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thers introrse, 2-rimose. Germen rudimentary, usually 0, sometimes 

 minute. Female sepals 5, sliglitly connate at base. Petals 5, much 

 longer, free, much imbricated. Disk hypogynou.s minute. Germen 

 3-locular, densely hii'sute ; ovule solitary in cell, rather thickly obtu- 

 rated ; styles 3, thick stigmatiferous, 2 -partite at apex, Fruit 3-coc- 

 cate; cocci compressed at the sides, solute from central columella 

 dehiscent; seeds exarillate. — Scandent shi'ubs; indumentum stellate;' 

 leaves alternate pctiolate, 2-stipulate, entire or 3-lobed, 5-pliucrved 

 at base; flowers in axillary cymiferous racemes.'^ — {Tro}). West. 

 Africa.^) 



42 ? Paracroton Miq.^' — " Flowers monœcious (?); sepals 5, im- 

 bricated. Petals same in number, imbricated. Stamens l-5-2(J ; 

 filaments central, 1-adelphous; anthers extrorse, 2-rimose. Glands 

 of ilisk alternipetalous. Germen 3-locular, 3-agonal-pyramidal ; 

 style branches 3, 2-fld rather acute ; cells 1 -ovulate." Capsule thick 

 ligneous; cocci 2-valved. Seeds transversely ellipsoid wider than 

 long, glabrous ; albumen copious ; embryo wide ; cotyledon large 

 reniform, digitiuerved at base. — A medium sized tree; branches 

 patent ; leaves alternate petiolate lanceolate repando-serrate, 2-glan- 

 dular at base ; flowers in immense terminal racemes ; ^ peduncle 

 compressed ; pedicels alternate fasciculate.'' {JavaJ) 



43. Leucocroton Griseb.^ — Flowers dioecious apetalous. Male 

 calyx 3-4-partite, valvate. Glands of disk same in number, usually 

 short, oppositisepalous. Stamens 6-10, inserted below minute rudi- 

 ment of gyufeceum ; filaments free except at base ; anthers introrse, 

 2-rimose. Female calyx 5, 6-partite, valvate; glands of disk same 

 in number opposite. Germen 3-locular ; cells 1-ovulate ; style 

 afterwards 3-partite, branches flabellate- 3-5 -fid ; lobes scarcely flabel- 

 late, co-fid papillose. Fruit 3-coccous ; seeds exarillate smooth. — 

 Pale, or yellowish shrubs ; indumentum short depressed stellate ; 

 leaves alternate petiolate penninerved or 5-plinerved subcoriaceous ; 

 stipules 0, or very minute ; male flowers in racemes or subsimple or 



• Reddish brown or reddish. Hl'2. 



'^ A genus allied to Crologyne similar in ' ' " 3, 4-pedales." 



flowers and male calyx to Jatropha Heudelutii, " A jj-enus very imperfectly known, allied to 



(i. e. Eiciiiodendron M. Alio.) differs in not having Coditeuin. 



compound leaves. ' Spec. 1. /". pendtilm Mm. loc. oil. — Croton 



' Spec. 2. M. Aro. in Seem. Joiirii. of Dot. peiididus Hassk. PL Juv. Mar. 266. 



(1864), 332. « PI. Amer. Trop. 21 ; PL Wright. 160. 



* PL lHd.-Bat. i. p. ii. 382.— M. Ako. Prodr. 



