286 FLORA OF JAMAICA Croton 



at base of limb on margin (1 • 5-2 mm. I.) ; stipules linear, to 



5 mm. 1., not glandular. — Geisel. op. cit. 62 ; Griseb. op. cit. 42. 

 C. glandulosus var. hirtus Muell. Arg. torn. cit. 684 (1866). 



St. Andrew, McNabl Kingston, Priori Ferry; Liguanea plain; 

 Campbell ! King's House grounds, 2\ Harris ! Liguanea plain, Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5794, 6081, 6774, 6959, 11,799.— Trinidad, Central and tropical 

 S. America. 



Herb 1 to 2 ft. high;'stems herbaceous; twigs densely covered with 

 stellate hairs with one or more cf the rays longer and more or less erect, 

 the others much shorter and adpressed. Leaves : nerves prominent 

 beneath, pinnate with two on each side at base ; petiole usually | to J as 

 long as the blade, of upper leaves shorter. Racemes with subsessile 

 flowers, 1-5-2 -5 cm. 1. Bracts linear, 2-4 mm. 1., with or without stalked 

 glands. Male flouicrs : Calyx 1*5 mm. 1.; segments elliptical to oblong- 

 elliptical, acute, with stellate hairs outside. Petals oblong-linear, delicate, 

 about as long as the calyx. Stamens about 10, filaments glabrous. 

 Female flowers : Calyx, segments unequal, two longer, about 2*5 mm. 1., 

 two shorter, one very much shorter, obovate-oblong, becoming spathulate 

 in fruit, and increasing to 4 mm. 1. Ovary hirsute. Styles, two parted 

 almost to the base. Cap&ule about 4 mm. 1., globular or globular- 

 ellipsoidal, with stellate hairs. Seeds 3 mm. 1., pits indistinct, very dark 

 grey with black dots. 



16. C. Griesbaehianus Muell. Arg. in Flora xlvii. 484 (1864) 



6 in DC. Prodr. xv. pit. 2, 586 ; leaves 3-7 cm. 1., oblong, 

 elliptical, or ovate, apex obtuse, acute, or shortly subacuminate, 

 base subcordate, obtuse, or truncate, more or less doubly serrate 

 or sernilate, upper surface sparsely covered with stellate hairs or 

 glabrate, beneath denser, without glands at base. — C. Tserti 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 39 (uon Geisel.). Griesbach's type iu 

 Herb. Kew. 



March! Long Mountain, 700-900 ft., Harris I Hcalthshire Hills, 

 Harris d Britton 1 Fl. Jam. 8944, 9014, 10,520. 



Shriib 5-12 ft. high. Youngest parts of twigs, petioles, and youngest 

 leaves covered with brownish, stellate tomentellum. Leaves 3-7 cm. 1 , 

 oblong, elliptical, or ovate, apex obtuse, acute, or shortly subacuminate, 

 base subcordate, obtuse, or truncate, more or less doubly serrate or 

 serrulate, without glands at base, papery, upper surface sparsely covered 

 with stellate hairs or glabrate, beneath more densely covered ; nerves 3-5 

 at base, pinnate above; petiole •5-2-5 cm. 1. Racemes axillary as well 

 as terminal, 2-4 cm. 1. Pedicels 1-2 mm. 1. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 1-5-4 mm. 1. Male floivers : Sepals 5, about 2 mm. 1., linear-lanceolate, 

 stellate-haired outside. Petals 5, about 1-2 mm. 1., oblong-elliptical, 

 pubescent on the margin, with a bunch of long hairs at apex. Stamens 

 about 12 ; filaments glabrous. Female floivers solitary at base of raceme. 

 Sepals 5, linear, 3-5-4 mm. 1. Ovary tomentellous. Styles 4-cleft, each 

 branch with two short curved branches. Capsule not seen. 



8. ARGYTHAMNIA Sw. 



Sbrub (in A. candicans), undershrubs, or perennial herbs, con- 

 taining a purple pigment. Leaves alternate, entire or with few 

 teeth, 3-nerved at base. Flowers monoecious, with petals, in 



