188 Dr. J. D. Hooxer’s Enumeration of the Plants 
Humilis, tota glanduloso-puberula. Caulis gracilis, valdé ramosus, ramis tenuibus prostratis 
foliosis. Folia patentia, reniformia, basi plùs minüsve cordata, nervosa, rugosa, pro- 
fundé crenata, nigrescentia, 4 unc. lata, 2 lin. longa, petiolis 1-2 lin. longis. Inflores- 
centia terminalis, foliis subtensa, 3 unc. longa. Perianthia densé imbricata, orbiculata, 
intüs basi flor. feemin. 3, masculumque solitarium gerentia, marginibus involutis, 3-5- 
fida, segmentis ciliatis et glanduloso-pilosis venosis. Capsula 3-cocca, valvis dorso 
ciliatis, stylis elongatis 3-fidis. 
84. Croton Scourzni, Hook. fil. ; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis incano-tomentosis, 
ramulis junioribus lepidotis, foliis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis subacutis 
integerrimis superné pilis stellatis sparsis inferné appressé stellato-pu- 
bescentibus junioribus squamis lepidotis interjectis, floribus elongato- 
spicatis, capsulis obovato-rotundatis diam. pisi communis tomentosis. 
Hab. James Island, D. Douglas & Dr. Scouler. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Rami lignosi, puberuli, teretes, cicatrisati, cortice fusco ; ramulis canaliculatis, vestitis, versus 
apices foliosis. Folia alterna, plano-hemisphzrica, margine obsoleté sinuato-dentata, 
21—3-uncialia, 1 unc. lata, superné pilis minimis stellatis, inferné pube densé stellatá 
flavida vel subargentea sericeo-incana vestita; juniora utrinque densé tomentosa, squa- 
mis lepidotis micantibus; petioli 3 lin. longi. Spice axillares v. terminales, sub 20- 
floræ (flores non visi), fructiferae graciles, 3-4-unciales, nutantes, angulate, incano- 
tomentose. Capsule solitariz, remotze, sessiles, basi perianthio marcescente subtensz, 
3-loculares, 3-valves; stylis 3 deciduis ; valvis extüs flavo-tomentosis. 
85. C. Macnzi, Hook. fil.; fruticosa, ramosa, ramis incano-tomentosis, foliis 
angusté linearibus subcarinatis petiolatis apicibus obtusis nervo valido 
carinatis superné pilis stellatis sparsis inferne densé et appressé argenteo- 
tomentosis junioribus lepidoto-squamosis, spicis elongatis. 
Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 
Fragrans: a priori differt solummodo foliorum forma, que elongato-linearia, 31—4 unc. longa, 
2 lin. lata, et spicá breviori 15-2-unciali, sed his characteribus valdé distincta. 
86. C. XaraPzNsis, Humb.? Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. xi. p. 85. Kunth, Synops. vol. i. 
p. 404. 
Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
I refer this with much hesitation to the plant described by Humboldt, the 
specimens being very imperfect and the flowers in an exceedingly young 
