258 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



Ci'oton Jamalgota staminibus quindecim, semine loculum im- 



plente. 

 Croton Tiglium. Enc. Meth. ii. 208 ? Hort. Beng. 69. Hort. 



Kew. V. 327. 

 Jamalgota Hindice. 

 Konibish Bengalensium. 

 Habitat ubique in Bengala. 



Arbor mediocris ramulis teretibus, glabris, ad apicem sulcatis. 

 Folia alterna, petiolata, oblongo-ovata, denticulis apice glan- 

 dulosis serrata, acuminata, nitida, punctis raris piloso-stel- 

 latis maturitate evanescentibus aspersa, quinquenervia. Pe- 

 tiolus subpentagonus, canaliculatus, apice recurvus, brevis, 

 pilorum stellulis aspersus Stipules binae laterales, subulatae, 

 minimae, erectae. Glandula, prajter eas apicibus denticu- 

 lorum folii insidentes, duse, ad marginem folii paulo supra 

 petioli apicem adnatae. Racemi floriferi terminales, erecti, 

 simplices. Flares parvi, virides, subternati, pubescentes : 

 superiores masculini, inferiores feminini. 



Masc. : Ca/i/>r quinquefidus. Pe^a/a quinque lanceolata, lanata. 

 Filament a quindecim distincta, receptaculo lanato inserta. 

 AnthercB biloculares. 



FcEM.: Ca/jy^ quinquefiduspersistens. Gerwze^z superum,ovatum, 

 maximum. Slyli tres longi, ultra medium bifidi, filiformes, 

 decidui. Stigmata simplicia. Capsula erecta, magnitudine 

 nucis Moschatae oblonga, scabra, trigona, sex-sulca, trilocu- 

 laris. Semina loculos implentia, solitaiia, apici receptaculi 

 insidentia, integumento osseo nigra. A rill us albus. 



The description by M. Lamarck of his Crolon Tiglium differs 

 in nothing, except in his saying "les fruits sont glabres, marques 

 de trois sillons — coques brunes ou rousseatres :" but these diffe- 

 rences of themselves are too trifling to give room for a separa- 

 tion ; 



