JA‘'TROPHA PANDURAFOLIA. 
FIDDLE-LEAVED JATROPHA. 
EXOGENA, : oR DICOTYLEDONEZ. 
“¢ Natural division 
to which peice 
this Plant belongs, 
NATURAL ORDER, EUPHORBIACEA. 
mab rte ame 4 fies ficial divisions. ~ MONGCIA, 
to which a - MONADELPHIA, 
DECANDOR SAE e Plant belongs. ia OF LINNEUS, 
No. 107. ‘ 
GENUS. Jarrorna. Linvzvs. .Firores monoici, Caryx quinqueparti- 
tus aut quinquelobus; prefloratio convolutiva. Cororna quinquepartita aut 
nulla; prefloratio contorta. GianpuL# aut squamule quinque, rarius nulle, 
nune distincte, nune in annulum sinuatum discumve coalite, Mascugr: 
Stamina octo ad decem, filamentis infra connatis, quorum tria vel quinque in- 
teriora longiora. Femrner. Srvx tres, bilobi bifidive, aut plures dichotomi. 
Sriemara sex aut plura. Ovartvm triloculare, loculis we stata Fructus 
capsularis tricoccus. ARBORES aut frati ices, pitas her w lactescentes. Fora 
alterna, integra ve vel lobata, , corymbosi, plerum 
que ‘non et colorati. Adrien de Jussieu de Rushortieatee generibus, 
7. 
8 Jarno PANDURS FOLIA. pene. _ Gxers Spe im af 
ovato-oblon: 4 
alibus, c i 3 erie pmanciaviepee pening tama 
quinque interioribus longiori 
' CHARACTER OF THE di dori. _ Frowers | ifvacicious. 
of five petals or none, twisted in the bud. G 
five, seldom none, either distinct or joined together in a little : ring al 
disk. Mae flowers: SraMens eight or ten, the filaments joined 
together at the base, three or five inner ones longer t than the others. 
FEMALE flowers: Styies three, two-lobed or ati or several : 
times dichotomous. Stiamas six, or several. OVARY 
with one ovule in each cell. Frurr capsular, of three © cocci. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES, JATROPHA PANDUREFOLIA. SHRUB 
of two or three feet in height, without any hairs, but the stem often 
marked with oblong tubercles. Leaves on short foot-stalks, three or four 
inches long, usually obovate-oblong, ending in a long point, broad and 
entire, or with here and there a very small tooth in the upper part, 
contracted below the middle, and near the base there are more or less 
of sharp teeth, and sometimes acuminated lobes, green on the upper 
side, tinged more or less with red underneath. StipvLEs very 
minute, setaceous, with a broad base. Corymss terminal, on long 
