TALLOW TREE. 
MONOECIA MONA DELPHI A. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx five-toothed. 
Corolla of five oblong petals. 
Female. Calyx five leaves. 
Corolla none. 
Seed-vessel roundish, three-chambered; seed oval, 
large. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Croton sebiferum. C. foliis rhombeo-rotundatis, utrinque 
mucronatis, integerrimis glabris. Spec. 
Plant. Linn. 3d ed. p. 1425 no. g. 
Leaves smooth, of a roundish rhomboidal 
shape, and spiny on both sides. 
Euonymo affinis sinnarum, populi nigrse 
folio tricapsularis, granis nigris candidis- 
sima substantia obductis, sebifera. Pluk. 
Amalth. JQ. t. 39 O. f. 2. 
Arbor sebifera chinensis. Kiu-yeu. Martin 
Le Compt. Am. Herb. 375. 
Tallow Tree. . . Pet. Gaz. 53. t. 34. f. 3. 
This extraordinary tree grows naturally in China, 
where it is met with on the banks of rivulets. It 
