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fertion of the leaves, but rather on the margin of the 
leaf itfelf, a little above the bale ; the fpikes are elon¬ 
gated, two or three inches in length ; th'e flowers are 
diftindt. Native of the Society and Friendly Ifles, and 
tlte New Hebrides. 
27. Croton inophyllum : leaves obovate, very entire ; 
ftem arboreous. Native of New Caledonia. Tlrere are 
two other fpecies of croton found in the ille of Tanna. 
2S. Croton hirtnm, or hairy croton : leaves ovate, fer¬ 
rate, with glanduliferous hairs at the bale; fpikes fef- 
file ; Item hifpid. This is an annual plant, a foot in 
height. It is lingular in having glands of three different 
forts: 1. Villiferous veficles on the ftem, branches, pe¬ 
tioles, nerves, and fruit; 2. a few naked glomerate glands 
below tlte axils ; 3. pedicelled glands at the bafe of the 
leaves, and at the edges of the bradtes. Native of Gui¬ 
ana ; raifed in the Paris garden from feeds fent by Louis 
Richard ; it flowered in 1783, but perilhed without pro¬ 
ducing feeds, 
29. Croton althaeaefolium, or fttrubby croton : leaves 
oblong-cordate, tomentofe ; ftem fttrubby, branched; 
flowers in terminating fpikes. This fort grows naturally 
in Jamaica, whence it was fent by Dr. Houftoun. It 
rifes with a fttrubby ftalk fix or feven feet high, dividing 
upward into fevcral branches, which are covered with a 
yellowifh down, garnillted with long heart-fliaped leaves, 
ending in acute points ; tliefe are two inches and a half 
long, and one broad in their wideft part, (landing on long 
foot-ftalks, covered on both fides with a woolly down of 
tlte fame colour as the branches. The flowers are pro¬ 
duced on long clofe fpikes at the end of the branches ; 
the male flowers, which are fituated on the upper part 
of the fpikes, have white flowers of one leaf, divided 
into five parts ahnoft to the bottom, and have five taper 
ftamens, fituated in the bottom. Tlte female flowers on 
the lower part of the fpikes, have large woolly calyxes, 
and are fucceeded by round capfules. 
30. Croton falvitel'olium, or fage-leaved croton : leaves 
cordate, acute, tomentofe beneath; ftem fttrubby; flowers 
in fpikes, terminating, and axillary. A fttrubby ftalk 
near four feet high, dividing into many fmaller branches, 
which have a ftlvery bark,' and are garnilhed with final! 
heart-ftiaped leaves, about three quarters of an inch long, 
and. half as broad at their bafe, ending in acute points; 
thefe arc woolly on both fides, but their under fide is 
filvery, their upper fide of a yellowifh green. The 
flowers are produced in fhort fpikes at the end of the 
branches, are fmall, white, and have woolly calyxes. 
The female flowers on the lower part of the fpikes are 
fucceeded by roundiih capfules. 
31. Croton fefliliflorum, or dwarf-flowered croton : 
leaves ovate, acuminate, quite entire, fmooth ; flowers 
feflile, axillary, dioecous, five-ftamenedf.^ Native of Hif- 
paniola. 32. Croton globofum, or round-fruited croton: 
leaves ovate, obtufe, entire ; peduncles in pairs; flowers 
dioecous; fruits globular, echinate-hifpid. Native of 
llifpaniola, or St. Domingo. Native of Jamaica. The 
place of thefe two is between the fifth and fixth fpecies. 
33. Croton divaricatum, or divaricated croton : leaves 
ebiong, obtufe, ferrate, rough with hairs, biglandular at 
the bate ; racemes terminating, folitary ; ftem fhrubby ; 
branches dichotomous, divaricate. Native of the Weft 
Indies. Its place is between the eighth and ninth fpecies. 
34. Croton nitens, or fhining croton: leaves cordate- 
elliptic, acuminate, aimed, entire, fmcoth, fhining above, 
dotted and filvery underneath; racemes axillary; leaves 
fhorter, eredt. 35. Croton laurinum, or bay-eroton : 
leaves oblong, acute, quite entire, of fome confidence, 
fmooth ; petioles rugged, they and the leaves dotted un¬ 
derneath ; racemes axillary, very long, patulous ; ftem 
arborefeetrt. Natives of Jamaica. Their place is be¬ 
tween the ninth and tenth fpecies. 
