US6 FLORA OF JAMAICA Croton 



at base of limb on margin (!">-- mm. 1.) ; stipules linear, to 

 ~> mm. 1., not glandular. Gviscl. oj>. fit. (]'2 ; (irixi-l. op, cif. \-. 

 C. glandulosus var. hirttis NiK'll. Anj. tout. cit. 684 (l^Olij. 



St. Andrew, McNab ! Kingston, Prior I Ferry ; Liguanea plain ; 



>ipbcll\ King's House grounds, T. Harrisl Liguanea plain, ]Larris\ 

 Fl. Jam. 5791, 6081, 0774, 6959, 11,799. Trinidad, Central and tropical 

 S. America. 



Herb 1 to 2 ft. high ; stems herbaceous ; twigs densely covered with 

 stellate hairs with one or more of the rays longer and more or less erect, 

 the others much shorter and adpressed. Leaves : nerves prominent 

 beneath, pinnate with two on each side at base ; petiole usually i^ to J as 

 long as the blade, of upper leaves shorter. Racemes with subsessile 

 flowers, 1-5-2-5 cm. 1. Bracts linear, 2-4 mm. 1.. with or without stalked 

 glands. Male flowers : Calyx 1'5 mm. 1. ; segments elliptical to oblong- 

 elliptical, acute, with stellate hairs outside. Petals oblong-linear, delicate, 

 about as long as the calyx. Stamens about 10, filaments glabrous. 

 Female flowers : Calyx, segments unequal, two longer, about 2-5 mm. 1., 

 two shorter, one very much shorter, obovate-oblong, becoming spathulate 

 in fruit, and increasing to 4 mm. 1. Ovary hirsute. Styles, two parted 

 almost to the base. Capsule about 4 mm. 1., globular or globular- 

 ellipsoidal, with stellate hairs. Seeds 3 mm. 1., pits indistinct, very dark 

 grey with black dots. 



16. C. Griesbaehianus Muell. Anj. in Flora xhii. 484= (1864) 

 & in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 586 ; leaves 3-7 cm. 1., oblong, 

 elliptical, or ovate, apex obtuse, acute, or shortly subacuminate, 

 base subcordate, obtuse, or truncate, more or less doubly serrate 

 or serrulate, upper surface sparsely covered with stellate hairs or 

 glabrate, beneath denser, without glands at base. C. Tserti 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 39 (non GeiseL). Griesbach's type in 

 Herb. Kew. 



March ! Long Mountain, 700-900 ft., Harris ! Healthshire Hills, 

 Harris Britton ! Fl. Jam. 8944, 9614, 10,520. 



Shrub 5-12 ft. high. Youngest parts of twigs, petioles, and youngest 

 leaves covered with brownish, stellate tomentellum. Leaves 3-7 cm. 1., 

 oblong, elliptical, or ovate, apex obtuse, acute, or shortly subacuminate, 

 base subcordate, obtuse, or truncate, more or less doubly serrate or 

 serrulate, without glands at base, papery, upper surface sparsely covered 

 with stellate hairs or glabrate, beneath more densely covered ; nerves 3-5 

 at base, pinnate above; petiole '5-2-5 cm. 1. Racemes axillary as well 

 as terminal, 2-4 cm. 1. Pedicels 1-2 mm. 1. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 1-5-4 mm. 1. Male flowers : Sepals 5, about 2 mm. 1., linear-lanceolate, 

 stellate-haired outside. Petals 5, about 1-2 mm. 1., oblong-elliptical, 

 pubescent on the margin, with a bunch of long hairs at apex. Stamens 

 about 12 ; filaments glabrous. Female flowers solitary at base of raceme. 

 Sepals 5, linear, 3 -5-4 mm. 1. Ovary tonientellous. Styles 4-cleft, each 

 branch with two short curved branches. Capsule not seen. 



8. ARGYTHAMNIA Sw. 



Shrub (in A. candicans), undershrubs, or perennial herbs, con- 

 taining a purple pigment. Leaves alternate, entire or with few 

 teeth, 3-nerved at base. Flowers moncecious, with petals, in 



