C6 fTLVA TELLER, 



pistilo abortive connexa, antheris bilobis dorso 

 glandiil. cal. fern, duplex ext. 3part, int. 5part. 

 petalis 5 parvis, pistil, obi. stig. radiata sessilib. 

 9-12, caps. 31oba hispida very distinct G. sev- 

 eral types chiefly shrubs, Meterana was a latin 

 name of the Chesnut tree. 



365. Meterana castanefolia Raf. Croton do 

 L. auct fol. ovatislanceol. obt. serratis glabris 

 spicis axil, dimidiatis shrub of S. Amer, but a 

 great confusion of blended sp. shrubs and plants 

 exist as Croton castanif. to which some add 

 Acalypha australis L. as a synonym. 



366. Meterana dimidiata Raf. Acalypha aus- 

 tralis L. var ! fol. lanceol. obt. serratis petiol. 

 spicis axil, dimidiatis. Also a shrub of South 

 Amer. called a plant by Smith, who ascribes to 

 the fem. fl. calix 61obed uneq. 3 alterne larger^ 

 and capsule trilobed. If so another G. or sec- 

 tion and probably several sp. blended yet. See 

 bot. mag, 2794, 



367. 31eterana ? palustris Raf. Crot. do L. 

 fol. ovatis lanceol. serratis plicatis scabris, ped, 

 axil. caps, hispidis annual plant of Mexico. 



368. Meterana ? arhorea Raf. Crot. castanif 

 Burm. ind. t. 64, non L. Arborea, fol. ovat.. 

 acum. denticul. glabris, spicis term. fl. alternis 

 Tree of Java, the flowers of this and last 



^ must be verified, probably both new Genera also. 



369. Crozophora Necker, Turnesolia Ad. 

 Scop, diffl Croton. stam. 8-10 monadelphis, cal. 

 fem. lOfidus, caps. 6valvis this includes nearly 

 all the herbaceous Crotons, but the types are 

 my Croz, tinctoria^ plicata^ and other akin sp. 



370. Odotalon Raf. diff. Croton, cal. 5-6part 

 petalis"5-6 utrinque 3-4dent. stam. 5 monadel- 

 phis, glandulis 5 alternis Types Od. tricuspid 



