BICLINIA SEGREGAT JE. RicinilS. 
In cultivated grounds, frequent in old plantations in Vir- 
ginia and Carolina. ©. Aug. Sept. v. v. Intro- 
duced by the Negroes. Known by the name of Cas- 
tor-oil Bean. 
685. JATROPHA. Gen. pi. 1463. 
L J. herbacea, stimulis patulis horridissima ; foliis stibpal- 
mato-lobatis, lobis obtusiusculis subsinuato-inctsis, 
cymis brevi-pedunculatis. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 21 6. 
J. urens. Walt.fi. car. 23Q. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t 220. j. 3. Marcg. Irass.jQ. f. 2. 
In fields and plantations : Virginia to Florida. 1/ . July, 
Aug. v. v. Flowers white ; roots tuberous and 
eatable, the same as J. Manihot, which is so gene- 
rally cultivated in the West Indies under the name of 
Cassida. The present plant is a very injurious weed 
in some parts of Carolina, as it ruins the Negroes’ feet 
when they tread upon it ; from which it is known by 
the name of Tread-soflly. 
686. CROTON. Gen. pi 1462. 
1. C. foliis ellipticis integerrimis obtusiusculis incanis sub- maritimum , 
tus tomentosis petiolatis, spicis terminalibus pauciflo- 
ris. Willd sp. pi. 4. p. 532. Walt. Jl. car. 23 Q> 
C. disjunctiflorum. Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 214. 
fi. C. spicis dichotomalibus, flore femineo unico pedicellate, monanthogy- 
Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 2! 5> num. 
On the sea-coast of Carolina ; /S. in Tennassee, near 
Nashville, ■ June, July. v. s. The flowers of 
this genus are small and inconspicuous. The branches 
sometimes live over winter, but it cannot be considered 
a real shrub. Most of the species here mentioned 
are covered with stellated hairs. 
2. C. suffruticosum, stellato- tomentosum ; foliis oblongis argyranthe - 
integerrimis subtus tomentosis petiolatis, pedunculis mum . 
terminalibus subbifloris. — Willd. sp. pi. 4. p. 535. 
C. punctatum. Ja>q. ic. rar. 3. t. 621. 
In sterile woods of Georgia and Florida. Tj . I/. July, 
Aug. v. s. 
3. C. hispidissimum; foliis oblongis serratis subtus hirtis glandulosum. 
basi subintegei rimis biglandulosis, caule trichotomo, 
spicis alaribus, capsulis glomeratim sessilibus. — • Willd. 
sp. pl. 4. p. 540. 
C, scordioides. Lam, encycl, 2. p. 214. 
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