820 DICOTYL. scu EXOGENJE. ACALYPHA, 
gatis vulgo 3-bracteatis, bracteis foem. longe inter se distantibus 1-floris reni- 
formi-ovatis integris capsula pluries brevioribus, ovario hirtello, stylis pecti- 
natim lacinuligeris capsulam sesqui cquantibus, seminibus subglobosis 
levibus. 5 In insula Tahiti Oceani Pacifici (Lépine n. 116!). Arbor 4-5-metra- 
lis (Lép.), cortice et costis foliorum rubris. Ramuli graciles, divaricato-patuli, 
juniores brevissime fulvo-puberuli. Petioli 8-12 mm. longi. Foliorum limbus 
6-9 cm. longus, 3-&1 cm. latus, oblongo-ovatus, obtuse acuminatus, basi ob- 
tusus, obiter crenatus, regulariter penninervius, rufescenti-fuscus. Spice 
unisexuales. Bractez fructigere 11 mm. longe, rigide, cui opposita est brac- 
teola axin inflorescentie spectans late ovata, minor, apice breviter biloba, 
i.e. e bracteolis duabus incomplete connatis formata. Flores foem. arcte ses- 
siles, bracteolis lineari-spathulatis ciliatis purpureis minutissimis aucti. Cap- 
sule 2! mm. longe, hirtze. — A reliquis Oceani Pacifici brevitate bractearum 
pl e et a plurimis spicis feemineis distanter paucibracteatis differt. 
(v. s. 
f. Spica foem. distanter bracteigerz. Bractez fom. pauca, 15-11-dentata. 
50. A. nisT ANS, petiolis limbo 5-plo-multoties brevioribus, limbo membrana- 
ceo, stipulis triangulari-lanceolatis parvulis margine glanduloso-subdentatis, 
Spicis masc. gracilibus laxifloris foemineis depauperatis, bracteis fcm. late 
triangulari-ovatis acutis cordatis circiter quarta parte longitudinis inciso-15- 
17-dentatis dentibus triangularibus acute acuminatis, ovario levi pubescente, 
stylis abbreviatis rigidis pectinatim paucilacinulatis, seminibus levibus. 4 In 
Cuba (C. Wright n. 1982!). Ramuli subtenues, superne subherbacei, exsic- 
cati compresso-angulosi, cum foliis juvenilibus breviter pubescentes, mox 
glabrescentes, virides. Petioli 1-3 cm. longi. Limbus foliorum 12-11 cm. lon- 
gus, 15-4 cm. latus, lánceolatus, acuminatus, basin obtusam versus angusta- 
tus et integer, superne dentatus, viridis, mox glabratus, tenuiter membrana- 
ceus, subtus laxe reticulato-venosus. Spica masc. in ramulis superiores, 
utriusque sexus foliis duplo v. triplo breviores, foeminezx bracteis circ. 5-1 
valde distantibus przeditee. Rhachis spice foem. tenuis, compresso-angulosa; 
internodia bracteis fructigeris 2 £&- 4-plo longiora. Bractec fcem. 5 mm. longe 
et totidem lata. Calycis foem. lacinie lanceolato-ovatz, acuminata. Capsule 
parva, puberule. Semina 2 mm. longa. — Nulli nisi A. virgate subsimilis, a 
"m yes fom. distantibus paucis aliter divisis et foliis diversa est. 
v. S. 
S 5. Levigatz. Spies fem. cylindrice, n Bractes 
fem. in lacinias lanceolatas fissze. Limbus foliorum penniner- 
vius. 
51. A. L/EVIGATA (Sw. Prodr. p. 99), petiolis limbo multoties brevioribus, 
limbo coriaceo-membranaceo, floribus monoicis, spicis pedunculatis masculis 
longissimis tenuibus fcemineis brevioribus, bracteis faem. valde remotis 1-floris 
ovatis usque ad medium 7-9-partitis laciniis lanceolatis terminali majore pto- 
ductiore, ovario hirto calloso-scabro, stylis brevibus rigidis pectinatim longius 
circ. 20-lacinulatis. 5 In Jamaica occident. (Sw.! in var. hb.). — Sw. Flor. 
Ind. occid. 2. p. 1166; Griseb. Flora of the Brit. West Ind. p. A8. Frutex 
orgyalis (Sw.). Ramuli teretes, glabri v. apice sericeo-pubescentes. Petioli 2-T 
mm. longi, apice incrassati. Limbus foliorum circ. 5-8 cm. longus, ambitu 
satis variabilis, 23- 4- plo longior quam latus, lanceolato-ovatus v. ovato-ellip- 
ticove-lanceolatus, utrinque angustatus, acuminatus, basi cuneata leviter cor- 
datus, leviuscule adpresso-serrulatus, inferne subinteger, nitidulus, glaber. 
Spice omnes axillares, mascule in ramulis inferiores, seepe folia superantes, 
foeminez foliis breviores. Bracteze foem. 4 mm. longe ; laciniz rigide, subgla- 
bre v. hirtelle, divergentes. Calycis foem. lacinie oblongo-ovatze, acute 
Styli bracteam breviuscule superantes. — Confer ad A, Domingensem. (v. $.) 
