No. 440. 
CROTON PENNICILLATUM. 
Class. A Order, 
MONŒCIA MONADELPHIA. 
A native of Cuba, whence it was intro- 
duced in 1799. In this singular plant the 
stems, at the insertion of each leaf, are fur- 
nished with two bundles of branching hairs, 
having glands at their ends, whence mois- 
ture exudes. These form stipules to the 
leaf. The foot-stalk has also a bundle of 
these where it joins the leaf, round the 
edge of which a row of single ones extend. 
The whole plant feels clammy to the touch, 
and if wounded, gives out a kind of pellucid 
juice of an acrid quality. The smell of the 
leaves is strong, and not very pleasant, al- 
though the flowers have an agreeable scent : 
they usually appear in the latter part of 
summer, continuing some time-in suc- 
cession. 
It requires the heat of the stove, and may 
be increased by euttings. The soil should 
be rich loam. 
