DICLINIA SEGREGATE. RicinUS. 60$ 



In cultivated grounds, frequent in old plantations in Vir- 

 ginia and Carolina. ©. Aug. Sept. v. v. Intro- 

 duced by the Negroes. Known by the name of Cas- 

 tor-oil Bean. 



635. JATROPHA. Ge?i. pi. 1463. 



1. J, herbacea, stimulis patulis horridissima ; foliis subpal- stimulosa, 

 mato-lobatis, lobis obtusiusciilis ,subsinuato-inci.sis, 

 cymib brevi-pednnculatis. Mich.Jl. ainer. 2. p. 21 6. 



J. urens. IFatt.Ji. car. 23g. 



Icon. Pluk aim. t. 220. f. 3. Marcg. Irass. 79- f- 2. 



In fields and plantations : Virginia to Florida. 1/ . July, 

 Aug. V. V. Flowers white ; roots tuberous and 

 eatable,, the same as /. Manihot, 'which is so gene- 

 rally cultivated in the We.st Indies under the name of 

 Cassada. The present plant is a very injurious weed 

 in some parts of Carolina, as it ruins the Negroes' feet 

 •when they tread upon it ; from which it is known by 

 the name of Tieud- softly. 



686. CROTON. Gen. pi. 1462. 



1. C. foliis ellipticis integerrimis obtusiusculis incanis sub- maritimum. 

 tus tomeutosis peliolatis, spicis terminalibus pauciflo- 

 ris. IFUld sp. pi. 4. p. 532. Walt. fl. car. 23g. 

 C. di.sjunctitiorum. Mich.fl. avier. 2. p. 214. 



B. C. spicis dichotnmaiibus, flore femineo unico pedicellate, monanthogy- 



Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 215. 

 On the sea-coast of Carolina j /3. in Tennassee, near 

 Nashville. >2 . 1/ . June, July. v. s. I'he flowers of 

 this genus are small and inconspicuous. The branches 

 someiimes live over winter, but it ccnuot be considered 

 a real shrub. Most of the species here mentioned 

 are covered with stellated hairs. 

 2. C. suffiuticosura, stellato-tomentosum j foliis oblongis 

 integerrimis subtus tomeutosis petiolatis, pedunculis 

 terminalibus subbifioris. — IVilld. sp. pi. 4. p. 535. 

 C. punctatum. Ja.q. ic. rar. 3. t. 621. 

 in sterile woods of Georgia and Florida, Tj . 1/ . July, 

 Aug. V. s. 

 3.C. hispidissimum ; foliis oblongis serratis subtus hirtis 

 basi subiniegerrimis biglandulosis, caule trichotomo, 

 spicis alaribus, capsulis glomeratim sessilibus.— ^iZ/cf. 

 ^ sp. pi. 4. p. 540. 

 C. scordioides. Lam, encycl. 2. p, 214. 



num. 



argyranthe- 

 mum. 



landulosum. 



