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FLORA OF .1 AM A HA 



Field Col n ml. ^Fllx. Ji'.'i. it. 150. Croton macrophyllus Ste. 

 100 A- Ff. ///. O.r. 1 19<;. (Fig. 96.) 



irn ; ////! Salt-pond Hill, Uroughtonl March\ ("'n-oat Fed.-') Kay ; 

 Ti-.mt's Pen near Albion Estate, Harris ! also JIarri* d~ Britton ! Fl. Jain. 

 714, 10,742, 11,651, 11,710, 11,S(K 



Sit rub or tree to 25 ft. high. Young twigs, leaves, inflorescence, parts 

 of flowers, and capsules densely toinentose and soft to the touch. Leaves 

 < rowded at the apex. Inflorescence racemose, flowers moncecicus, on 

 separate branches, occasionally with a female flower on the male inflores- 

 cence. Male inflorescence suberect or spreading, 3-4 cm. ].; peduncle to 



Fig. 96. Ldsioeroton macroplylhis Griseb. 



A, Part of branch with female in- D, Female flower, ovary ripening x 4. 



florescence X jj. E, Coccus x 2. 



B, Male flower x 5. F, Seed x 2. 



C, Stamens x 10. 



2 cm. 1. Male flowers growing together in close clusters, the older flowers 

 developing pedicels and dropping off probably soon after opening. Caly& 

 globular while unopened. Stamens 8-13 ; filaments short, partially united 

 at the base; anthers attached at a point about the middle. Fruiting 

 racemes spreading or pendulous, '5-1' 5 dm. 1. Pedicels 8-4 (-2) mm. L 

 Fruiting calyx 2-3 mm. 1. Capsule 5 mm. 1. Seeds dark olive-grey with 

 blackish markings, 3 mm. in diam. 



Specimens from Bahamas (Wilson 7833) and Cuba (Sliafer 2554) with 

 young male flowers only have been referred to this species, but appear to 

 us to be different. 



2. L. Faweettii Urb. Symb. Ant. vi. 14 (1909); leaves 15- 

 26 cm. 1., oval-elliptical, acuminate, base obtuse or somewhat 



