Croton EUPIIORBIACEJ: '2 1 1> 



4. C. flavens L. Si/st. ed. 10, 1276 (1759) A: Amcen. v. 410, 

 .")< S 3 ; leaves 2-10 cm. L, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, tapering to an 

 acute rnucronate apex, base cordate or obtuse, on both sides 

 tomentellous with stellate hairs to sparingly stellate-hairy or 

 even glabrous, entire or rarely serrate, with several minute 

 glands often at apex of petiole or base of midrib above, and 

 one cylindrical gland at each side of base of midrib beneath. 

 Gei*t_d. <>p. fit. 19; Griscl). op. cit. 38: Mm-U. Ar</. /<//,<. fit. Till'. 

 C. balsamifer /<</. .sV7. Stir^. Amer. 255, /. 162, /. 3 (1763) & 

 Hort. Vindol. HI. 20, /. 46; L. Munt. 12"); Geiscl. op. cit. 11 : 

 Grix''l>. Inf. cit. C. flocculosus Geiscl. op. cit. 14 (1S07) ; Griseb. 

 Inc. fit. C. fruticulosum et villosum Arc. Browne Hixt. Jam. 347. 

 Type, Browne's specimen, in Herb. Linn. 



Yellow Balsam. 



Sloane Herb. v. 108! Houstoun\ Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. r_!7 ! 

 Browne \ Wright ! near Bull Bay, Broughtonl McXabl Liguanea plain, 

 J 'Hnlie \ March I Rock Fort, Campbell I Long Mt., 30-200 ft.; Harris \ 

 Fl. Jam. 6254, 8926, 9586. West Indies, Yucatan. 



rub 2-10 ft. high, aromatic. Leaves : nerves pinnate ; petiole less 

 than half as long as the limb. Flowers pale yellow or white, shortly pedi- 

 celled (1-3 mm. 1.). Male flowers: Calyx stellate-tomentellous outside, 

 about 2 mm. 1. ; segments narrowly ovate. Petals oblanceolate, a little 

 longer than the calyx, hairy at lower margin. Sttnufiix 12-16. Female 

 llowcrs : Calyx like the male, but more pointed. Petals minute, thread- 

 like, gland-like at apes. Ovary tomentellous with yellow stellate hair. 

 Styles 2-cleft. Capsule subglobular, about 5 mm. 1. Seeds ellipsoidal, 

 3-3*5 mm. 1., dark grey. 



5. C. mieans Sic. Fl. Ind. Occ. 11S5 (1800) (excl. syn.) ; 

 leaves 3-5 cm. L, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, base obtuse or 

 slightly cordate, upper surface with a few hairs 011 the nerves, 

 also sometimes a few stellate scale-like hairs often bearing in the 

 centre a long hair, beneath densely tomentose, with short white 

 stellate hairs and scales, without glands at base ; stipules awl- 

 .-haped, 2-3 mm. 1. ; calyx of female llown^ densely scaly, 

 segments ovate-triangular, with edges near base slightly folded 

 back outwards.- Mnrll. Arg. torn. fit. 554 (iritli vars.) A: /'// FL 

 Bras, xi.pt. 2, 121. C. nervosus var. villosus 7*J/o /;>/// in Honl;. 

 Land. JiHint. ]l<>t. ii. 50 (IS}:}). C. niveus Gris>l>. <>p. fit. -lit 

 (1859) (lion Jacq.). 



Swartz. Northern tropical S. America. A specimen from Jama 

 without collector's name, in Herb. Edinb. is mimed by ( ii i-.'liucli 

 ( '. niveus. 



,-nh with twigs, petioles, stipules, and young leaves :ovon i d\vith long 

 soft spreading yellowish-brown hairs. Lcarfs ovate-laiicc^lato, acuminate, 

 base obtuse or slightly cordate, nerves pinnate, without glands at base, 

 with a few hairs on the nervi - on tin 1 upper surface, also sometimes a few 

 scattered stellate scale-like hairs often bearing in the rent re a long hair, 

 beneath densely tomentose with short white hairs and scale-. :-;~5 cm. 1. ; 

 petiole 3-8 mm, 1. ; stipules awl-shaped, 2-3 mm. 1. ll< with 1-3 



female flowers at base succeeded by several male fl above. Pcd;. 



