IDICLI^IA &£GREGATig. RiclllUS. 60S 
In cultivated grounds, frequent in old plantations in Vir- 
ginia and Carolina. 0. Aug. Sept. v. v. Intro* 
duced by the Negroes. Known by the name of Cas* 
tor-oiL Bean> 
685. JATROPHA. Gen. pi. 1463. 
1. J. herbacea, stimulis patulis horridissima ; foliis subpal- stimulosa^ 
mato-lobatis, lobis obtusiusculis subsinuato-incisis, 
cymis brevi-peduncuiatis. Mich.Jl. ainer. 2. p. 2l6, 
J. urens, IValt. Ji. car 2ig. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 210. f. 3. Marcg. Irass. 79 - f‘ 2. 
In fields and plantations : Virginia to Florida. 1/ . July,, 
Aug. V. V. Flowers white ; roots tuberous and 
eatable, the same 2 .^ J. Manlhol, which is so gene- 
rally cultivated in the West Indies under the name of 
Cassada. The present plant is a very injurious v/eed 
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 T>ead-sofily. 
686. CROTON. Gen. pi 1462. 
1. C. foliis ellipticis integerrimis obtusiusculis incanis sub- maritimum>, 
tus tomentosis petiolatis, spicis terminalibus pauciflo- 
ris. IVitld sp. pi. 4. p. 532. Walt. Ji. car. 239. 
C. disjunctifiorum. Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 214. 
p. C. spicis dichotomaiibus, fiore femineo unico pediceilato. monanthogy* 
Mich.Jl. amer. 2,'p. 2\5. imra. 
On the sea-coast of Carolina ; (S. in Tennassee, near 
Nashville. Fj • * dune, July. v. s. I'he 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. sufFruticosurn, stellato-tomentosnm • foliis oblongis argyranthe-^ 
integerrimis subtus tomentosis petiolatis, pedunculis mum. 
terminalibus subbifloris.— IF'z/Zcf. sp. pi 4. p, 535. 
C. punctatum. Jacq. ic. rar. 3. t. 621. 
In sterile woods of Georgia and Florida. July, 
Aug. v.s. 
3. C. hispidissimum J foliis oblongis serratis s\xhimh\x6^ glandulosuTn^ 
basi subintegerrirnis biglandulosis, caule trichotomo, 
spicis alaribus, capsulis glomeratim sessilibus.— 
sp. pi 4. p. 540. 
C. scordioides. Lam, encycl 2. p, 214, 
