Euphorbiaceae. 
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Croton. 
nervls latcralihus c. 5—9 (praeter nervos hasilares minores) patentihus^ 
leviter curvatis, intra marginem anastomosatiHhus, suhlus promineniihys^ laxe 
rtUculato-venosa, papyracea^ c. 10 — 26 cm. longa^S —11 cm. lata^ siiperiora 
saepe approximata^ minora ; petioliis suhteres., iemiis^ hasi incmssatu.s, dense 
f errugineodepidotiiSy c. 2.5 — 18 cm. longiis. Sl,ip)ulae caducae., longe lineari- 
subulataCj interdum snhserriilafae.^ rectae, concacae, dorso ohtusangidaej dense 
lepidotae^ c. 12—2 cm longue. Inflorescentiae ierminnles., solitariae vel 
plus minusve fascicidatcie^ hrevissime pedunculatae^ raccmosae^ midtiflorae., 
hasi flores $, ceterum flores gerentes.^ interdum omnino (j', c. 3.5 — 35 
cm. longue, ruchide angulata, sidcuta, dense lepidota. Flores quum J 
jderumque midto numerosiores, fusciciduti, pedicelluti, c. 0.6 cm. dium., 
f usciculi c. 3-flori. Bructeae miiiutae, ovuto triangulue. Pcdicellus tenuis, 
lepidotus, c. 0.6 — 1 cm. longus. Torus lutus, iniiis l>nge qnlosiis. Culyx 
5‘partitus, luciniis in prue^lorutione vulmtis, upice leviter imhricutis, suh- 
inucqualihus, ohlongis, subovutis, obtusis, extus dense lepidotis, intus spnrse 
stelluto-p)Uosis, margine sublunato-piibescentibus, c. 0.25—0 3 cm longis, 
0.13—0.175 cm. lutis. Petalu 5, in pruefioratione imbricuta, obovula, obtusa^ 
extus intusque longe p)ilosa, c. 0.27—0.3 cm. longa, 0.15 — 0 2 cm. lutn. 
Stamina 10 — 11, sepulis petalisque opposita et 1 centrale, apice in alubastro 
vulde inflexo, c. 0 45—0.5 cm. longa; fdamenta filiformia, longiuxule 
qnlosu ; anlherae ovales, connectivo lato. Discus 5-lobus. Flores '^c. 0—15, 
solitarïi vel subfascicidati, non raro cum floribus (^1-2 consociati, mag- 
nitudine variabiles, p)edicellati, c. 0.35 — 0.85 cm longi, quam ^ prnecociores 
Bructeae triangulae, subidatae vel anguste oblong ae, lepidotae,c. 0.15 - 0.35 
cm. longue. Bracteolae minuiae. Pedicelhis c. 0.3 — 0.8 cm. longlis. Torus 
ciipidiformis. Calyx 5-p)artitus, luciniis erectis, plus minusve recurvis, 
subinaequalibus, oblongis subovatis vel subspathidatis, obtusis rotundutisve, 
convexis, siervis 1 — 3 dorso plus minusve prominentibus, extus dense fer- 
ruginee leqndotis, intus viridibns, pilis stellatis raris tectis, c. 0.25 - 0 75 
cm. longis, 0.15—0.3 cm. latis. Petala 0. Ovarium globosum, dense 
lepidotum, apice subvillosum, c. 0.275 cm. diam.; styli 3, basi vix connatU 
bipartiti, cruris linearibus, convexis, margine recurvis, apice obtusis vel plus 
minusve bilobulatis, pilis sbllatis raris tecti, toti c. 0.5-0.725 cm. longi. 
Discus 5-angulatus, anmdaris, stellato-pilosus. Pedicellus fructif er c. 1 — 1.3 
cm. longus. Fructus calyce haud vel vix aucto suffuUus, globosus, 6-sulcatus, 
dense lepidotus, fuscus, c. 1.5—2 cm. longus, in cocca 3 bivalvia dissiliens, 
mesocarpio crassiuscule carnoso, cum endocarpio lignoso c. 0.2 cm. crasso, 
columella triquetra, c. 1.8 cm. longa. Semina oblonga, extus convexa, intus 
obUisangida, c. 1.6 cm. longa, 0.9 cm. lata, testae straio exteriore carnoso, 
