66 ITLTA TELLtTR. 



pistilo abortivo connexa, antheris bilobis dorse 

 glandul. cal. fern, duplex ext. 3part, int. 5part. 

 petalis 5 parvis, pistil, obi. stig. radiata sessilib. 

 9-12, caps. 31oba hispida very distinct G. sev- 

 eral types chiefly shrubs, Meterana was a latin 

 name of the Chesnut tree, 



365. Meterana castanefolia Raf. Croton do 

 L. auct fol. ovatislanceol. obt. serratis glabris 

 spicis axil, dimidiatis shrub of S. Amer. but a 

 great confusion of blended sp. shrubs and plants 

 exist as Croton castanff. to which some add 

 Acalypha australis L. as a synonym. 



366. Meterana dimidiata Raf. Acalypha aus- 

 tralis L, var ! fol. lanceol. obt. serratis petiol. 

 spicis axil, dimidiatis, Also a shrub of South 

 Amer. called a plant by Smith, who ascribes to 

 the fern. fl. calix 61obed uneq. 3 alterne larger, 

 and capsule trilobed. If so another G. or sec- 

 tion and probably several sp. blended yet. See 

 bot. mag. 2794, " 



367. Meterana ? palustris Raf. Crot do L, 

 fol. ovatis lanceol. serratis plicatrs scabris, ped. 

 axil. caps, hispidis annual plant of Mexico. 



368. Meterana ? arborea Raf. Crot. castanif, 

 Burm. ind. t. 64, non L. Arborea, fol. ovat* 

 acum. denticul. glabris, spicis term. fl. alternis 

 Tree of Java, the flowers of this and last 

 must be verified, probably both new Genera also, 



369. CROZOPHORA Necker, Turnesolia Ad. 

 Scop. diff. Croton. stam. 8-10 monadelphis, cal. 

 fern. lOfidus, caps. 6valvis this includes nearly 

 all the herbaceous Crotons, but the types are 

 my^Croz. tinctoria, plicata, and other akin sp. 



370. ODOTALON Raf. diff. Croton, cal. 5-6part. 

 petalis 5-6 utrinque 3-4dent. stam. 5 monadel- 

 phis, glandulis 5 alternis Types Od. tricuspi- 



