ORD. XXXIX. TRICOCC. 
(From Tees three xoxuxG a grain) 
‘Plants with a single three-cornered capsule having the cells 
each containing one seed. 
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RICINUS COMMUNIS. ~~ COMMON PALMA CHRISTI. 
SYNONY MA. Ricinus. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Gerard. 
~ Emac. p. 496. Ricinus vulgaris. . Bauh. Pin. 432. J. Bauh, 
Hist. iii. p. 642. Ricinus sive Cataputia major vulgatior. -Park, 
Theat. p. 182. Raii Hist. p. 166. Ricinus 1. Fruticosus 
assurgens foliis majoribus peltato-lobatis, lobis serratis acutis. 
: Browne’s Jam. p. 350. Ricinus Americanus fructu racemoso 
hispido, &c. Sloane’s Cat. 38. The Oil nut tree. Long's Jam. 
v. tii. p. 712, Ricinus foliis peltatis inzqualiter serratis, capsulis 
hispidis. . Miller, Figures of Plants, tab. 219. In horto botanico 
Gottingensi tres exstant varietates: 2, glauca, caule petiolis 
costisque foliorum stipulis pedunculis capsulisque pallide rubris. 
Ricinus ruber Rumph. Herb, Amb. tom. iv. p. 79; 8, nitens, caule 
petiolis costis foliorum ceterisque partibus et summis foliis 
sanguineis. Ricinus lucidus Jacquin. Misc. Austr. vol. ii. p. 360.. 
et Icon. rarior. tab. 27. ut puto; y, glauca totaque viridis preter 
stylos rubicundos. Ricinus albus Rumph. |. c. p. 92. Avanacce 
s, Citavanacu. Hort. Malab. tom. 2. p. 57, tab. 32. Vide Murr. 
App, Med. v. iv. p. 195. 
