Eupiiorbiaceae. 
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Croton. 
Croton glabrescens Miq. Arhor parva. Fnnovationes stellato-tomentosae. 
bolia alterna, petiolata^ 2 )lenimqne ovata elli/Aicave, obtiise vel acute acu- 
minata^ saepe mucronata^ hasi rotiindata ohtusa vel acuta^ plus minusve 
dentata crenata vel serrata, suhylahra^ sujira suhtusque praesertim in nervis 
paree hreviter steUato-lepidota^ in s'cco supra suhtusque minute elevato-puncti- 
culata, hasi [ere ad petiolum utrïnque glandula suhsessili in sicco scutelliformi 
instructa^ penninervia^ in utraque parte costae mediae nervis lateralihus c. 8 — 
10 palentihus, arcuato anastomosantihus^ tenuibus, inferiorihus approxirnatis^ 
reticulato-venosa, ?nemhranacea, c. 6 — 14 cm. longa, 8 —8 cm. lata ; petiolus 
supra sulcatus, stellato-lepidotus, c. 0.9-5 cm. longus. Stipulae caducae, 
parvae^ suhulatae. Inflorescentiae terminales, solilariae vel suhfasciculatae., 
racemosaCj pierumque interne superne ^ matura ad c 16 cm.longae., 
rachide paree hreviter stellnto-lepidota Bracteae suhulatae^ hasi saepe hilacinu- 
latae. Flores pierumque plus minusve fasciculati^ pedicellati. Florum j)edi- 
cellus tennis^ stellato-lepidotus, c. 0 ‘25 cm. longus. Alahasira quinquangulato- 
glohosa. Torus intus longe suhlanato-pilosus. Calgx 5 partitus., laciniis in 
praefloratione leviter imbricatis, ovato-ovalihus, penninervis, extus stellato- 
lepidotis, apice comatis. Petala 5, ohovalo-oh’onga, ohtusa, margine praesertim 
apicem versus longe suhlanato-ciliata. Stamina c. 11 ; antherae ovatae. Glan- 
dulae disci 5, suhrotundae. Flores ^ solitariae cel superiores cum forihus 
1 — 2 fasciculati, pedicellati, pedicello hrevi, stellato lepidoto, c. 0.1 — 0 125 
cm longo. Torus intus stellato- puhescens Calgx 5-partitus, laciniis ovato- 
triangulis, ohtusiusculis, extus S 2 }arsi}u stellato de pidotis, aj)ice comatis, c. 
0.2 cm longis, 0.12') cm. latis. Petala o, rudimentaria, suhulata, glahra. 
Ovarium depresse 3-loho glohosum, stellato -lepidotum, c. 0 17 cm. altum, 
0.2 cm. diam. 2 styli 3, ban hrecissime connati, hi 2 :>a^titi, pateniissimi, 2 ^eii'ce 
stelkPo p)iibescentes, c. 0.25 cm. longi, parte inferiore supra sulcaia, cruris 
linearibus. Discus annulari^. Pedicellus f ruclifer c. 0.35 -0.37 cm. longus. 
Fructus parvus, calyce inaucto suffultus, depresse trilobus, sparsim stellato- 
lepidotus, c. 0.45 cm. allus, 0.65 cm diam , in cooca bivalvia dissiliens, 
mesocarpio tenui, endocarpio tenuiuscule lignoso, columella tenui, triquetra, 
c. 0.37 cm. longa. Semina parva, ovalia, maculata, c. 0.37 — 0.4 cm longa, 
0 3— 0.325 cm. lata, teslae strato exteriore carnosulo. 
4. Croton Tiglium L. Sp. PI. 1004; Wlld. Sp PI. iv, 453; 
Gaertx. Fr. II, t. 107; Bl Bijdr. 602; Roxb. F1. IqJ. iii 682; 
Klotsch in Hayne Artzneigew. xiv, t. 3: Marcii in Baill. Ree. 
Obs. Bot. I, 232-245, t. 9, 10; Miq. F1. Ind. Bat. i, 2, 379; 
Marchand in Adans. i (1860 — ’6l), 232; Muell. Arg. in DC. 
