236 RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
calyx vix cupuliformis, 1-5mm. in diametro, subaequaliter 5- sete q 
dentibus triangularibus, extus puberulus, intus glaber; petala 5, 
oblonge ovata, tenuiter earnosa, Imm. longa, leviter concava, apice 
subcucullato, glabra, intus longitudinaliter cristata; stamina 10, 
biseriata, exteriora parum longiora et sepalis opposita ; flainenta glabra; — 
-antherae didymae, basifixae, loculis ovoideis glabris; pistillodium — 
erassum, subclayatum, tomentosum. Inflorescentia feminea masculinae — 
similis sed bracteae 1-floriferae. Pedicellus vix ‘6mm. longus, crassus, 
puberulus, in nodulo minuto 2-bracteolato articulatus; calyx fere 
planus, 1mm. in diametro, 5-radiate asteriformis, fere ad basim 5-parti- ’ 
tus; sepala subaequalia lanceolata, extus pubescentia, intus in crista 
centrale parce nctionast hirsuta ; petala haud visa ; ovarium subglobose — 
ovoideum, vix Imm. in diametro, dense fulve tomentosum, breviter 
suleatum, 2- wibehtata loculis 1-ovulatis ; 3 stigmata 2-3, sessilia, alte — 
bifida, ramulis filiformibus leviter recurvatis. Fructus drupaceus, — 
pedicello 2mm. longo, transverse oblonge ovoideus, concavo-convexus, — 
‘Tem. latus, 7mm. altus, 4mm. crassus, in margine breviter sulcatus, 
parce minutissime puberulus.. 
SeLancor ; Dusum at tes JoHor: Gunong Janeng and — 
Simpai, Lake and Kelsall! 
Croton, L, 
C. lucidum. Species C. Wallichii affinis sed laminae o— superiore — 
nitida distincta. 
-Prutex vel arbor? Ramuli graciles, “terete 1-3mm. crassi, cinerei. 
Lamina coriacea, elliptice ovata vel lanceolata, 4-10em. longa, — 
2-4em. lata, apice breviier caudate acuminato, basi subcuneata, — 
margine integro — vel brevissime  undulato’ minute distanter — 
_glanduloso ; pagina Hosein glabra, nitida vel’ subnitida, costa — 
media et nervis tenuibus ; pagina inferior obscura, subglauca, parce — 
minutissimis — asteriformibus induta, costa media ¢ 
nervis- prominen U8 ; reticulatio in utraque pagina obscura; nervi 
pais Ses —— ae utraque faite 6-8, Mecctte vil et propter 
em anastomosantes ; nervuli irregulares ; petiolus tenuis, glaber 
vel primo squamis paucis minutis indutus, eglandulosus ; stipulae haud 
visae. Inflorescentiae racemi graciles, 4em. longi, ramulos terminantes ; 
pr Slaber vel minute parce stellate lepidotus; flores 
a "7 a axe singulatim dispositi, basaliter cashmere feminei — 
el b — basi, masculini Plurimi; bracteae lanceolatae, integrae, — 
_ mem ranaceae, centralis 1mm. longa, laterales multo broviores extus 
