TALLOW TREE. 
Natural Order , Euphorbiace,e, (Jussieu.) Linnsean 
Classification , Moncecia, Monadelphia. 
STILLINGIA,t (Linn.) 
Monoecious. — Staminiferous flowers solitary, or many and small, 
with an entire hemispherical involncrum. Perianth tubular, 
widened and ciliated on the border. Stamens 2 or 3, exserted, 
with the filaments slightly united at the base. Fertile flowers 
solitary, involucrate; perianth as in the male. Style with 3 
stigmas. Capsule 3-lobed, 3-grained, surrounded by the en- 
larging involucrum. Seeds 3. 
Arborescent, shrubby or herbaceous plants, with a milky sap. 
Leaves alternate, entire or serrulated, having stipules. Flowers 
in spikes, the spikes solitary, lateral or terminal, the upper part 
staminiferous. 
TALLOW TREE. 
STILLINGIA sebifera, arborea; foliis petiolatis , rhombeis 
acuminatis integerrimis , infra basin glandula petiolari , 
floribus masculis numerosis . — Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 588. 
Mich. Flor. 2. p. 213. Pursh, 2. p. 608. Elliott, Sk. 2. 
p. 651. 
Croton sebiferum. Linn. Sp. PL 1 . c. 
Ricinus Chinensis sebifera , populi nigrx folio . Petiver. 
Gazoph. 53. tab. 34. fig. 3. Plukenet. Amalth. 76. tab. 390. 
fig. 2 . 
The Tallow tree grows to the height of 20 to 40 feet, 
t So named in honour of Dr. Stillingfleet, an English botanist. 
