646 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
tioles about as long as the leaves. Involucrum small, sessile, deeply notched* 
Spike of sterile florets axillary, small, scarcely exceeding an inch in length. 
Stamens numerous. Spike of fertile florets 2 — 4 inches long, leafless except 
at base, perhaps only the lower flowers really maturing their seed. Capsule 
small, echinate. 
This species differs so much in appearance and habit from the preceding, 
as to excite at least a doubt whether it belongs to the same genus. If is to 
me, however, very rare, and for many years I have had no opportunity of 
examining it in a living state. 
Found on Paris Island in cultivated land. 
Flowers August — October. 
CROTON. Gen. Pe. 1462. 
Masculi. Calyx cy- 
lindricus, 5-dentatus. 
Corolla 5-petaIa. Sta- 
mina 10—15. 
Foeminei. Calyx 
polyphyllus. Corolla 
0. Styli 3, bifidi. Cap- 
sula 3-locularis. Semen 
1 . 
\ 
1. Maritimum. Walt. 
v 
C. foliis petiolatis, 
subcordato-ovalibus o- 
vatisve, obtusis, ramu- 
lisque tomentosis, su- 
pra pallidis subtus in- 
canis; spicis foemineis 
paucifloris, plerumque 
binis; caule suffrutico- 
so. E. 
Sterile florets. Ca- 
lyx cylindrical, five- 
toothed. Corolla 5-pe- 
talled. Stamens 10 — 
15. 
Fertile florets. Ca- 
lyx many leaved. Co- 
rolla 0. Styles 3, 2- 
cleft. Capsule 3-celled. 
Seed 1 in each cell. 
Leaves on petioles, 
slightly cordate, oval 
or ovate, obtuse, with 
the branches tomen- 
tose, pale on the upper 
surface, hoary under- 
neath; fertile spikes 
few flowered, frequent- 
ly but 2; stem some- 
what shrubby. 
Walt. p. 239. Sp. pi. 4. p. 532. Pursh, 2, p. 603. Nutt. 2. p. 225 ' 
C. Disjunctiflorum, Mich. 2. 214. 
