FLOIIA OF JAMAICA Croton 



hirtcllous. Styles cut into 3-6 linear recurved branches down to a broad 

 base. Capsule I'D cm. 1. Seeds ellipsoidal, smooth, ( J mm. 1. 



adenophyllus, car. uov., differs from the species in the 

 "vneral absence of hairs 011 the leaf and in the flower, and in 



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being more glandular. C. adenophyllus Spreng. Syst. Hi. 869 

 (1826); Griseb. op. cit. 40; MuelL Arg. torn. cit. 644. 



Brought on ! Bcrtcro; Mavis Bank, Port Royal Mts., Harris \ Windward 

 road, 12-16 miles from Kingston, Fawcctt ! near Bull Bay, Harris & 

 JJritton ! Fl. Jam. 5772, 10,791. 



9. C. glabellus L. Sp. PL cd. 2, 1425 (1763) (in part, excl. 

 reference to Ainoen. Acad. v. 409) ; petals of female flower like 

 those of male ; young parts of twigs, leaves, racemes and flowers 

 covered with rusty-grey scales. Muell. Arg. torn. cit. 517. 

 C. eleutheria Wriglit in Loud. Med. Journ. viii. 249 (1787) A: 

 Mem. 207. C. Eluteria SID. Prodr. 100 (1788) & Fl Lid. Occ. 

 1183; Geisel. op. cit. 52 ] Klotzsclt in Hayne Arzneigew. 14, t. 1 ; 

 tinsel), op. cit. 39 (iion L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1476). C. nitens Sw. 

 Prod. 100 (1788) it Fl Lid. Occ. 1189; Geisel op. cit. 48. 

 C. Sloanei Bennett in Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. iv. 30 (1859) ; 

 Daniell in Pliann. Journ. 148 with plate. Clutia Eluteria L. 

 A-moen. v. 411, 383 Herb, (non Syst. ed. 10, 1299). Croton 

 fruticulosum erectum &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 347. Mali folio 

 arbor artemisia^ odore et flore Sloane Cat. 139 & Hist. ii. 30, 

 /. 174, /. 2. Specimen of C. nitens from Swartz named by 

 him in Herb. Stockholm ; another specimen in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



Sloane Herb. v. 109, 110! Wright ! Broughtonl mountains in west, 

 Swartz ! Macfadyen ! Distin ! Manchester, Purdie ! Heward ! Wilson \ 

 Moneague, Prior \ March ! Stoneleigh, Henderson ! Davids Hill, J.P. 1429 ; 

 Ferry Pen; Liguanea plain ; Campbell ! Bryans Hill; Berwick; Lapland, 

 1750 ft. ; Long Mountain, 100 ft.; Cane R valley, 300 ft.; Potsdam, 

 2600 ft. ; Letitz savanna, 300-900 ft. ; Harris ! John Crow (Blake) Mts., 

 1200 ft., Harris & Brittonl Fl. Jam. 5115, 5477, 6017, 6264, 9187, 9581, 

 9628, 9750, 10,708, 11,755. Bahamas, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador. 



Shrub or tree, 10-30 ft. high, aromatic. Leaves elliptical, oblong- 

 elliptical, or oblong-ovate, entire, very variable in size, 2-15(-20) cm. 1., 

 at both ends obtuse, sometimes subacute, base often rounded or sub- 

 cordate, with a few round whitish scales on the upper side, nearly covered 

 beneath with silvery scales, pinnately nerved, pellucid-dotted, without 

 glands at the base ; petiole 2 mm.-2 cm. 1. Racemes generally branched^ 

 rarely simple, usually only half as long as the leaves, rarely longer than 

 the leaves, 3-12 cm. L, dense-flowered, in axils near apex as well as 

 terminal. Pedicels of male fl. 2 mm. or less, of female 4 or 5 mm., 

 increasing in fruit to 9-14 mm. Flowers white or pale yellow. Male 

 flowers: Calyx 2-2-4 mm. L, 5-parted; segments ovate-triangular, margin 

 colourless, puberulous. Petals slightly longer than calyx, white, puberu- 

 lous outside and especially dense on margins, oblong. Stamens 10-13 ; 

 filaments hairy below. Female flowers : Calyx and petals much like the 

 male, but sepals broader, petals lanceolate, both persistent. Ovary scaly, 

 somewhat scurfy. Styles 2-branched, branches again 2-parted once or 



