MONOECIA MONADELPHIA* 
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shaped, rugose, yellowish, the border somewhat bilabiate, undulate, fila- 
ments 2, thick, longer than the corolla. Fertile florets. Calyx obtuse. Co- 
rolla superior, 1-petalled, with the margin fimbriate. Style erect, 3-cleft, 
(perhaps 3 united.) Capsules rather rough, 3-celled, one seed in each cell. 
Grows in dry sandy soils. 
Flowers May — June. 
2. Sebifera. 
S. arborea; foliis pe- 
tiolatis, rhombeis, acu- 
minatis, integerrimis, 
infra basin glandulape- 
tiolari; floribus mascu- 
lis pedicellatis. 
A tree; leaves on pe- 
tioles, rhomboidal, acu- 
minate, entire, with a 
petiolar gland below 
the base; sterile florets 
on pedicels. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 588. Mich. 2. p. 213. Pursh, 2. p. 608. Nutt. 2. p. 226. 
Croton Sebiferum, Lin. 
A tree 20 — 40 feet high, the young branches and leaves glabrous and 
somewhat lactescent. Leaves alternate, broad and rhomboidal, conspicu- 
ously acuminate, on petioles 1 — 2 inches long. Flowers interminal spikes, 
the sterile very much crowded towards the summit, the fertile few at base. 
Sterile floret. Calyx ovate, obtuse, 10— -12-flowered, having 2 greenish 
glands at base, each floret on a pedicel 2- — 3 lines long. Corolla 1-petalled, 
4-toothed. Filaments 2, longer than the corolla. Fertile floret. Calyx a 
scale, 3-parted, persistent. Corolla . Styles 3, subulate, reflex- 
ed. Stigma simple. Capsule a little rough, black, 3-celled. Seed one 
in each cell, very white. 
This tree, originally from China, is now completely naturalized along the 
sea-coast of our country. It bears its fruit in great abundance, but though 
they contain much oil no use is yet made of them. 
Grows in rich close soils. 
Flowers June— July. 
3. Ligustrina. Mich. 
S. fruticosa, foliis 
lanceolatis, utrinque 
attenuatis, integerri- 
mis, petiolatis; flosculis 
masculis brevissime pe- 
dicellatis. 
A shrub; leaves lan- 
ceolate, tapering at 
each end, entire, on pe- 
tioles; sterile florets on 
short pedicels. 
