66 iTLTA TELLtTR. 



pistilo abortive connexa, antheris bilobis dorso 

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

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

 9-i2, caps. 3Ioba hispida — very distinct G. sev- 

 eral types chiefly shrubs, Meterana w^as a latin 

 name of the Chesnut tree, 



365. Meterana castanefolia Raf. Croton da 

 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 castantf. 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 fem. 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 Kaf, Crot. do L, 

 fol. ovatis lanceol. serratis plicatis scabris, ped. 

 axil. caps, hispidis — annual plant of Mexico. 



368. Meterana ? arbor ea 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 

 mui^t be verified, probably both new Genera also. 



369. Crozophora Necker, Turnesolia Ad. 

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

 fem. lOfidus, caps. 6valvis — this includes nearly 

 all the herbaceous Crotons, but the types are 

 my Croz, tinctorla, plicata, and other akin sp. 



370. Odotalon Raf. diflf. Croton, cal. 5-6part. 

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

 phis, glandul is 5 alter nis — Types Od, tricuspid 



