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. Flores monoici. Inflorescentize terminales aut axillares, racemiformes v. rarius umbelliformes, 2- 
' sexuales v. rarius 1-sexuales.— PAyl/aurea, Lour. Baloghia, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 84. Crozophore sp., 
Labill. . 
Besides the widely diffused C. variegatum, we have, in tropical Polynesia, the following species, viz. 
1. C. lucidum, Müll. Arg. (Baloghia lucida, Endl. Fl. Norf. p. 84, et Gen. Plent. Illustr. t. 122, 123), from 
New Caledonia (Forster! Capt. Cook !), Norfolk Island, and north-east coast of New Holland; 2. C. (?) ca- 
runculatum, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 3. C. alternifolia, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 4. 
C.(?) Pancheri, Müll. Arg., from New Caledonia; 5. C. Inophylium, Müll. Arg. (Crozophora peltata, Labill. 
€ Ansin Caled. t. 75. Croton Inophyllum, Forst. Prodr. n. 355), from New Caledonia (Forster! 
nderson !). 
l. C. variegatum, Müll. Arg. in DC. l.c. p. 1119; cicatricibus foliorum disciformibus ; inflo- 
rescentiis longissimis; ovario glabro.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, ** Sacasaca."— Occurs as underwood 
in the larger islands, and also frequently cultivated for ornamental purposes by the natives (Seemann ! 
n. 409, 410, 411). Also found in Tana (Forster ! Anderson! Barclay !), and Malicolo (Forster !), 
and other Polynesian islands. Widely diffused in the East Indies and the Archipelago. 
Var. a. pictum, Müll. 1. c.; foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis basi plus minusve 
cordatis 15-3-plo longioribus quam latis pulchre fusco-roseo-luteo-viridi-variegatis.—Codieum pictum, 
Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3051. Croton pictus, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 870. Ricinus pictus, Noronha, ex 
Hassk. Hort. Bog. p. 237. Cultivated by the natives. 
Var. 8. Moluccanum, Müll. 1.c.; foliis longius breviusve petiolatis latius v. angustius spathu- 
latis basi acutis apice breviter acuminatis. Hee occurrit :—a. latifolium; foliis vulgo brevius petio- 
latis obovato-spathulatis 8-4-plo v. rarius 5-plo longioribus quam latis.—C. chrysosticton latifolium, 
Rumph. Amb. vol. iv. p. 66. n. 2 et n. 5. C. Moluccanum, Decaisne, Herb. Timor. in Nouv. Annal. 
du Museum, vol. iii. p. 485; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. yol. i. pt: ii. p. 383. C. cuneifolium, Zip. ex Span. 
in Linnea, 1841, p. 348. C. obovatum, Zoll. in Fl. Ratisb. 1847, p. 663. C. Timorense, Adr. Juss. 
Tent. Euph. p. 34 (nomen). Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Sacasaca loa.” Cultivated by the natives. 
(Seemann ! n. 409.) 
Var. y. genuinum, Müll. 1.c.; foliis latius angustiusve lanceolatis utrinque equaliter angustatis 
acutiusculis v. obtusis basi haud cordatis.—Croton variegatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. iii. p. 1424; Lam. 
Encycl. vol. ii. p. 203. C. bractiferus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 680. C. Baliospermum, Span. in 
Linnea, 1841, p. 348. Codieum chrysosticton, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. iii. p. 866. C. medium, 
Baill. Rec. d'Obs. Bot. vol. i. p. 348.— Wild in the larger islands. 
A great many varieties and subvarieties of this species are cultivated for ornamental purposes, by the 
natives of Viti, all of which have distinguishing names. Myn. 411, Mueller's genuinum, subvariety angusti- 
folium, is termed “ Vasa damu ;" my n. 409, * Sacasacaloa." The most singular form is my n. 410 (Mueller's 
genuinum, subvariety teniosum), where the blade of the leaf is in parts reduced to the mere midrib. 
4 XVII. Carumbium, Reinw. Cat. Hort. Buitenz. p. 105, 1823 ; Müll. Arg. in DC.1 c. p. 1143. 
Calyces 4 a dorso et ventre compressi, ? haud compressi. Laciniæ aut sepala calycis d sestivatione 
imbricativa. Petala O0. Discus 0. Stamina centralia, receptaculo compresso breviter conico-con- 
vexo inserta; anthers 2-rimosz. Rudimentum ovarii 0. Ovarii loculi 1-ovulati. Fructus indehis- 
cens. Semina ecaruneulata.—Arbores. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, 2-stipulata v. connato-1- 
stipulata, vulgo late rhombeo-ovata, rarius elliptica, palmiti- v. rarius penninervia, szepe iis populorum 
quoad ambitum similia; basi supra v. rarius subtus tuberculato-2-glandulosa. Stipulz szepius elon- 
gate, subscariose. Inflorescentiz terminales, spiciformes, vulgo 2-sexuales ; bractez 2-glandulose, 
inferiores flores 9 reliquz ¢ gerentes, 1-oo-florze.— Duania, Noronh.  Omalanthus, Adr. Juss. 
Homalanthus, Bartl. Dibrachion, Regel, Gartenfl. t. 504. 
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