Croto7t.] 



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Small tree. Inflorescence stellately to- 

 mcntoso or glabrous, not lepidote. 

 Loaves 3«6-ncrved at the base, denticu- 

 late. Capsule scabrid, ^ inch 3. C. aromaticus. 



Shrub. Leaves penninerved, mature gla- 

 brous, 3-uorved at the base. Capsule 

 small, stollately tomentose, cnistaceous, 



i inch 4. C. Q-ihsonianus. 



Small tree. Leaves strongly triple-nerved 

 long pctioled. Capsule large, obovoid, 



white, 1-inch, glabrous 5. C. Tigliunu 



Ovary glabrous. Young leaves softly stellately 

 hairy, strongly 3-nerved. Capsule large, 

 rugose, glabroust A small tree 6. C, Lavnanus. 



1. C. reticulatus, Heyne in Wall. Oat. 7724 B. in part ; Fl. Br. I. 5, 

 186. 0. hypoleuoas, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231. Panduray, Vern. 

 Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon. A large 

 shrub with slender branches, leaves shining-silvery beneath. Common 

 and gregarious in the evergreen forests near Parld, Belgaum District. FL 

 Jan. Fr. Feb.-Mch. 



2. C. oblongifolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 685 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 387 ; 

 Brandis For. FJ. 440; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 231 ; Beddome Fl. Sylv. 

 204. Ounsur^ Vern. South India, Deccan peninsula, Burma and Ceylon. 



Southern Konkan, rare," Dalzell. A rare tree in our western 

 forests," Beddome. Noted from the Bombay Presidency by Dalzell, who 

 found it in the fort at Banda. Wood yellowish, close-grained, moderately 

 hard and heavy. 



3. C. aromaticus. Linn. Sp. PI. 1005 ; Fl. Br. I, 5. 388 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 204. 0. aromaticus, Muell. Arg. in DO. Prodr. XV. 1. 58b. G. 



luGciferus. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, on the Bababuden 

 hills of Mysore, above 4000 feet. Fl. Fr. B. & 0. S. A small tree. 



C. Gibsonianus, Nimmo. in Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 251 ; Fl. Br. I. 6. 

 392 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 232. On the southern ghdts of North 

 K^nara, in evergreen forests, common near the falls of Gairsoppah. Fl, 

 Fr. C. S. A small shrub. I am doubtful whether there are not two 

 species included under this name. The small tree, described in Graham's 

 Catalogue and Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Flora, with glands orange-coloured, 

 cordate. Capsule red when ripe, size of walnut, Grab.^ and the small 

 shrub with the glands small, orange-coloured, not cordate. Capsule small 

 grey tomentose, from North Kanara. 



5. 0, Tiglium, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1004 ; Fl. Br. I. 5. 393 ; Grab. Cat. 

 Bomb. PI. 181 ; Brandis For. Fl. 440. Purging Croton. Jamalgota, jaipa, 

 Vern. 



Naturalized in the South Konkan, probably indigenous in Assam and 

 Eastern Bengal. A small tree. The nuts yield a valuable medicinal oil, 

 a strong purgative. Externally applied the oil causes a blister. 



6. C. Lawianus, Nimmo in Grab. Oat. Bomb. PL 251 ; Fl. Br. 1. 5. 

 394 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 232. 



