830 DICOTYL. seu EXOGENJE. ACALYPHA, 
petiolatis membranaceis, stipulis setaceis, spicis fem. elongatis sublaxifloris, 
bracteis fcem. 3-5-floris circiter qua'ta v. quinta parte longitudinis in dentes 
1-9 triangulari-ovatos breviter acutatos divisis, dente terminali vix distincte 
majore, ovario puberulo in dorso carpidiorum leviuscule muricato, stylis longe 
pectinatim 6-8-lacinuligeris. 2? In Mexico prope Colipa (Liebm.! in hb. co- 
ee Caules circ. pedales, parce ramosi, superne parce incano-pubDeruli, 
asi tàntum lignescentes, sicci superne angulosi, fusciduli. Limbus foliorum 
2-41 cm. longus, inferne 11-21 cm. latus, oblongato-triangulari-ovatus, sub- 
Ccuspidato-acuminatus, basi subtruncato-obtusus v. leviter cordatus, serratus, 
olivaceo-subnigricans. Spice fceem. foliis duplo et ultra longiores, statu com- 
presso sicco fere 10 mm. late. Bractec foem. defloratee 7-8 mm. longs, ex- 
planatz paulo latiores quam longe, dorso subcarinate, fere omnino glabre, 
obscure tinctze. — Affinis A. ficmule, A. adenostachyc et A. vaganti, sed 
spice feem. defloratz circiter duplo latiores. Dein A. Fournieri primo intuitu 
etiam similis, sed bractec foem. longe aliter divise sunt. (v. B 
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c. Petioli limbo 6-2-plo breviores. Bractec fem. 'i-3-dentata. 
18. À. MEMBRANACEA (A. Rich. in Ramon dela Sagra Hist. fis. polit. y natur. 
Cuba, p. 204). limbo membranaceo, spicis sessilibus foemineis cylindricis 
subdensifloris masculis axillaribus in aliis ramis, bracteis fcem. 1-floris fruc- 
tigeris late subbialato-cuneato-obovatis v.-obcordatis truncatis bási contractis 
apice dente brevi triangulari cuspidato terminatis utroque latere 2-3-denticu- 
latis, calycis fcem. laciniis ovatis acutis margine grossius glandulosis, ovario 
hirtello, stylis brevibus longiuscule pectinatim circ. 15-lacinulatis, seminibus 
magnis levibus. 5 In insula Cuba (hb. Pavon.! et hb. berol.! ex hb. Fran- 
queville, C. Wright n. 1986! 1986. A! 1986. B!) et in Colombia (Otto n. 245). 
À. macrosperma Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 34. p. 18. A. adenophora Griseb. 
in Nacbricht. d. Kónigl. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. d. Univ. Gótting. 1865. 
p. 175. Tota planta evoluta subglahra; partes juniores breviter fulvo-pubes- 
centes. Limbus foliorum 12-18 cm. longus, 6-9 cm. latus v. etiam minor, pro 
inagnitudine tenuiter membranaceus, oblongato-rhombeo-ovatus; apice cus- 
pidiformi obtusus, basi angustata cordatus v. obtusus, parce et irregulariter 
subglanduloso-serrulatus v. subinteger; dentes glanduloso-obtusati; coste 
subcomplanate. Spice masc. haud vise, fceminec circ. 7 cm. longs, fructi- 
gere statu compresso circ. 12 mm. late. Bractec fructigere absque dente 
terminali 1$ mm. longo circ. 8 mm. longae, superne 11 mm. late, margine 
et dorso secus margines glandulis tenuissime et longius stipitatis onusta. Ca- 
lycis fem. lacinie utrinque glandulis 4-10 orbiculatis sessilibus v. inferne 
stipitatis ornatze. Capsule demum glabre, in genere maxima. Semina in ge- 
nere maxima, 4 mm. longa, apice acutiuscula. — Spice fructigerz primo in- 
tuitu ut in A. contermina, sed ab ea recedit spicis feemineis, bracteis ftemi- 
neis et magnitudine seminum aliisque. (v. s.) 
79. À. LAXIFLORA (Müll. Arg. l. c. p. 18), limbo foliorum membranaceo, flo- 
ribus longe spicatis, spicis sessilibus masculis gracilibus densifloris fcemineis 
dissite bracteigeris, bracteis foem. 1-floris late orbiculari-ovatis brevissime 
acutatis 3-5-dentatis demum subrepando-5-denticulatis, calycis feem. laéiniis 
late triangulari-ovatis acutis, ovario sericeo, stylis brevibus crassis tota longi- 
tudine longiuscule pectinatim circ. 15-lacinulatis, seminibus majusculis le- 
vibus. Jj, v. 2- In insula Cuba (hb. Pavon.! in hb. Boiss., Ramon de là Sagra! 
in hb. Hook.), prope Vera Cruz ad Sagillo (Liebm.! in hb. copenh.). A. lep- 
tostachya A. Rich. in Ramon de la Sagra Hist. fis. polit. y natur. Cuba v. 3. 
p. 205, non Kunth. Tota planta subglabra; partes juniores breviter adpresso- 
pubescentes. Rami angulosi. Petioli limbo foliorum 2-5-plo breviores v. eum 
demum fere zquantes. Limbus 7-10 cm. longus, 4-6 cm. latus, ovatus, aeute 
acuminatus, basi obtuse et brevissime contracto-acutatus, minufe adpresso- 
serratus. Flores monoici. Spice utriusque sexus circ. 8 cm. longz v. termi- 
nales longiores, mascule axillares | $ mm. late, feminec terminales v. simul 
etiam in axillis foliorum superiorum site. Bractec fructigere internodiis 
rhacheos breviores, post casum capsularum patule subrecurvae et apert&. 
31-4b mm. tantum longe et totidem late, parce pubescentes v. glabrate, 
