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CROTON TRILOBU3 AND ITS ALLIES. 
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C. trilobus may be taken as a type of the series, the peculiar feature of which 
is that the leaves form, more or less constantly, a pair of basal lobes, not always 
equally developed, and thus become divided into three parts. The leaves are of 
considerable length—1 ft. to 2 ft. long—with a wedge-shaped base, above which 
are two short lateral lobes, varying in length as well as in form, while the middle 
Ckoton Lord Cairns. 
lobe is much longer, narrowed in the lower portion and widening near the acute 
point. The colour is a deep green, spotted with yellow, the costa and some of 
the principal veins being of a deep golden-yellow. We are indebted to Mr. Bull, 
by whom it was sent out, for the accompanying figure. 
C. Disraeli belongs to the same group. The foliage is of the same three- 
lobed character, and “ the colouring is rich and varied. In the newer leaves 
