MANIHGT. 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Male. Calyx none. 
Corolla a single petal, divided on its edge into five 
roundish parts. 
Female. Calyx none. 
Corolla of five petals. 
Seed-vessel divided into three cells with one seed 
in each. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Jatropa Manihot. J. foliis indivisis tri-quinquelobo-palmatis 
integerrimis subtus glaucis. Linn. Spec. 
Plant. Willd. 4. p. 562. 
Leaves palmated, green beneath, and di- 
vided into three or five lobes, all of which 
are entire. 
J. foliis palmatis pentadactylis ; radice co- 
nico-oblonga carne sublactea. Brown, 
Jam. 349 . 
Ricinus minor, viticis obtuso folio, caule 
verrucoso, flore pentapetalo albido, ex 
, cujus radice tuberosa, succo venenato 
turgida, Americani panem conficiunt. 
Sloan. Jam. 41. Hist. 1. p. 130. pi. 85. 
