160 DESCRIPTIOK OF A NEW CROTON FROM N.S.W. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CROTON, FROM NEW 

 SOUTH WHALES. 



By J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., and R. T. Baker, F.L.S. 



(Plate XII.) 



Croton affinis, sp.nov. 



A small tree, glabrous or with stellate scales on the new growth 

 whether twigs or leaves as in C. acronychioides, sometimes slightly 

 hispid or scurfy ; the stellate scales scattered on the young leaves 

 but absent on the older ones. 



Leaves thin, with numerous transparent dots, broadly lanceo. 

 late to elliptical or ovate, not obtuse ; distinctly but not deeply 

 dentate, rarely entire ; usually about 3 inches long, but occurring 

 up to over 6 inches long and 2 J broad, slightly paler on the under- 

 side, penninerved, finely veined ; petiole channelled above, from 

 ^ to 1^ inch long ; basal glands sessile. 



Racemes 1 to 2 inches long as far as seen, terminal, the basal 

 cluster consisting mostly of females, the upper flowers being 

 nearly all males ; pedicels varying in length from 2 to 4 lines ; 

 bracts 1 to 2 lines long. 



Sepals of male flowers scarcely obtuse, imbricate in the bud, 

 ciliate on the upper edges ; petals small, narrow, ciliate ; stamens 

 5 or 6, inflexed, filaments shorter than those of C. acronychioides, 

 receptacle very hairy. 



Calyx of the female flowers persistent under the capsule ; 

 segments hardly obtuse, broad. Ovary densely hairy. Styles 

 divided to near the base into three branches, which are again 

 divided and subdivided to an ajDparently variable extent. 



