282 FLORA OF JAMAICA Croton 



liirtellous. Styles cut into 3-6 linear recurved branches down to a broad 

 base. Capsule !• 5 cm.. 1. Scecis ellipsoidal, smooth, 9 mm. 1. 



Var. adenophyllus, var. nov., differs from the species in the 

 general absence of hairs on the leaf and in the flower, and in 

 being more glandular. — C. adenophyllus Spreng. Syst. Hi. 869 

 (1826); Griseh, op. ciV. 40; Muell. Arg. torn. cit. 644. 



Broughtonl Bertcro; Mavis Bank, Port Royal Mts., Harris \ Windward 

 road. 12-16 miles from Kingston, Faiocctt 1 near Bull Bay, Harris <& 

 Britton ! Fl. Jam. 5772, 10,791. 



9. C. glabellus L. Sp. PL cd. 2, 1425 (1763) (in part,excl. 

 reference to Amoen. Acad. v. 409) ; petals of female flower like 

 those of male ; young parts of twigs, leaves, racemes and flowers 

 covered with rusty-grey scales. — Muell. Arg. torn. cit. 517. 

 C. eleutheria Wright in Loud. Med. Journ. viii. 249 (1787) <k 

 Mem. 207. C. Eluteria Sw. Prodr. 100 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 

 1183 ; Gc'isel. op. cit. 52; Klotzsch in Hayne Arzneigew. 14, i. 1 ; 

 Griseb. op. cit. 39 (non L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1476). C. nitens Sw. 

 Prod. 100 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1189; Geisel. op. cit. 48. 

 C Sloanei Bennett in Journ. Proc. Linn. Sac. iv. 30 (1859) ; 

 Daniell in Pharm. Journ. 148 with plate. Clutia Eluteria L. 

 Amain, v. 411, 383 & Herh. (non Syst. ed. 10, 1299). Croton 

 fruticulosum erectum kc. Browne Hist. Jam. 347. Mali folio 

 arbor artemisiie odore et flore Sloane Cat. 139 & Hist. ii. 30, 

 /. 174, /. 2. Specimen of C. nitens from Swartz named by 

 him in Herb. Stockholm ; another specimen in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. 



Sloane Herb. v. 109, 110 ! WrigJit 1 Broxighton ! mountains in west, 

 Swartz ! Macfadyen ! Distin ! Manchester, Purdic ! Heward 1 Wilson ! 

 Moneague, Prior 1 March [ Stoneleigh, Henderson \ Davids Hill, J. P. 1429 ; 

 Ferrj' Pen ; Liguanea plain ; Campbell ! Bryans Hill ; Berwick ; Lapland, 

 1750 ft. ; Long Mountain, 100 ft. ; Cane R. valley, 300 ft. ; Potsdam, 

 2600 ft. ; Letitz savanna, 300-900 ft. ; Harris ! John Crow (Blake) Mts., 

 1200 ft., Harris <& Brittonl Fl. Jam. 5115, 5477, 6017, 6264, 9187, 9581, 

 9628, 9750, 10,708, 11,755.— Bahamas, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador. 



Shrub or tree, 10-30 ft. high, aromatic. Leaves elliptical, oblong- 

 elliptical, or oblong-ovate, entire, very variable in size, 2-15(-20) cm. 1., 

 at both ends obtuse, sometimes subacute, base often rounded or sub- 

 cordate, with a few round whitish scales on the upper side, nearly covered 

 beneath with silvery scales, pinnately nerved, pellucid-dotted, without 

 glands at the base ; petiole 2 mm.-2 cm. 1. Racemes generally branched, 

 rarely simple, usually only half as long as the leaves, rarely longer than 

 the leaves, 3-12 cm. 1., dense-flowered, in axils near apex as well as 

 terminal. Pedicels of male fl. 2 mm. or less, of female 4 or 5 mm., 

 increasing in fruit to 9-14 mm. Flowers white or pale yellow. Male 

 floivers: Calyx 2-2-4: mm. 1., 5-parted; segments ovate-triangular, margin 

 colourless, puberulous. Petals slightly longer than calyx, white, puberu- 

 lous outside and especially dense on margins, oblong. Stamens 10-18 ; 

 filaments hairy below. Female flowers : Calyx and petals much like the 

 male, but sepals broader, petals lanceolate, both persistent. Ovary scaly, 

 somewhat scurfy. Styles 2-branched, branches again 2-parted once or 



