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Syria, Mesopotamia, Persia and Turkestan. In Tripoli the ashes 
of this plant are used in the preparation of gunpowder (Rohlfs). 
uina. Folia integra vel parum undulata rarissime 
brevi iter F aantata, utrinque dense pannoso-tomentosa.—Ricinoides 
e& qua paratur Tournesol gallorum folio oblongo et villoso, 
Tournef. Cor. p. 45 (1703). Croton argenteum, Forsk. Fl 
Aegypt.-arab. Cat. Aegypt. n. 491, p. Ixxv (1775); non Linn. 
Croton obliquum, Vahl, Symb. Bot. p. 78 a Willd. Sp. Pl. 
iv. 1, p. 589 (1805) ; Geis. Crot. Mongr. p. 71 (1807) ; A. Juss. 
eas Gen. Euph. p. 28 (1824). Croton verbascifolium, Willd. 
c. (1805) ; mon Loe (1807) 5! As oe (1824). Croton vil- 
wea Sibth. et Sm. Fl. Gr. Prodr. 249 (1813); Lindl. et 
Sibth. Fl. Gr. p- Al, t. 951 (1840) ; non Worsk. Croton patulus, 
La Gasca, Gen. et » Noy. 2 21 (1816). Ohricosihibia, verbascl- 
folia, A. Juss. ex Syst. Veg. ili, p. 851 (1826); Coss. Not. 
Crit. 19 “ieiays Clementi, Sert. Or. Ay 87 tit Coss. Voy. 
Bot. Auer p. 91 (1856) ; Baill. Etud. gén. Euphorb. p. 322, par- 
a sage Munby, Cat. Pl. Souet p: pe (1858) Heldr. Nutzpf. 
a oer Munby, l.c. ed. 2, p. 30 (1866); Bois. FI. 
Onare = p- 1141, partim (1879) ; Willk. et Lange, Protr HT: 
Hisp. ii. p. 507 (1880); Colm. Enum. Hisp. Lusit. iv. p. 611 
(1888); Battand. et Trab. Fl. Alger. p. 804 (1888); Willk, 
p- 262 (1893); Heldr Aegin 
e nge. l.c. Suppl. i : 
p- en ‘(1898) et eet Theras p. 21 (1899); Haldc. Consp. 
Fi. iii. p. 93 (1904); Dur. et Barr. Libye. aoe 
p. ait “(1910) Pax et K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenr. IV. 147. v 
p. 26, partim, et syn. Sieb. ac Presi. hecnon syn. c, hierocoln 
tana, Spr. aS (1912). Ch unge, Rel. 
Lehm. p. 314 (1851) et in Mém. Acad. Pétersb. vii. p. 490 
(1854) ; Baill lc. (1858). cabo ae tinctoria a. verbasci- 
folia, Miill.-arg. in DC. Prodr. 2, p. 748 (1866). samen 
solia verbascifolia, O. Kuntze, ha Gen. ii. p. 621 (1891) 
Sours Evrorr. Spain: Andalusia; Motril, La Gasca; Lonja, 
Winkler! Murcia; near Murcia, Gu irao in Herb. Bourgeau, 
2307! between Totana and Palmar » Bourgeau, 1483! near Lorea 
and Orihuela, Porta §& Rigo, 534! Castile; La Mancha, La 
Gasca. Italy: Calabria; ar near Reggio, Rigo, 451! 
Greece : Moraea; Sp arta an thoeth of the Bi Chaubard! 
ilo Melee. Gundel in Herb. Tuasien? Santorin (Thyra), 
acta Crete; Candia, Olivier . Cate rugu oe Russia : 
NortH AFRICA. reasikaec Biskra; Beni Mora, Jamin! near 
Biskra, Cosson! Fezz: Mourzuk, Wadi Ghurbi near Charaig, 
Oudney! Tripoli : ‘Bhbdames, Rohl}s, 3! Beni Oulid, conte 3 ist 
Egypt: Libyan Waste; Wadi Dachel, Ascherson, 2219! 
