. Jil I'llOlUUACWS AFItlCAINKS. 1 5 1 



Calyx 5-partitus, laciuiis accroseeiUibus ovatis. Petal* 5 liucaria ina> 

 qualia calyce noimuuquam Umgiora. (Junduli: bypngynse 5. Cehmen 

 triloculare. Fiutcths capsulars 3-eoccus t ealyce eorolla<pie auctis inuni- 

 tus, Semen ovalum glabrum nigricans 4 angulo iiitorno longitudine 

 sulcata. 



Exs, Duprtit-Tliouars (herb.). 



8. CROTON FAIHNOSUM Umk, Did., II, 2H, n. 28. - 

 Wl, Sp. pl„ YUI, 552, 11, G1. — Geisefc Monogr., n. 79. — 

 Spreng., Syst., Ill, 8G9, 11. 34. 



Exs. Commerson, Madagascar (li. Mus.,Juss. ct Loss.). 



9. CHOTON IKHEIUANILM. 



C. foliis nltcrnis clliplieo-obhrogis v. brevitor lanccolaiis, basi 

 inearjuali rotundatis, apico nlUnualo v. acuniinato, sublus icpidotis 

 argciUcis; llpribus tcriiiinalibus rucemosjs, fcomincis paueis in- 

 ferioribusjinasctilis 14-16-andris; pclatis fuwijncoruni mjnuHs- 

 simis subulatis; disco bypogyno brevissimo, 



Fihtex ? 1 amis alternis gracUibus tcrctibus subaiigulatis strjatis ; 

 ramulis gracilioribus pubesccnlibus, Folia altcrna petiolata elliptico- 

 pblonga v. breviter lanceola|a {'i | cent, longa, 8 mill, lata), basi imu- 

 rjuali votundata, > apico attcnuato y. acuminata obtusiusculo; integra 

 lucmbrauacca penniuervia , supra glabra pellucido-punctulata , subtus 

 Wbidaargehtea lenuissune lepidota, Petioli (1*3 mill, Ion gi) tcretcs fcrru- 

 ; ginco-biitelli. Stipul* nulla), f lores terminales racomosi.fcemiuois paueis 

 jnt'erioribus. Flos masculus ? Calyx 5-partitus, laciuiis stellatim pubo- 

 scontibus, valvalis, Petau 5 crosn-lacera calyci aequalia, imbricata. 

 Glandule minima) glabra). Stamina, 14-|6, fHamentis in alabasjro 

 inflexis receptaculo villosQ inserts. Flores fceimnei : Calyx 5-partitus, 

 iifllvatus, Petal* 5 miuutissima glaudulosa subuluta, apico iioumbil 

 nubpscenij, Discus brevissimus, Ceiimkn triloculare stylis profunda 

 jiafUtis, involute corvugatis coroiiatum. 



Exs. Boje\\. Madagascar (b. Mus.). 



Obs. — Asses vnisin par son port du C, farinosus Lamk, il en differe 

 par ses Jbuilles plus pctites, la disposition de lours nervurcs secondares, 

 I'inflorosccnco plus r ourto et les pedicellos males plus longs et plus gaMes- 



