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Slender shrub, a meter high or less, stellate-pubescent (usually sparsely so) 

 and viscid ; leaves rounded-ovate to lanceolate, 2 to 6 cm. long, rounded or 

 cordate at base, usually acute at apex, nearly entire ; racemes 3 to 5 cm. long ; 

 capsule 4 to 5 mm. long. " Ycaban," " icaban " (Yucatttn). 



This has been reported from Yucatan as C albidus Muell. Arg. ' It may be 

 that two species are represented by the material referred here, but a satisfactory 

 basis of division is not apparent. 



25. Croton ciliato-glandulosus Orteg. Hort. Matr. Dec. 51. 1797. 

 Croton penicillatus Vent. Choix PI. Cels. 12. pi. 12. 1803. 



Baja California and Sonora to Tamaulipas, Veracruz, and Chiapas. Guate- 

 mala and Honduras ; Cuba. 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high, densely stellate-tomentose ; leaves long-petiolate, 

 broadly ovate-cordate, 3 to 12 cm. long, acute or acuminate; capsule about 7 

 mm. long. " Solimiin " (Tamaulipas, etc.) ; " picosa " (Queretaro) ; " canelilla " 

 or " canelillo " (Oaxaca) ; " xunaxilase," " cuanaxonaxi," " xunalixase," 

 " xonaxe " (Oaxaca); " enchiladora " (Oaxaca, Veracruz); " Soliman bianco " 

 (Seler) ; " Dominguillo," " hierba de la cruz " (Altamirano) ; " palillo " 

 (Flores) ; " chirca," '"ciega-vista " (Guatemala, Honduras). 



The plant has a strong aromatic odor. It is much used locally as a remedy 

 for fevers, and is said to have purgative properties. It also is reputed to 

 increase the flow of milk in goats which browse upon it. Seler states that 

 (in Chiapas ?) it is the food plant of a red caterpillar which is eaten by the 

 natives. The hairs of the leaves adhere to the hands and injure the eyes when 

 introduced into the latter. 



26. Croton pulcher Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15=: 644. 1866. 

 Puebla ; type from Tehuaciln. 



Low shrub with stout branches, densely stellate-tomentose; leaves short- 

 petiolate, broadly ovate, 4 to 5.5 cm. long, acutish. 

 Perhaps only a form of C. ciliato-glandulosus. 



27. Croton ovalifolius West, Bidr. Beskr. St. Croix 307. 1793. 

 Oaxaca. West Indies and South America. 



Shrub, green, sparsely stellate-pilose ; leaves long-petiolate, oblong to elliptic 

 or obovate, 1 to 3 cm. long, rounded or obtuse at apex, finely denticulate ; sepals 

 of the pistillate flowers large, accrescent, glandular-ciliate. 



28. Croton stylosus Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 128. 1865. 

 Type from IMexico, the locality not known. 



Leaves short-petiolate, rhombic-ovate, 6 to 10 cm. long, cuspidate-acuminate. 



29. Croton macrodontus Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 128. 1865. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaca. 



Green, sparsely stellate-pubescent shrub ; leaves long-petiolate, ovate, 5 to 

 13 cm. long, long-acuminate, thin. 



30. Croton repens Schlecht. Linnaea 19: 237. 1847. 



Sinaloa to Oaxaca and Veracruz ; type from Hacienda de la Laguna, Vera- 

 cruz. Central America. 



Slender shrub, often decumbent, green, stellate-pubescent ; leaves usually 

 short-petiolate, suborbicular to ovate, 2 to 7 cm. long, rounded to acute at apex, 

 often shallowly lobate, crenate-dentate. " Tostoncillo " (El Salvador) ; " chaco- 

 tote" (Guatemala Honduras). 



The root is used locally for stomach affections. 



