DIGLINIA SEGREGATE. RicinUS. 603 



In cultivated grounds, frequent in old plantations in Vir- 

 ginia and Carolina. 0. Aug. Sept. v. v. Intro- 

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

 tor-oil Bean. 



685. JATROPHA. Gen. pi. 1463. 



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

 mato-lobatis, lobis obtusiusculis subsinuato-incisis, 

 cymis brevi-pednnculatis. Mich.Ji. amtr. 2. p. 216. 



J. urens. IValt.Ji car 2iQ. 



Icon. Pluk aim. c 220/3. Marcg. hrass.'jg. f.2. 



In fields and plantations : Virginia to Floi iJa. 2/ . July, 

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

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

 rally cultivated in the We>t Indies under the name of 

 Cass ida. Thr 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 Tread- softly. 



686. CROTON. Gen. pi. 1462. 



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



tus tomentosis petiolatis, spicis terminalibus pauciflo- 

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



C. disjunctiflorum. Mich.fl. amer. 2 p. 214. 

 ^. C. spicis dichotomalibus, flore femineo unico pedicellato. 

 Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 2] 5. 



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

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

 this genus are small and inconspicuous. The branches 

 sometimes live over winter, but it cannot be considered 

 a real shrub. Most of the species here mentioned 

 are covered with stellated hairs. 



2. C. suffruticosum, stellato-tomentosum ; foliis oblongis 



integerrimis subtus tomentosis petiolatis, pedunculis 

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



C. punctatum. Jatq. ic. rar. 3. t. 621. 



In sterile woods of Georgia and Florida. ^ . 1/ . July, 

 Aug. V. s. 



3.C. hispidissimum ; foliis oblongis serratis subtus hirtis g/an£/«/of«w, 

 basi subintegerrimis biglandulosis, caule trichotorao, 

 spicis alaribus, capsulis glomeratim sessilibus. — IVilld. 

 sp. pi. 4. p. 540. 

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



monanthogy- 

 num. 



argyranthe- 

 mum. 



