162  MALAMBO  BARK. 
lato*triangularibus,  margine  pilosiusculis,  aestivatioue  valvatis.  Discus 
glandulosus  hypogynus  quinquedentatus  ;  deofces  (petala  rudimentaria)  fili- 
forines,  longitudine  calycis  urceoli,  apice  pilosi,  subpenicillati,  cum  lobis 
calycinis  alternates.  Ovarium  pilis  stellatis  caducis  hirtum,  triloculare, 
loculis  uniovulatis  )  styli  tres  basi  pilorum  fasciculo  penicillato  teeti,  bifidi, 
stigmatosi.  Flores  masculini  superiores  plures,  breviter  pedicellati.  Calyx 
quinquefidus  extus  pilis  stellatis  hirtus,  lobis  triangularibus,  aestivatione 
valvatis.  Petala  quinque,  lobis  calycinis  alterna,  lanceolata,  longitudine 
calycis,  hyalina,  intus  pilosa  et  margine  fimbriata,  evanescentia,  aestiva- 
tione  imbricata.  Stamina  18 — 20  disco  piliso,  decern  crenato  inserta  ; 
iilamenta  libera,  subulata,  glabra,  per  aestivationem  erecta  ;  antheras  ovales 
birimosse  basi  affixae.  Pollen  globosum  granulosum.  Ovarii  rudimentom 
jiullum.  Fructus  sub-globosus  3'"— 4'"  in  diametro,  stylorum  residuis  coro- 
■uatiss,  laevis,  glaber,  capsularis,  tricoccus,  coccis  monospermis  ;  seminis 
•hand  maturi)  testa  flavescens.    Floret  Majo. 
The  preceding  species  is  distinguished  from  every  other  of  the 
genus  Croton  (as  we  find  from  Baillon's  recent  labors  on  this 
family)  by  the  10-sided  glandular  ring  of  the  male  flower  and 
the  position  of  the  stamens  in  the  bud,  which  while  in  this  state 
are  not  incurved,  as  is  usual  in  the  genus,  but  stand  perfectly 
erect.  To  found  a  generic  division,  however,  upon  these  char- 
acters appears  unnecessary.  To  the  sub-genus  Eueroton  (Baillon7 
Etude  generate  des  Euphorbiaces,  1858)  C.  Malambo  is  in  close 
proximity.  From  the  very  few  species  with  glabrous  leaves 
with  which  0.  Malambo  may  be  compared,  the  latter  is  dis- 
tinguished by  its  oval  leaves  from  0.  castaneifolium  L.  (Sp.  JPL, 
ed.  1),  which  has  lanceolate  leaves :  and  from  C.  ovalifolmm 
Wild,  and  C.  microphyllum  Lorn,  by  its  branches  being  glabroms 
and  not  hairy. 
Croton  Malambo  grows  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Caribbean 
Sea  on  the  north  coast  of  Venezuela  and  New  Granada,  in  the 
former  of  which  countries  it  is  known  by  the  names  of  Torco  or 
Palo  Mathias,  and  in  the  latter  by  that  of  Malambo,  In  New 
Granada,  especially,  it  is  of  very  frequent  occurrence  in  the 
country  laying  between  Rio  Hacha  and  Carthagena,  where  some- 
times in  the  low  forests  of  the  coast  it  prevails  to  a  vast  extent. 
Its  stem,  which  grows  to  a  height  of  four  feet,  is  covered  with  a 
yellowish- white,  rough,  externally  somewhat  corky  bark,  which 
possesses  a  very  aromatic  odor  resembling  that  of  Calamus 
aromaticus.  The  leaves  have,  when  bruised,  a  peculiar  hircine 
odor,  which  is  not  very  agreeable.  The  bark  is  a  remedy  of  con- 
