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Sylv. tel. 358.Croton do L. O. — Hirsutum caule 

 *2-3chot. ansul. iol. subsess. alt. et verticil, obl, 

 acutis serratis basi 2gland. fl. axil. et term. glo- 

 meratis paucis — Fjorida, Cavoi. bipedal, leavcs 

 uncial narrow. Several sp» blendcd in Cr. 

 glandul. this is EIIiot's and Mx. contrast with 

 tiext and 369. 



364, Dtcar. latifolium Raf. Crot. gland. Nut. 

 Hirsut. caule vix ramoso teres, fol. longe petiol. 

 ovatobl. obt. crenato serratis, infimis obovatis, 

 il. term. subsolit. — Cuba (Jalambic) Arkanzas 

 (Nuttal) semipedal, leaves broad not glandular. 

 capsule obl. seeds 3 ovate compr. brown. 



365, MERLETA Raf. (bot) diff. Deca-ini- 

 um and Croton G. Monoica, fl. masc. 4fidis, 

 apetalis,^ 4andris, fl. fem. cal. 4part persistens, 

 ineq. stylo stig. 2, capsnlis 4va!vis *21oc, 2sp. 

 Herba fol. alt. fl. Qxil. — Altho' I had revised 

 and divided the G. Croton in my Sylva Tellur. 

 i can hardly referto my numerous G. several 

 akin plants, such as this a*nd others follovving; 

 it is better therefore to distinguish and insulate 

 them, this is more akin to some Tragias. 



Merleta micropkvla Raf. caule ramoso 

 tilif. squamulos. fol. alt. petiol. obov. obt. vel re^ 

 tusis minimis integris, subtus squam. fl, axil. 

 pedunc. sepe gcminatis — Cuba, collected by 

 Jalambic, deemed a Croton, small annual plant 

 probably traiiing, leaves and fl. minute. 



366, VANDERA Raf. (bot; diff. Cascarilla 

 (S. T. 339) fl. masc 5{idis5andris? fl. fem.cal 

 5part. ineq. patens persist, stylus 0, stig. 31obo 

 sess. caps. globosa 3coca 3sp. Frutic. fol. alt, 

 fl^ axil. — The calix very unequal, stigma <fec 



maiie this a very pccuhar G. totally unlike CrQ- 

 ton or Cascarilla discolor. 

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