot. p. 633, t. 223. f. 2 ! 

 Hab. In Insulis Bahamensibus, Catesby ! Dean ! Dr. W. F. Daniell ! 



' 2. Croton cascarilla, foliis petiolatis anguste lanceolatis utrinque 

 attenuatis acutis margine planis v. subundulatis supra viridibus glabris 

 subtus pallidis pilis stellatis intricatis dense vestitis, spicis simplicibus 

 terminalibus monoids. 



Ricinoides elaeagni folio. Plum. Spec. 20 ; Icon. p. 236, t. 240. f. 1 ; 

 Catesby Carol, vol. ii. t. 46. 



Clutia Cascarilla, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1. p. 1042. 



Hab. In Insulis Bahamensibus, Catesby ; " Providence," Dr. W. F. 

 Daniell ! 



3. Croton lineare, foliis subsessilibus linearibus obtusis margine 

 plus minus reflexis supra viridibus glabris subtus pallidis pilis stellatis 

 intricatis densissime vestitis, spicis simplicibus axillaribus terminali- 

 busque dioicis. 



Ricino affinis odorifera fruticosa major, rosmarini folio, fructu tricocco 

 albido, Shane, Hist. Jam. i. p. 133, t. 86. f, 1 ! 



Croton fruticulosum ; foliis longis, angustis, subtus incanis margine 

 reflexis, Browne, Jam. p. 347. 



Clutia Cascarilla, L. Amcen. Acad. v. p. 411 ; L. Herb. ! 



Croton lineare, Jacq. Amer. p. 256, 1. 162. f. 4 ; Pict. p. 124, t. 263. f. 80. 



Croton Cascarilla, W^oodv. Med. Bot. p. 629, t. 222. 



Hab. In Ins. Jamaica, Sloane ! Houstoun ! Wright ! ; in Insulis Baha- 

 mensibus, Catesby ! Dr. W. F. Daniell ! 



4. Croton Sloanet, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis v. obtuse acuminatis 

 perforatis squamulispeltatis supra raris infra numerosis adspersis, spicis 

 compositis axillaribus terminalibusque monoicis. 



Mali folio arbor artemisiae odoreetflore, Sloane, Jam. ii. p. 30, 1. 174. f. 2! 



Clutia Eluteria, L. Amcen. Acad. v. p. 411 ; L. Herb. ! 



Croton Eluteria, Swart z, Fl. Ind. Occid. p. 1183; Wright, in Med. 



Journ. viii. p. 3 ! Woodv. Med. Bot. p. 634, t. 223. f. 1 {pess.) ! Hayne, 



Arzneygew. xiv. t. 

 Hab. In Ins. Jamaica, Sloane ! Wright ! 



These four species are so totally distinct, that, when once dis- 

 criminated, they can never again be confounded. In addition to 

 the three former, Dr. DanielFs collection from the Bahamas con- 

 tains specimens of Croton lucidum, L., and Croton halsamiferum, 

 Jacq. 