36. Croton pallens, or pale croton : leaves ovate, acu¬ 
minate, quite entire, fmooth on both fides ; racemes fo¬ 
litary, eredt, terminating ; calyxes larger than the fruit. 
This rifes with a fhrubby ftem to the height of feven ox 
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eight feet, is covered with an afti-coloured bark, and di¬ 
vides at tlte top into many (lender branches ; fome of 
thefe are terminated by five or lix branchlets, all arifing 
from the fame joint ; thefe are naked below, but to¬ 
wards their upper part they have fmooth lanceolate 
leaves, about two inches and a half long, and three 
quarters of an inch broad, on pretty long foot-ftalks; 
the flowers are produced in Ihort fpikes at the ends of 
the branches, are of an herbaceous colour, and are in- 
clofed in large green calyxes. Native of Jamaica, where 
it was difeovered by Dr. Houftoun. 
37. Croton macrophyllum, or large-leaved croton : 
leaves cordate-roundifh, acuminate, enure, thick, tomen¬ 
tofe, nerved underneath. Native of the Weft Indies. 
Tlte place of this is between the ninth and tenth fpecies. 
38. Croton populifolium, or poplar-leaved croton : 
leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, ferrate-toothed, fome- 
what rough with hairs, with one gland at the bafe above ; 
petioles the length of the leaves ; racemes terminating, 
eredt, folitary ; ftem fttrubby. Native of Jamaica, and 
other parts of the Weft Indies. Its place is between the 
tenth and eleventh fpecies. 
Mr. Miller has a croton under this name, but it is a 
different fort. The ftem is fhrubby, feven or eight feet 
high, fending out many irregular branches, covered with 
an afti-coloured bark ; leaves heart-fhaped, near four 
inches long, and two inches broad in their wideft part, 
ending in acute points ; they are of a light green on their 
upper fide, but woolly on their under, and have (lender 
foot-ftalks ; come out fingly, and two or three from the 
fame joint. The flowers are produced in fhort fpikes 
from the fide of tlte branches ; they are of a whitifh 
green colour. Sent from Jamaica by Mr. Robert Millar. 
39. Croton Cochin-chinenfe, or croton of Cochin-chi¬ 
na : leaves lanceolate, quite entire, hoary underneath, 
fhining, dotted ; capfules feurfy. This is a middle-fized 
tree, with fpreading branches ; leaves alternate, fmooth, 
white underneath, dotted, whence Loureiro has given 
this fpecies the name of punElatum ; but, that having been 
before occupied by Retzius, Marryn has changed it; 
and, perhaps, after all, this may prove to be no more 
than a variety of croton cafcarilla, to which Loureiro 
obferves it bears a refemblance, only the leaves are not 
tomentofe, and are void of fmell. The flowers are white, 
in Ample, oblong, terminating, racemes, the females at 
the bafe ; both have a five-parted, bell-fhaped, calyx ; 
and five lanceolate-ovate fpreading petals, nearly equal 
to the calyx ; the males have fourteen filaments, longer 
than the corolla ; the females have a three-cornered lu- 
perior germ, three fhort ftyles, and three quadrifid ftig- 
mas, the clefts filiform, and bent in. Native of the 
woods of Cochin-china. 
40. Croton lanatum, or woolly croton : leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, quite entire, fmooth, oppofite ; corollas wool¬ 
ly ; capfules fix-valved. This is a large tree with fpread¬ 
ing branches ; the flowers white, in Ample terminating 
racemes. Native of the mountain woods in Cochin- 
china. The wood is white, heavy, and very durable ; it 
is ufed in building, and for piles of bridges. 
41. Croton congeftum, or heaped croton : leaves ovate, 
gafh-ferrate,'fmooth veined ; flowers heaped, naked axil¬ 
lary. Stem fufiruticofe, five feet high, with many re¬ 
clining branches; leaves alternate, unequal. The male 
flowers have eighteen ftamens; the females are fucceeded 
by pendulous capfules; neither have any petals. Native 1 
of China, about Canton. 
42. Croton dioicum, or open croton : leaves oblong, 
obtufe, hoary ; flowers terminating, on the male in (pikes, 
on the female by threes. Native of Mexico. Cultivated 
in the garden of the duke del Infantado, near Madrid 
flowering and fruiting all the month of Auguft. 
43 Croton pheatum, or plaited croton : leaves ovate, 
plaited, crenate, hirfute; ftem herbaceous. Obferved in- 
Arabia by Forfkal. 
44. Croton obliquum, or (loping croton : leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, quite entire; ftem herbaceous, tomentofe. 
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