BICLINIA SEGREGATE. RicillUS. 
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 nanae of Cas^- 
tor-oil Bean, 
685. JATROPHA. Gen. pi. 1463. 
1. J. herbacea, stimulis patulis horridissima ; foliis subpal- 
mato-lobatis, lobis obtusiusculis subsinuato-incisis, 
cymis brevi-pedunculatis, Mich.fl. amer. 2.p. 2l6. 
J. urens. Walt.Ji. car. 239. 
Icon. PLuk. aim. t 220. f. 3. Marcg. brass.*/ Q. f. 2. 
In fields and plantations : Virginia to Florida. 1/ . July^ 
Aug. V. V. Flowers white ; roots tuberous and 
eatable, the same as J. Manikot. which is so gene- 
rally cultivated in the West Indies under the name of 
Cassada. 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 Ti ead-softly. 
686. CFvOTON. Gen.pl.lAQ2. 
1. C. foliis ellipticis integerrimis obtusiusculis incanis sub- maritimum, 
tus tomentosis petiolatis, spicis terminalibus pauciflo- 
ris. IVilld sp. pL. 4. p. 532. Walt. jl. car. 23Q. 
C. disjunctiflorum. MicJi.^fl. amer. 2. p. 214. 
/3. C. spicis dichoiomalibus, flore femineo unico pedicellato. monanthogy- 
Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 215. num. 
On the sea- coast of Carolina ; /3. in Tennassee, near 
Nashville. Vi . 11 . June, July. v. s. I’he flowers of 
this genus are small and inconspicuous. The branches 
soineiimes live over winter, but it cannot be considered 
a real shrub. Most of the species here mentioned 
are covered with stellated hairs. 
2. C. sutfiuticosum, stellato-tomentosura ; foliis oblongis argyranthe- 
integerrimis subtus tomentosis petiolatis, pedunculis mum. 
terminalibus subbifloris. — JVilld. sp. pL 4. p. 535. 
C. punctatum. Jacq. ic.rar. 3. t. 621. 
In sterile woods of Georgia and Florida. , IJi. July, 
Aug. V. s. 
3. C. hispidissimum; foliis oblongis serratis subtus hirtis glandulosum, 
basi subintegerrimis biglandulosis, caule trichotomo, 
spicis alaribus, capsulis glomeratim sessilibus.-^ Wil Id. 
sp. pl. 4. p. 540. 
C. scordloides, Lam, encycl, 2. p, 214. 
60s 
stimulosa. 
