Jatropha 



EUPHORBIA CK^ 



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usually shorter than the leaves, branching freely from the base 

 or pedunculate, compact, many-flowered, more or less tomentellous, 

 •5-1 '5 dm. 1. — Jacq. Hort. Vindoh. iii. t. 63 ; Wright Mem. 219 ; 

 Jussieu Euphorh. Tent. t. 11, /. 34a; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 36 ; 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 1080 & in FL Bras. xi. pt. 2, 

 487, t. 68; Baill. Mist. v. 112, Jig. 163-165; Cooh & Coll. in 



Fig. 103.— Jatropha curcat L. 



A, Leaf x J. 



B, Male flower cut lengthwise, outer 



stameas removed x 8. 



C, Stamens X 9. 



D, Female flower cut lengthwise x 3. 



E, Female flower with calyx ami corolla 



removed x 3. 



F, Ovary cut across, enlarged. 



G, Capsule X 5. 

 H, Seed x 7. 



I, Seed cut lengthwise x 6. 



Contrih. U.S. Nat. Herb. viii. 171, <. 42 ; Urh. Symh. Ant. iv. 349 ; 

 Pax in Engl. Pjlanzenreich iv. 147. 77, fig. 30. Ricinus, ficus 

 folio &c. Sloans Cat. 40 & Hist. i. 127. J. assurgens, ficus folio 

 &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 348. (Fig. 103.) Type in Herb. Linn. 

 Specimen from Hort. Cliff, in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Physic Nut. 



Sloane Herb. ii. 94 ! Houstoun ! Lane & Pasmore in Herb. Sloane 



