Croton KUPHORBIACE.l. 281 



t'oliis ovatis oppositis vel ternatis, spicis terminalibus Broii'tn 

 ///,/. J,, llt . :347. C. glabellum L. Sy*t. ed. 10, 1275 (1759). C. 

 fruticosuni Mil. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768). C. pallen&Sw. Prodr. 

 100 (1788). C. -landuliferus V.ihi in fiV/.sW. Crot. Mono,,. 37 

 (1807). Mali folio arbor, arternisi;r odore nore pentapetalo 

 spit-ato SI'xine Cat. 139 A: Hist. it. 30, /. 174, /. 1. Type 

 specimen from Browne in Herb. Linn, named by Linnaeu-. 



Basket Hoop. 



Between Town savanna and Two Mile Wood, Sloane Herl>. v. Ill ! 

 Houstoun\ Browne I hills about Bull Bay, Wright\ lin>mflitun\ Shak- 

 .-/"'<tr \ nriiiTo ; near St. Ann's Bay, McNab\ also Pnrdic\ March I 

 \\'ilsonl Lucea, Hitchcock; Liguanea plain, Campbell I Great Goat 1-. ; 

 Pedro Bluff ; Pcckham, Clarendon, 2500-2800 ft. ; Albion Mt., St. Thomas; 

 Harris] near Bull Bay, Harris < Brittonl Fl. Jam. 6247, 9302, 9727, 

 10,790, 10,863, 10,966, 11,012, 12,197. Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Is., 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico. 



SJtrub 2-12 ft. high, or tree to 40 ft., aromatic. Young parts of twi<is 

 and racemes, flowers sometimes more or less stellate-puberulous, some- 

 times glabrate or glabrous. Leaves pellucid-dotted, nerves and veins more 

 or less indistinct, nerves pinnate and sometimes with two on each side at 

 base; petiole 1-3 cm. 1. Racemes 3-8 cm. 1. Flowers white or greenish- 

 white. Pedicels, male to 2 '5 mm. L, female 2 - 5-5 mm. 1., of fruit 5-8 

 mm. 1. Male flowers : Calyx about 2 mm. 1., 5-parted, densely puberulous 

 on the margins, also more or less 011 both surfaces; segments oblong- 

 elliptical, base and margins sometimes glandular. Petals like the sepals, 

 and as long. Stamens 11-12. Female flowers: Calyx 5-6' 5 mm. 1., 

 5-parted, puberulous. Ovary sparingly pubescent with stellate hairs. 



dcs short, about 1 mm. 1., deeply 4-parted. Capsule oblong-ellipsoidal, 

 glabrate, 10-12 mm. 1. 



The descriptions in English by Sloane of this species and C. glabellns 

 in the " History " have been exchanged. 



8. C. laurinus Sw. Prodr. 100 (1788) & FL Ind. Dec. 1191 : 

 leaves 7-18 cm. 1., broadly elliptical to oblong-elliptical, apex 

 rounded, obtuse or acute, base rounded to wedge-shaped, entire, 

 on both sides with stellate hairs, often glabrate, without glands 

 at base. Geisel. op. cit. 31 ; Griseb. op. cit. 39. C. laurifolius 

 Muell. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. '2, 586 (1866). Type from Swartz in 

 Herb. Stockholm, and a specimen from him in Herb. MILS. Brit. 



Swartz ! Union Hill, Moneague, Priori near Troy, 2000-2200 ft.; 

 Albion Pen, St. Ann, 2000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8693, 9410, r2.i >>,>. 12,003. 



A high shrub with weak straggling branches, or a Blender tree, _' > 2. r > ft. 

 high; "fresh juice of brandn-s blood-red" (Harris). Stellate hairs on 

 young brandies, leaves and petioles, inflnn-^- <////./, ornri/, cu]>snh\ 



Leaves 7-18 cm. 1., broadly elliptical to oblong-elliptical, apex rounded, 

 obtuse, or acute, base rounded to wedge-shaped, entire, without glands at 

 base, papery; nerv.-s pinnate ; petiole 1-6 cm. 1. l;<i,-f)>iss axillary, u-ually 

 longer than the Leaves, sometimes much longer, 1-3 dm., s.niK-times with 

 male flowers only. /,Y,/,7.s minute. Male jtoiirrs : Calyx about 2 mm. 1. ; 

 segments triangular, about 1"5 mm. 1. Petals oblanceolste, 2'3 nun. 1.. 

 apex doubled outwards, pubescent on the margin and with dense short 

 hairs at apex, stmnfiis 5-10, filaments glabrous. Female flowers : Pcdi- 

 o7.s thick, about 2 mm. l>r., about 3 mm. 1. Cali/.r 4 mm. 1. ; segments 

 lanceolate, -i nun. I. Petals minute, linear, gland-tipped, hairy. Oi<ir>( 



