Croton 



EUPHORBIACK.i: 



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Monog. 8. C. Cascarilla var. linearis Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 38. 

 Ricino afh'nis odorifera fruticosa major &c. Slnum- Cut. 44 <t Hi*t. 

 i 133, /. 86, /. 1. Clutia Cascarilla L. >S'//*/. e<l. 10, 1299 (1759) 

 & Ama n. v. 411, 383 (non % P/.) & #er&. (Fig. 91.) 



Wild Rosemary or Spanish Rosemary. 



Near Passage Fort; Red Hills; Sloans Herb. ii. 91! Houstounl Lane 

 in Herb. Sloane clxii. 127! Wright \ Broughtonl von Eohr\ Mnri'<nli/rii\ 

 McXabl Liguanea plain ; near Port Antonio ; Purdie\ Wilson \ Kingston; 

 " near Mr. Fyfe's coffee region of Blue Mts." ; Priori M<tn-h\ rocky sea- 

 coast, Low Layton, Mctcalfcl near Port Antonio, Millspaugh; J.P. 700, 

 'li-)im<tn\ Hope, J.P. 1005, Hart\ Watson Hill, Faiccrtt\ near Kingston, 

 Campbell \ near Alligator Pond, 500 ft. ; Grove, near Hope, 700 ft. ; near 

 Falrnouth ; Great Goat Is. ; Healthshire Hills ; Long Mountain, 30 ft. ; 



D 



B 



Fig. 91. Croton linearis Jacq. 



A. Portion of branch with male 



iiitloivx-mce X -. 

 I',. Male flower X 7. 



C, Female (lower x 10. 



D, Coccus with seed x 3. 



E, Seed x 4. 



Cane R. valley, 350 ft.; Pedro Bluff; Harris. Fl. Jam. 5724, 6323, r>'>57, 

 7235, 9338, 9527, 9580, ( JC23, 9733. Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Is., Cuba. 

 Hispaniola. 



Shrub 3-9 ft. high, much branched, aromatic ; young twigs, inflorescence 

 and calyx tomentellous with yellow (or whitish) flat stellate hairs ; diacious. 

 Leaves 5'5-2'2 cm. 1., l - 5 nim.-l'o cm. br., linear-oblong, usually obtuse 

 at both ends, margin entire, upper surface glabrous, beneath covered 

 densely with yellowish tomentum of stellate hairs, usually with two or 

 three cylindrical glands at apex of petiole (often others minute) on upper 

 surface, somewhat leathery; nerves pinnate, usually slightly prominent 

 but indistinct on upper surface, not obvious beniMih : petiole 2-6 mm. 1. 

 lau-t'nii's usually somewhat longer than the leaf. 7'Yi>7/v/-.s- shortly stalked 

 or subsessile, female usually si>sile. .1/.//V flowers: ('<////.' l - 5 mm. 1. 



