36 EUPHOKBIACE^. 



Tmbe III. CROTONE^. — Ovary-cells l-ovulate. Capsule divided into cocci 

 (or iaccate). 



SuBTHlBE 1. JATROPBE^. — Inflorescence centrifugal, androgyno'Sl : flowers pedicellate , 



cymose, central $ . Seeds carunculate, large. 



7. JATROPHA, L. 



Calyx 5-partite, or 5-lobed, imbricative. ' Corolla contorted. Stamens 10-8 (-15), mon- 

 adelphous, 3-5 interior longer; column surrounded by 5 glands. Capw^e 3(-3)-coccons. 

 — Cyme corymbiform : flowers usually scarlet. 



Sect. 1. Adenokhopidm. — Petals distinct, or cohering at the base, spreading. 



24. J. gossypifolia, L. Herbaceous; leaves 5(-3)-partite, or lobed, ciiiate and 

 glanduliferous on the margin : segments ovate, pointed, denticulate or entire : petiolar and 

 stipular glands branched ; special cymes contracted; calyx 5-partite; corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx ; stamens 8-13 ; stigmas 2-braached. — SI. t. 84 ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 623. Desc. 

 Fl. 2. t. 143.' — I. glandulifera, Roxb.l 1. elegans, Kl.: a glabrous. form, in which the leaves 

 however are ciiiate between the glands. — Stem 2'-3' high ; leaves pubescent, glabrate be- 

 neath, or glabrous ; petals obovate, deep-purple, 2'" long, distinct, or cohering at the base. — 

 Has. Bahamas I, Swains.; Jamaica!, M'Nab, Pd., Dist., common; Dominica!, Imr.j S. 

 Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Sieb.; [Cuba! to Bahial, Mexico! to New Granada!]. 



25. J. multifida, L. Shrubby ; leaves long-petioled, 9-7 -partite, glabrous, eglandular : 

 segments pinnatifid, acuminate': lobes quite entire ; stipules multipartite : segments seta- 

 ceous ; cymes umbeUiform, long-peduncled ; calyx 5-lobed ; petals distinct, three times as 

 long as the calyx; stamens 8-10; stigmas 2-branched. — Stem 5'-10' high; stipular seg- 

 ments about 8'" long ; petals obovate, 3'" long, scarlet. — Hab. S. Kitts I, S. Vincent I, Guild.; 

 naturalized in Jamaica, where it is now common; [Venezuela, Guiana]. 



26. J. hastata, Jacq. Shrubby; leaves obovate (or oblanceolate), poiutleted, quite- 

 entire, hastate, or cut into glandular teeth at the contracted, petioled base, glabrous ; stipules 



.'simple, setaceous, deciduous ; cymes umbeUiform, long-peduncled ; calyx 5-lobed ; petals dis- 

 tinct, much longer than the calyx ; stamens 10; stigmas a-branched!*— Fe»<. Malmais. t. 52. 

 — J. acuminata, Desv, J. pandurifolia, Andr. — Stem about 3' high ; petals obovate-oblong, 

 4'" long, scarlet. — Hab. Ti-inidad!, Schach; [Cuba]. 



27. J. divaricata, Sw. Arboreous ; leaves ovate, pointed, quite entire, subcomplicate 

 at the base, glabrous ; stipules simple, glandular, deciduous ; cymes dichotomons ; pedicels 

 divaricate, spreading ; calyx 5-lobed ; S corolla 'a-petalous, four times as long as the calyx, 



? h-lobed; stamens 8-10; styles short; stigma thickened. — Stem lO'-SO'^ high; petals 

 pale-coloured, obovate, 2'" long ; seeds 6'" long, oblong, obsoletely trigonal, solitary in each 

 cell. Intermediate between tHs section and Curcas. — HaS. Jamaica !, Macf., Pd., in rocky 

 woods, S. Ann's and western districts. 



Sect. 2. CuROAS. — Corolla sympetalous. Styles cohering below. 



28. J. hemandifolia, Vent. Stem woody; leaves ovate-oblong, subpanduriform, 

 pointed and mucronate, peltate aud subcordate at the base, glabrous ; stipules deciduous ; 

 cymes dichotomous, expanded, slender; calyx 5-partite; corolla 5-lobed to the middle, 

 three times as long as the calyx ; stamens 10 ; styles bifid. — Curcas portoricensis, Saill. — 

 Branches straight ; leaves 8"-5" long ; petiole li''-3" long, united with the limb 3"'-3"' be- 

 yond its base ; coroUa 2"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Saner.; [Portorico]. 



39. J. Curcas, L. Suffrutescent ; leaves sjiicordate-roundish, angular, or obsoletely 

 3-5-lobed, glabrous or glabrate ; stipules deciduous ; special cymes contracted ; calyx 5-par- 

 tite; corolla ^-partite, villous on the inside, twice as long as the calyx; stamens 10-15; 

 styles bifid.— DeiC. Fl. 2. t. 141.— Curcas purgans, Med. — Stem 6'-12' high; petioles as 

 long as the limb ; corolla pale-yellow, 3'" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, Jl. : »-weed ; S. Vincent !, 

 Guild.; [Cuba! and Mexico! to Peru!, naturalized in all tropiosJ countries]. 



8. CNIDOSCOLUS, FoAl: 

 Calyx coloured, 5-lobed, or 5-partite, spreading, imbricative. Petals 0. Stamens 10 

 (-15), monadelphous, five exterior shorter : colimin siurrounded by a disc, with a hairy band 



