acauyPHà4. — EUPH.. ACALYPHEZE (aucr. MULLER). 859 
"Widgren n. 190! Claussen n. 181!). A. Duprzana y Gaudichaudii Baill. 
Bec. d'obs. bot. vol. 5. p. 230, Apr. 1865. A var y genuina non recedit 
nisi dentibus bractearum fructigerarum distinctioribus, longioribus et 
seminibus subdistincte majoribus, 15-14 mm. longis. — Ludit foliis 
» majoribus minoribusve, basi profundius v. levius cordatis v. etiam bre- 
viter angustato-acutatis. (v. S.) 
y, genuina (Müll. Arg. l. c.), bracteis obsolete denticulatis. 5 Prope Bahiam 
(Glocker n. 5!), in Colomhia (Moritz n. 1469! Otto n. 408!), prope Caracas 
(Bredmeyer! in hb. Willd. fol. 17814, Vargas n. 298! in hb. DC., Goll- 
mer! Fendler n. 1254! 2430!), prope Carthagenam (Triana n. 2596!) et 
in Peruvia ad Guyaquil (Sinclair! in hb. Hook., sc. A. vestita Benth.), 
in Cuba (Ossa! in hb. DC., C. Wright n. 1985 !), in Hispaniola (Bertero!), 
in Jamaica (ex Griseb.). A. cuspidata Jacq. Hort. scheenbr. vol. 2. p. 
63. t. 243; Willd. Spec. vol. 4. p. 524; Griseb. Flor. of the Brit. West 
Ind. p. 48 (exclus. syn. Spreng.). A vestita Benth. Bot. of Sulph. p. 164. 
A. vestita Schlecht.in Linnza, vol. 26. p. 637 (ex descript.). Ramuli apice 
cum foliis juvenilibus molliter velutino-pubescentes v. eliam pilosi v. 
simpliciter pubescentes v. demum subglabrati et tum puncticulato-sca- 
bri. Limbus foliorum 8-14 cm. longus, 4-7 cm. latus, latius angustiusve 
ovatus, brevius longiusve cuspidato-acuminatus, basi subrotundata bre- 
vissime contractus et leviuscule cordatus, fere toto ambitu serratus, 
membranaceus, sepius subgriseo- v. fulvescenti-pubescens. Spice axil- 
lares, androgynse et omnino mascule petiolos vix superantes v. iis 
longiores, interdum folia superantes, 2 cm. longs, sepe flexuose, 
densiflore, puberule, erecte v. pendulze. Bractee foem. demum a basi 
usque ad apicem 5 mm. zquantes et in orbem explanatee 9 mm. late, 
juniores autem parve ut in icone Jacq. puberule, glandulose. Laciniae 
calycis foem. pilis glandulosis et eglandulosis ciliat&. Semina 1-14 mm. 
longa. — Specimina spicis omnino masculis ornata facile cum iis A. 
villosa commutanda. Conf. ad A. villosam et A. Linostachyn. (v. s.) 
143. A. BRASILIENSIS (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 34. p. 37, Martio 1865), 
etiolis limbum subeaquantibus eove brevioribus, indumento stellari v. bi- 
ormi, spicis basi bracteas feem. 2-5 gerentibus, bracteis foem. 2-floris sub- 
orbicularibus rotundato-obtusis minute circ. 17-21-denticulatis quam capsule 
brevioribus v. eas paulo superantibus, calycis foem. laciniis late ovatis acutis 
v. subacutis, ovario hirto, stylis peclinatim circ. 10-lacinulatis, seminibus 
grossius foveolato-scabris a uu 
«, mollis (Müll. Arg. 1. c.), foliis supra hirtellis subtus cum ramulis petio- 
lisque molliter albido-v. cinereo-pubhescentibus, pilis simplicibus et stel- 
latis. à Prope Bahiam (Blanchet n. 3865!). A. Dupreeana (j Arciana Baill. 
Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. b. p. 230, Apr. 1855. Bractez fructigere hac in 
jos capsulam paulo superant, in reliquis autem ea breviores sunt. 
V. S. 
£, asterotricha (Müll. Arg. l. c.), foliis subtus cum bracteis et calycibus 
maseulis pilis brevissimis densis stellatim fasciculatis intricatis obsitis et 
incanis. Hzc formis duabus occurrit : — 1? cordata (Müll. Arg. l.c.) foliis 
basi cordata late rotundato-obtusis. 5 Prope Bahiam (Blanchet! in hb. 
DC.). Foliorum limbus circ. 12 cm. longus, prope basin 6 cm. latus. — 
2* obtusa (Müll. Arg. I. c.), foliis inferne brevissime cuneato-angustatis 
basi contracta vix perspicue cordatis v. szpius obtusis. 5 Prope Bahiam 
(Blanchet n. 98! in hb. DC.). A. Weddeliana B Baill Rec. d'obs. bot. 
vol. 5. p. 232. (v. s.) 
Y, psilophylla (Müll. Arg. 1l. c. p. 38.), foliis glabris v. junioribus summis 
cum calycibus masc. substellato-puberulis. 5 In umbrosis prope Bahiam 
(Blanchet n. 108! salzm. n. 484! 486!), prope Rio de Janeiro (Weddell 
n 1710.4. major Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 5. p. 236 (Apr. 1865). 4. 
Weddelliana Baill. Rec. d'obs. hot. vol. 5. p. 232 (excl. var. g). A. Estrel- 
lana Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot.l. c. p. 237 (lusus spicis androgynis apice 
