EUPHORBIALS, 85 SPURGEWORTS. 
Crozopnora. Necker. 
Calyx 5-parted, and Petals 5 in the males. Stamens 5-1 0, unequal, con- 
nate. Calyx 10-parted, and Petals 0 in the females. 
Styles 3, forked. Capsule tricoccous, with 1 seed 
in each cell. 
1.0. tinctoria Necker. Croton tinctorium Linneus.— 
(TurNsorg.) Fig. 127. 
hoary annual; leaves ovate - rhomboidal, repand, 
toothed, and crisp at the edge, about the same 
length as their stalk. 
Habitat. Coast of the Mediterranean. 
Quality. : Juice rendered blue by ammonia and air. 
Uses, Linen dipped in it a test for acids. 
i 
Ricinus. Linneeus. 
e: Calys: 3-5-parted. Petals 0. Stamens 00, with the 
a laments irregularly united into branches. Style 1. 
Stigma forked, feathery. Capsule 3-coccous, with 
1 seed in each cell. 
* communis Linneus.— (Castor Om Prant.) 127 
fp, 128, 
_ Stem glaucous ; leaves peltate, deeply divided into 7 ovate, serrated, 
acuminate seg- 
ments ; flowers 
in long glaucous 
racemes. 
Habitat. East Indies. 
Quality. Oil of seeds 
tive. 
Uses. . Inflammation of 
the bowels, ob- 
structions, worms, 
&c., wherever a 
brisk purgative is 
demanded. 
i 
Crozophora tinctoria ; 128. a, Male flower of Ricinus communis ; b, female ditto; 
Same, cut perpendicularly. 
