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below. Sli/les multifid. ■ Capsule 3-cocoou3. — Leaves wiiA a basilar gland above .- hairs 

 stinging ; cyme corymbiform ; calyx white. 



30. C. napseifoliuB, Pohl. Sufii-utescent ; leaves deeply 7-lobed, hispid beneath, or 

 glabrate: lobes pinnatifid, acuminate, saicvi, into unequal teeth; 3 calyx 5-lobed, ? 5- 

 partite. — Juss. tkph.f. 34 b : «««/.— Jatropha, Desr. — Male calyx infundibulifcnn, 4'" long. 

 — Hab. Ijatroduced from the British West Inies into British gardens ! 



9*. JANIPHA, Kth. 



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

 serted into a central disc, 5 exterior shorter. Styles many-lobed. Capsule baccate, 3-coc- 

 cous. — Woody plants, with large tubers ; leaves long-petioled, glabrous : stipules caducous ; 

 special cymes racemiform, few-flowered : $ at length inferior. 



31*. J. IKCanihbt, Kth. Shnibby; leaves 7-5(-S)-partite, glaucous beneath: seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate or laiiceolate, acuminate, quite entire ; $ calyx 5-lobed, $ 5-par- 

 tite ; capsule pendulous', ovoid, with six narrow' wings. — 5^. t. 85 ; Tuss. M. 3. t. 1, 3 ; 

 Jiesc. Fl. 3. t. 176. — Jatropha, L. Manihot Aipi et utilissima, PoA7.-^Calyx yellowish. 

 Tubers either sweet or bitter ; but this difference is not accompanied with trustworthy specific 

 characters. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, Dj*#., JMarcA; Antigua 1, Nichols.; 'Erinidad!, 

 Schach; [Guiana ! and New Granada ! to Brazil ! and Peru 1]. 



10*. ALEUUITBS, Porst. 



Calyx 2-3-fid, valvate. Petals 5. Stamens 15- oo, monadelphous, surrounded by a 

 disc: anthers introrse. Styles 3 (-3), 2-partite. Pericarp baccate, 3-coccous. — Trees; 

 leaves long-petioled, with a basilar glarid above : down stellate ; cymes densely corymbiform. 



33*. A. triloba, Porst. Leaves glabresoent, Z-lobed (or ovate) : middle segment larger, 

 deltoid ; cymes puberulous, nearly as long as the petiole ; petals spathnlate, much longer 

 than the roundish calyx.-^iam. III. t. 791. — Hab. Naturalized in Jan/aica I, Al., March; 

 Antigua I, McAofo.; S.Vincent I, Guild.; [introduced from ths- East Indies !]. 



11*. SIPHONIA, mch.» 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-partite, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens 5-10, monadelphous: exterior 

 series shorter, or none : anthers extrorse. Styles 3, short, emarginate. Capsule 3-coccous. 

 — ^Trees; leaves digitate, long-petioled; special cymes racemiform, few-flowered: ? ter- 

 minal. 



. 33*. S. elastica, Pers. Leaflets 3, lanceolate-ohlong, quite entire, glabrous, whitish be- 

 neath ; column ^-androus, devoid of a surrounding disc : anthers equal, subsessile. — Desc. 

 VI. 6. t. 452. — Hevea guianensis, Aubl. — Hab. Naturalized in S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Gniana!, Brazil I]. 



SuBTEiBE 2. RIGINEM — Inflorescence centripetal, androgynous ; flowers racemose, 



superior § . Seeds carunculate, large. 



12*. RICINUS, L. 



Calyx 5-partite, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens oo, many-branched : anthers extrorse. Styles 



2-partite, papillose. Capsule 3-ooccous. — An arborescent herb, 12'-40' high; leaves jja^- 



matilobed, toothed, peltate, glanduliferous at the top of the petiole. 



/ 34*. B. communis, L. 



a. Capsules echinate.— i)esc. PI. 1. t. 59; 2. t. 127. 



&. inermis, Jacq. Capsules devoid of spines.— /ac?. Ic. Par. t. 195.— Leaves glaucous 



beneath. Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Barbadoes !, etc. ; [introduced from the East 



Indies] . 



SUBTEIBE 3. EIICROTONE.M.— Inflorescence centripetal, mostly racemose: bracts usually 

 l-flowered: flowers moncecious, inferior ? , or dioecious. Seeds mostly carunculate. 



13. CROTON, L. 

 Flowers monoscious (or dioecious by abortion). Calyx divided into 5 (4-12) segments or 



