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very entire, scabrous, subciliate, tomentose beneath. A 

 shrub, two feet high, with a smooth branching stem ; the 

 branches hoary at the end. The smell of the whole herb is 

 strong and balsamic ; it is very hot and pungent upon the 

 palate ; and is frequently used in baths and fomentations for 

 n::rvous weaknesses. Native of Jamaica. 



18. Croton Ricinocarpos ; Surinam Croton. Leaves 

 stibcordate, crenate ; peduncles racemed, opposite to the 

 Haves; stem herbaceous. Branches and leaves alternate, 

 the latter petioled, naked ; flowers heaped together in ra- 

 cemes. It is an annual plant, and a native of Surinam. 

 HI. Croton Moluccanum ; Molucca Croton. Leaves cor- 

 angular, scabrous, tomentose beneath. This is a tree, 

 t feet high, with long reclining branches ; flowers white, 

 m short racemes ; capsules smooth and even, bigger than a 

 walnut : a great quantity of oil is extracted from it. Native 

 of Ceylon, and the Molucca Islands. 



20. Croton Flavens ; Yellow Croton, or Balaam. Leaves cor- 

 date, oblong, very entire, tomentose on both sides ; branch- 

 lets more closely tomentose. It frequently rises to the height 

 of two or three feet ; it much resembles the 17th sort, but is 

 easily distinguished by the thickness of its extreme branches, 

 which are pretty soft and luxuriant. All parts of the plant 

 are equally sharp, and sometimes used in resolutive baths. 

 Native of Jamaica, in savannas about Kingston. 



1. Croton Capense ; Cape Croton. Leaves hastate, and 

 undivided, lanceolate, very entire, and very smooth. Found 

 at the Cape, by Thunberg. 



22. Croton Lobatum ; Various-leaved Croton. Leaves un- 

 armed, serrate, the lower five-lobed, the upper three-lobed. 

 Stems round, furrowed, herbaceous, slightly hairy, erect, 

 branched, a foot and a half in height ; flowers of a purple 

 colour, in spikes five or six inches long. Annual : flowering 

 in July. Found by Houstoun, near Vera Cruz. 



23. Croton Spinosum ; Thorny-leaved Croton. Leaves 

 palmate, five and three lobed, thorny-serrate; flowers scat- 

 tered over the stem; and subsessile. Native of theEast Indies. 



2-4. Croton Astroites ; Woolly Croton. Leaves oval, sub- 

 cordate, very entire, starry-tomentose on both sides ; branch- 

 lets more closely tomentose, shrubby ; flowering in July 

 and August. Native of the East Indies. 



25. Croton Punctatum ; Dotted-leavfd Croton. Leaves 

 ovate, acute, entire, tomentose, and dotted underneath ; stem 

 shrubby. Native of Ceylon. 



26. Croton Nutans. Leaves rhomb ovate, acuminate, wa- 

 ved, smooth ; glands marginal. Native of the Society and 

 Friendly Islands, and of the New Hebrides. 



27. Croton Inophyllum. Leaves obovate, very entire ; 

 stem arboreous. Native of New Caledonia. 



28. Croton Hirtum. Leaves ovate, serrate, with glandu- 

 liferous hairs at the base ; spikes sessile ; stem hispid. It is 

 an annual, and a foot in height ; stem herbaceous, erect, 

 round, glandular. It is singular in having glands of three 

 different sorts. Native of Guiana. 



29. Croton Althsesefolium. Leaves oblong-cordate, tomen- 

 tose ; stem shrubby, branched ; flowers in terminating 

 spikes, it rises with a shrubby stalk, six or seven feet high, 

 dividing upwards into several branches, which are covered 

 with a yellowish down,garnished with long heart-shaped leaves, 

 ending in acute points ; flowers white. Native of Jamaica. 



30. Croton Salviaefolium. Leaves cordate, acute, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; stem shrubby ; flowers in spikes, terminating, 

 and axillary. It rises nearly four feet high, with a shrubby 

 stalk. The flowers are produced in short spikes at the ends 

 of the branches ; they are small, white, and have woolly ca- 

 lices. Native of the West Indies. 



