278 FLOltA OF JAMAICA Croton 



Petals oblanceolate, 2 mm. 1., pubescent at base. Stamens 13-15, longer 

 than the petals, filaments glabrous. Female flowers: Calyx 1"8 mm. 1., 

 segments triangular-lanceolate. Ovarij hirtellous. Styles 2-parted ; branches 

 undivided, thick below, apex hooked. Capsule 5 mm.l. Seeds 2*5 mm.L, 

 2 mm. br. 



C. Cascarilla Bennett, a distinct species, has lanceolate leaves, acute at 

 both ends, usually with two glands at base of leaf beneath. It is a native 

 of New Providence, Bahamas ; the type is in Herb. Mus. Brit. Mills- 

 paugh (Field Col. Mas. Bot. ii. 307) errs in including this species under 

 C. linearis. 



2. C. discolor Willd. Sp. PL iv. 532 (1805) ; dioecious ; leaves 

 2-4 cm. 1., 1-2*5 cm. br., oblong-elliptical, oblong-ovate, oval- 

 elliptical, or roundish-elliptical, apex and base rounded or obtuse, 

 liiucronulate, subentire, with two or three cylindrical glands 

 (sometimes others minute) at apex of petiole on upper surface, 

 glabrous above, densely whitish- or yellowish-tomentose beneath 

 with flat stellate hairs ; nerves pinnate, impressed on upper 

 surface, prominent beneath. — Geisel. op. cit. 18; Muell. Arg. torn. 

 cit. 615 ; Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 343. 



Near Port Antonio, Purdie 1 March 1 Orange Bay Point, Hanover, 

 Harris\ Fl. Jam, 10,261. — Bahamas, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, 

 St. Cruz. 



Shrub to 5 ft. high. Young tivigs, petioles, &ni inflorescence tomentellous 

 with flat yellowish stellate hairs. Leaves somewhat leathery; petiole 

 5-8(-15) mm. 1. Racemes of male plants as long as the leaves to three 

 times as long ; clusters of flowers crowded or distant. Pedicels short, to 

 2 mm. 1. Male floioers : Calyx about 2-5 mm.L, 5-parted ; segments ovate, 

 with five free sessile twin glands on receptacle at base. Petals 8 mm. 1., 

 oblong-oblanccolato, pubescent near base. Stamens 15 or 16 ; filaments 

 glabrous. Female floioers: Calyx ono-third longer than the ovary; 

 segments lanceolate, acuminate. Ovary densely hirtellous with stellate 

 liairs. Styles 2-parted ; branches tightly involute, hirtellous. 



3. C. Priorianus Urh. Symh. Ant. in. 295 (1902) ; monoecious ; 

 leaves 6-2 • 5 cm. ]., 1 • 5-' 7 cm. br., narrowly lanceolate or oblong- 

 linear, gradually narrowed towards the apex, apex obtuse or 

 I'ounded and very shortly apiculate, base rounded or subcordate, 

 margin entire, uj)per surface roughish with very small stellate 

 hairs, beneath with yellow or whitish tomentum of stellate hairs ; 

 with two or more glands at base above and beneath ; nerves 

 slightly impressed.- — C. Cascarilla a. Griseh. op. cit. 38 (1859). 



Prior ; March ! 



Young tivigs densely yellow- tomentellous with stellate hairs. Leaves 

 alternate or at the apex opposite or three in a whorl, subleathery ; petiole 

 4-15 mm. 1. ; stipules wanting. Racemes 2-10 cm. 1., tomentellous ; 

 peduncle 1-2 cm. 1. Male floioers: Sepals l-5-l'7 ram. I. Petals dhovate- 

 lanceolate, a little longer than the sepals, pubescent on the lower margin. 

 Disk-glands transversely oblong-elliptical. Stamens about 16. Female 

 flowers subsessile : Sepals 2 mm. 1., lanceolate. Petals very minute, gland- 

 like. Disk-glands transversely rectangular-elliptical. Ovary globular, 

 tomentose. Styles 2-parted almost to the base, branches undivided. 

 Capsule (not ripe) globular, 4.-5 mm. in diam. 



