EUPHORBIACEÆ NEO-CALEDONICA , 217 
Exs. Pancher, 1% env., N.-Caléd., Mont-d'Or. — Vieillard, herb. 
propr. (1855-60), n. 4461, ex eod. loco. — Pancher, dern. env., 
N.-Caléd. 
Os. Species ob folia plerumque alterna distinctissima. Junio floret, 
test. Pancher. Flores albido-lutescentes. Stirps viget in terris ferrugineis. 
Flos masculus numero staminum parco conspicuus. Unde Baloghia Tri- 
taxidi Jatrophisque genus proximum videtur. 
XXXIX. CROTON r. 
1. CROTON INSULARE. 
C. arboreus ex omni parte lepidotus argenteus, foliis ovato- 
lanceolatis utrinque acutis ; floribus monæcis racemosis termina- 
libus, maseulis circ. 15-andris ; petalis fœmineorum subnullis 
ciliatis; glandulis hypogynis brevibus truncatis subliberis; styli 
laciniis 2-lobis replicatis; seminibus 3 carunculatis. 
Croton coLLiNUM ? Panch., mss., in schedul. 
ARcopmyLLUx 7 ieill., mss., in schedul. 
ARBOR 5-7-metralis (test. cl. Pancher), ramis teretibus gracilibus di- 
chotomis trichotomisve, cortice cinereo scabrello. Fori alterna v. in 
supremis ramulis subopposita petiolata (infer. 4 cent. longa, 2 cent. 
lata; super 2 1 cent. longa, 1 cent. lata) ovato-lanceolata, basi et apice 
acuta, supra dense viridia pilis squamulosis albidis minutis conspersa, 
subtus argentea dense lepidota. PETtoL: (1 cent. longi) trigoni lepidoti 
supra canaliculati. Flores monceci racemosi terminales pedicellati cymosi, 
cymis in racemo alternis paucifloris, inferioribus fœmineis omnibus, 
superioribus masculis (in cymis intermediis floribus masculis feminei 
sepius nonnulli intermixti). Flos masculus : PEDICELLUs gracilis teres 
lepidotus (4 cent. longus). Caryx profunde 5-partitus, laciniis integris 
puberulis; æstivatione valvata. CoroLLÆ petala 5 libera dense villosa, in 
alabastro juniori imbricata, dein subvalvata. GLANDULE 5 albidæ breves, 
apice truncato, calycis laciniis oppositae. Sramina circiter 15, quorum 
-exteriora paulo breviora, filamentis liberis receptaculo villoso insertis, 
in alabastro inflexis; unde antheræ extrorsæ videntur , quz jure in- 
trorsæ oblongæ biloculares rima longitudinali dehiscentes, connectivo 
lineari fuscato. Flos foemineus: caLyx 5-partitus; æstivatione valvata. 