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31. Croton SeBsiliflorum. Leaves ovate, acuminate, quite 

 entire, smooth ; flowers sessile, axillary, dioecous, five-sla- 

 mmed. Native of Hispaniolia. 



32. Croton Globosum. Leaves ovate, obtuse, entire ; pe- 

 duncles in pairs ; flowers dioeoous ; fruits globular, echinate- 

 hispid. Native of Jamaica. 



33. Croton Divaricatunv Leaves oblong, obtuse, serrate, 

 rough with hairs, biglandular at the base ; racemes terminat- 

 ing, solitary ; stem shrubby ; branches dichotomous, divari- 

 cate. Native of the West Indies. 



34. Croten Nitens. Leaves cordate-elliptic, acuminate, 

 almost entire, smooth, shining above, dotted and silvery un- 

 derneath ; racemes axillary ; leaves shorter, erect. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



35. Croton Laurinum. Leaves oblong, acute, quite entire, 

 of some consistence, smooth ; petioles rugged, they and the 

 leaves dotted underneath ; racemes axillary, very long, patu- 

 lous ; stem arborescent. Native of Jamaica. 



36. Croton Pallens. Leaves ovate, acuminate, quite en- 

 tire, smooth on both sides ; racemes solitary, erect, termi- 

 nating ; calices larger than the fruit. It rises with a shrubby 

 stem to the height of seven or eight feet, is covered with an 

 ash-coloured bark, and divides at top into many slender 

 branches ; flowers of an herbaceous colour, inclosed in 

 green calices. Native of Jamaica. 



37. Croton Macrophyllum. Leaves cordate-roundish, 

 acuminate, entire, thick, tomentose, nerved underneath.- 

 Native of the West Indies. 



38. Croton Populifolium. Leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate-toothed, somewhat rough with hairs, with one gland 

 at the base above; petioles the length of the leaves ; racemes 

 terminating, erect, solitary; stem shrubby; branches smooth, 

 scarred. Native of Jamaica, and other parts of the W. Indies. 



39. Croton Cochin-chinense. Leaves lanceolate, quite en 

 tire, hoary underneath, shining, dotted ; capsules scurfy. 

 This is a middle-sized tree, with spreading branches. The 

 flowers are white, in simple, oblong, terminating racemes. 

 Native of the woods of Cochin-china. 



40. Croton Lanatum. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite en- 

 tire, smooth, opposite; corollas woolly ; capsules gix-valved. 

 This is a large tree with spreading branches, and white 

 flowers in simple terminating racemes. The wood is white, 

 heavy, and very durable ; it is used in building, and for piles 

 of bridges. Native of mountain-woods in Cochin-china. 



41. Croton Congestum. Leaves ovate, gash-serrate, 

 smooth veined ; flowers heaped, naked, axillary. Stem euf- 

 fruticose, five feet high, with many reclining branches ; 

 leaves alternate, unequal. Native of China, about Canton. 



42. Croton Dioicum. Leaves oblong, obtuse, hoary : 

 flowers terminating, on the male in spikes, on the female by 

 threes. Stem suffruticose, round, with divaricating branches ; 

 the whole plant covered with a soft nap. Native of Mexico. 



43. Croton Plicatum. Leaves ovate, plaited, crenate, 

 hirsute ; stem herbaceous ; branches round, somewhat rug- 

 ged, hoary, hirsute above, as are also the leaves, with close, 

 stellate hairs ; capsules pendulous, of a violet purple colour. 

 Native of Arabia. 



44. Croton Obliquum. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite 

 entire ; stem herbaceous, tomentose. Native of Egypt. 



45. Croton Coccineum. Leaves ovate, acuminate, quite 

 entire, smooth, biglandular at the base, dotted with scarlet 

 underneath ; racemes terminating ; branches round, with a 

 brown bark, mealy, villose at top; flowers subsessile. Found 

 by Koenig in Ceylon. 



46. Croton Lsevigatum. Leaves elliptic, very smooth and 

 even, without glands, entire and serrate, obtuse ; racemes 



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