856 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN.E. ACALYPHA. 
bis et ultra brevioribus, ovario incano-tomentello, stylis brevibus pectinatim 
lacinulatis, capsulis exiguis, seminibus minimis leviter foveolatis. 5 In in- 
sula Orjan Oceani Pacifici (Unit. Stat. explor. exped. und. Capt. Wilkes !). 
Ramuli teretes, superne herbacei, incano-tomentelli, Stipule vix 3 mm. longe, 
anguste subulata, deciduz. Petioli 3-5 cm. longi, gracillimi, recti, incaue- 
puberuli et simul patenter hirtelli. Foliorum limbus 4-6 cm. longus, 2-21 cm. 
latus, lanceolato-ovatus v. ovato-lanceolatus, longe acuminatus, basi obtusa 
leviter cordatus, membranaceus, margine obtuse crenato-dentatus, supra vi- 
ridis, pilis stellatis perexiguis tenellis puberulus, subtus pilis similiter stellatis 
brevissime incano-tomentellus. Spieze circ. 3 cm. longa, tenelle, brevissime 
incano-tomentelle, valde micranthze. Bractece fructigerae ]$mm. late, 1! mm. 
longs, i. e. in genere minima, obiter repandz, firmz. Capsule vix 2 mm. 
late, tridyme, incano-tomentelle. — Species forma partium, indumento et 
habitu ad A. Brasiliensem accedens, sed omnibus partibus gracilior, bracteis 
:. fructigeris perparvis insignita. (v. s.) 
3* Bractece foeminez obovate. 
135. A. DIVARICATA (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 34. p. 34), petiolis limbo 
foliorum 3-8-plo brevioribus, limbo rigide membranaceo basi longius triner- 
vio, spicis sessilibus parvis basi bracteas feem. 1-2 gerentibus, bracteis fdem. 
l-floris orbiculari-obovatis apice obtuse repando-5-T-dentatis lateraliter alte 
integris, calycis fcem. laciniis ovatis acutis, ovario piloso, stylis parvulis 
pectinatim circ. 6-8-lacinulatis. 5 In Peruvia (hb. Pavon.lin hb. Boiss.). 
Fruticulus dense divaricato-ramosus. Rami rigidi, tenues, nodulosi, juveniles 
glabrati, cinero-pallidi. Ramuli breves, oligophylli, apice cum petiolis parce 
pubescentes. Petioli 2-6 mm. longi. Foliorum ramealium limbus 3-4 em. 
longus, 9-07 mm. latus, lanceolato-v. oblongo-ovatus, utrinque obtusus v. 
subacutus, crenatus, fuscidulus, opacus, foliorum ramulinorum circiter duplo 
minor. Coste secundaria valde obliqua. Spice axillares, folia vix semi&- 
quantes; pars mascula breviter pedunculata, densiflora. Fructus ignoti. — 
Primo intuitu fere pro forma minutula A. diversifoliee habenda. (v. s.) 
S 20. Longifolia . Spice sessiles v. breviter pedunculate. Bractez 
fom. minutius v. grossius dentatz. Folia penninervia; coste se- 
cundarig basin versus sensim breviores. — Spice et bractez ut 
in S 21, nervatio foliorum ut in S 18. 
136. A. PRUNIFOLIA (Nees et Mart. in Nov. Act. Bonn. vol. 11. p. 37). petiolis 
limbo foliorum multoties brevioribus, stipulis subulato-setaceis elongatis, 
spicis gracilibus densiuscule glemerulifloris basi bractea fcem. unica pre- 
ditis, bractea foem. 2-3-flora renif.rmi-ovata brevissime acutata obiter 
glanduloso-5-9-denticulata, calycis foem. laciniis lanceolato-ovatis margine glan- 
dulis sessilibus onustis, ovario echinato-hirto, stylis tota longitudine pecti- 
natim [5-20-lacinulatis, capsulis echinatis. 5 Prope Rio de Janeiro in silvis 
umbrosis (Mart.!in hb. Hook., Riedel! Sello! Gaudich. n. 1151! Lhotsky). 
Müll. Arg. 1n. Linneza, vol. 34. p. 36. A. Klotzschiana Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. 
vol. 5. p. 231. A. longifolia Klotzsch sched. ex Baill. l. c. (nomen). Frutex 
3-8-pedalis (Riedel). Rami elongati superne angulosi, virides, superne cum 
omnibus partibus juvenilibus sericeo-pubescentes. Stipule 9-11 mm. longa v. 
breviores. Foliorum limbus 10-25 cm. longus, 3-8 cm. latus, spathulato-lan- 
ceolatus v. spathulato-oblongo-obovatus, cuspidato-acuminatus, basin versus 
longe angustatus, ima basi angustata obtusus v. leviter cordatus, membra- 
naceus, inferne integer, ceterum dentibus apice glandulosis notatus, viridis 
v.rufescens, opacus. Spice axillares, 7-10 cm. longe, erecte. Glomeruli 
masc. multiflori. Calyces masc. glabri. Bractea fructigerze 5 mm. long, ner- 
vosz. Semina 21 mm. longa, levia, opaca. (v. s.) 
131? A. RIEDELIANA (Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 5. p. 231), petiolis limbo 
multoties brevioribus, spicis basi bractea feem. unica v. paucis praeditis, 
