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

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

 longer, free, much imbricated. Disk hypogynous minute. Germen 

 3-locular, densely hirsute ; 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.—r-Scandent shrubs; indumentum stellate;^ 

 leaves alternate petiolate, 2-stipulate, entire or 3-lobed, S-plinerved 

 at base; flowers in axillary cymiferous racemes.'^ — {Trop. West. 

 Africa?) 



42 ? Paracroton Miq.* — "Mowers monoecious (?); sepals 5, im- 

 bricated. Petals same in number, imbricated. Stamens 15-20 ; 

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

 of disk 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, digitinerved 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.® {Java.'') 



43. Leucocroton Geiseb.^ — 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 gynseceum ; 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, Go-fid papillose. Fruit 3-coccous ; seeds exarillate smooth. — 

 Pale, or yellowish shrubs; indumentum short depressed stellate; 

 Jeaves alternate petiolate penninerved or 5-plinerved subcoriaceous ; 

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



' Eeddish brown or reddish. 1112. 



^ A genus allied to Crotogyne sinular in * " 3, 4-pedales." 



flowers and male calyx to Jatropha Heudelotii, ^ A genus very imperfectly known, aUied to 



(i, e. Bicinodendron M. Ako.) differs in not having Codueitm, 



compound leaves. 7 Spec. 1. P. pmdulm Mia. loo. cit. — Croton 



' Spec. 2. M. Ana. in Seem. Jown. of Bot. pendulus Hassk. Fl. Jav. Sar. 266. 



(1864), 332. 8 p;. j^,ner. Trap. 21 ; PI. Wright. 160. 



* M. Ind.-Bat. i. p. ii. 382.— M. Abo. Frodr. 



