AcauyPmaA. — EUPH. ACALYPHE/E (aucr. MULLER). 845 
longe 1-2-laciniatis, ovario sericeo-tomentoso, stylis longissimis breviter pec- 
tinatim lacinuligeris. 2? In Abyssinia (Quartin Dillon! in hb. Mus. paris.). 
Caulis basi frutescens, ramosus. Rami teretes, hirto-tomentosi. Stipule lineari- 
subulate, hirsuta. Foliorum limbus circ. 2 cm. longus, 1 cm. latus, lanceo- 
lato-ovatus, acute acurninatus, basi cordatus, serratus, supra hirtus, subtus 
villoso-tomentosus. Spicie masc. axillares, 3-4 cm. longc, puberulc, fceminec 
fere 15 mm. longe. Styli |12 mm. eequantes. — Quoad characteres et habitum 
proxima A. villicauli, a qua foliis 3-5-plo minoribus, stylis e contra sepius 
subduplo longioribus et brevius magisque adpresso-lacinuligeris purpureis 
et forma bracteze foem. distinguitur. (v. s.) 
** Bractez fom. usque ad medium lobatze, 
113. A. VILLICAULIS (À. Rich. Tent. Flor. abyssin. 2. p. 248), petiolis limbo 
2-4-plo brevioribus, spicis masc. gracilibus foemineis subcapitatis densis- 
sime bracteigeris, bracteis fcem. 1-floris exiguis vix ovarium superantibus 
subreniformibus circiter usque ad medium 6-8-fidis, lobis pinnatim paucilo-. 
bulatis lobulis angustis, ovario sericeo, stylis breviuscule pectinatim laci- 
nuligeris elongatis. 2? In Abyssinia (Quartin Dillon, Schimper n. 137 ! 781! 
et collect. poster. n. 6841), in Sennar (Dr. R. Hartmann! in hb. berol.), ver- 
sus fontes Nili (Speke and Grant n. 379! in hb. Hook.), in Africa orientali in 
Manganja Hills (J. Meller n. 5! in hb. Hook.). — Schweinfurt Plant. quad. 
nilot. p. 13. A. hirsuta Hochst. sched. in Schimp. pl. abysssin. n. 781, ex 
À. Tch. l. c. (nomen). Caules 11-3-pedales, basi l'gnescentes, cum petiolis 
subretrorsum hispido-villosi. Foliorum limbus 8-11 cm. longus, 24-5 cm. 
latus, ovato-lanceolatus v. lanceolato-ovatus, sensim acuminatus, bàsi cor- 
datus, serratus, membranaceus, pubescens v. subtus villosus. Spica uni- 
sexuales, mascula axillares, 3-5 cm. longe, graciles, foemines in ramis 
terminales v. ramulos axillares microphyllinos terminantes, circ. 1 cm. 
longa. Bractee foeem. 2 mm. longe, dense villosze. Flores masc. parce pu- 
bescentes, graciliter sed breviter pedicellati, a bracteis lineari-spatbulatis 
albido-ciliatis longius superati. Styli circ. 5-10 mm. longi, atro-pur- 
purei. (v. s.) 
11^. A. ZAMBESICA (Müll. Arg. in Flora ratisb. 1864. p. 440), petiolis limbo 
4-6-plo brevioribus, spicis masc. pedunculatis elongatis gracilibus foemineis 
ovoideis dein cylindricis densifloris, bracteis fem. 1-floris lale ovatis fere 
usque ad medium 7-lobis rigidis dorso carinato-costatis, lobis elongato-ovatis 
subdentatis terminali minore, calycis foem. laciniis ovatis obtusiusculis, stylis 
elongatis tota longiludine breviuscule lacinuligeris, lacinulis circ. 20. 2 In 
Africa orientali zambesica prope Moramballa (Kirk, ex Livingst. exped. in hb. 
Hook.!). Caules videntur circiter sesquipedales, subherbacei, pilis fulvis v. 
dein albidis horizontaliter patentibus hispidi. Stipulae 7 mm. longe, setaceze. 
Limbus foliorum 8-16 cm. longus, 1-2£cm. latus, lineari-lanceolatus, sensim 
acuminatus, serrulatus, membranaceus, penninervius, basi breviter quinque- 
nervius, junior in apice petioli refracto-patulus, pubescens. Spicz masc. circ. 
5-6 cm. longa, dimidia longiludine inferne nude, 2 mm. latae, femine 
rimum subgloboso-ovoidez, stylis exsertis rubrae, dein oblongate et triplo 
ongiores quam late, 3 cm. longa. Bractec fructigere 5 mm. longa, rigida, 
pilis glanduligeris obsite; lobus terminalis minutus. Styli 15 mm. longi. — 
Ab affini A. Senensi differt magnitudine foliorum et stylorum et forma brac- 
tearum foeminearum. (v. s.) . 
115. A. SENENSIS (Klotzsch in Peters Mozamb. p. 96), petiolis limbo 3-4-plo 
brevioribus, spicis masc. pedunculatis compactifloris fcemineis sessilibus 
ovoideis, bracteis foem. 1-floris parvis late ovatis acuminatis usque ad medium 
circ. 7T-lobis, lobo terminali reliquis longiore, calycis fem. laciniis oblongo- 
ovatis acutis, ovario hirtello stipitato- glanduligero, stylis pectinatim multi- 
lacinulatis. 2? In Africa austro-orientali, in territorio Zambesi secus Rios di 
Sena (Peters! in hb. berol.). Caules et rami tenues, subretrorsum fulvo-hispi- 
duli, hi simplices. stipulae circ. 6 mm. longe, lineares. Petoli 9-12 mm. 
longi. Limbus foliorum 34-5 cm. longus, sepius 14 cm. latus, anguste 
ovato-lanceolatus, basi cordatus, apice sensim acuminatus, rigide membrana- 
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