Fig. 4. Croton echioides Baill. A. Flowering branch. B in Croton sertanejus, a new species from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest in Brazil, and redescription of C. echioides (Euphorbiaceae)

Fig. 4. Croton echioides Baill. A. Flowering branch. B. Detail of the indumentum of the stems and stipule. C 1 –C 2. Trichomes of the stems. C 1. Stellate-rotate trichome. C 2. Stellate-porrect trichome. D 1 –D 2. Stipules. D1. Surface. D 2. Ventral surface. E 1–E3. Leaves, note the variation in the shape of the leaf blades and in the length of the petioles. F1–F3. Extrafloral nectaries of leaf base in abaxial view. F1. Stipitatepatelliform. F 2. Obconic. F 3. Cylindric. G. Colleters of leaf margin in adaxial view. H 1. Leaf indumentum of the abaxial surface. H 2. Leaf indumentum of the adaxial surface. I. Inflorescence. J 1. Staminate flower bract, ventral surface. J 2. Staminate flower bracteole, ventral surface. K. Staminate flower. L 1 –L 2. Lobes of staminate flower calyces in dorsal view. L1. Dense indumentum. L2. Sparse indumentum. M1–M2. Staminate flower petals in dorsal view. M1. Obovate petal. M2. Oboval-oblanceolate petal. N. Stamen. O 1. Pistillate flower bract, ventral surface. O 2 –O 3. Pistillate flower bracteoles, ventral surface. P. Pistillate flower. Q. Pistillate flower in upper view showing ventral surface of the sepals, disk and reduced petals (gynoecium removed), note the unequal sepals. R 1 –R 2. Indumentum of ventral surface of the pistillate flower sepals. S. Pistillate flower in lower view showing dorsal surface of sepals. T. Indumentum of dorsal surface of the pistillate flower sepals. U. Gynoecium. V. Nectary disk and reduced petals of the pistillate flowers (cut out sepals and gynoecium removed). W. Fruit. X 1. Fruit columella. X 2. Apex of columella with plane tips. X 3. Apex of columella with three slightly ascending tips. Y 1. Seed, dorsal side. Y 2. Seed, ventral side. Drawing by Renato Galhardo: A, E2, F1 = E. Melo et al. 7571 (HUEFS); E1, F3, O1–V = R.C. Sodré et al. 3284 (BOTU); B–D2, G–N = R.C. Sodré et al. 3314 (BOTU); E3, F2, W–Y2 = V.C. Souza et al. 5495 (ESA).