AcaLyPHA. .— EUPH. ACALYPHEJE (aucr. MULLER). 881 
compresse fere 1 cm. lat: ; pars masc. oligantha, breviter pedunculata, apice 
sepe flore fcem. abortivo terminata, breviuscule tantum bracteam summam 
fructigeram superans. Spic: occurrunt axillares densifloce, cylindrice, elon- 
gate, basi bracteis fem. tantum 1-3 ornate. Bracteee fructigerze 4 mm. longe. 
Calycis fcem. lacinize ovato-lanceolatze, subobtusze. — Caules nunc apice spica 
clausi, nunc spica terminali destituti sunt; spice dein laterales interdum 
apicem caulis versus sensim minores. Plantam americanam a madagascariensi 
et culta nullo modo distinguere possum. (v. s.) 
188. A. HAVANENSIS (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 34. p. 49), spicis cylindri- 
co-ovoideis brevibus densis masculis juxta fe mineas axillares sitis peduncu- 
latis parvis, bracteis fem. subamyplis truncatis circiter quarta v. fere tertia 
parte longitudinis 1-9-lobis, ovario superne rigide piloso, stylis integris levi- 
bus capsulam paulo superantibus, seminibus opacis minutissime foveolato- 
punctatis. 2^ v. C) In insula Cuba prope Havanam (Ramon de la Sagra n. 106! 
in hb. DC.). Petioli limbum zequantes. Limbus foliorum evolutus 2 1-3 4 cm. 
longus et fere totidem latus, late v. orbiculari-ovatus, breviter acutatus, imo 
apice obtusus, basi leviter cordatus, obtuse serratus, margine basin versus 
integer, membranaceus, brevissime puberulus. Spice hemiandrogyne et 
mascule, priores terminales et axillares, posteriores axillares v. deficientes, 
fructigere circ. 13-2 cm. longe, hispidze. Bractearum fcem. lacinicze oblongo- 
triangulares, acutze, trinerviee, margine pilis longis rigidulis albis eglandu- 
losis et primum pilis brevibus glanduligeris dein deciduis ciliatz;e. Spice 
masc. sepius feemineis multo breviores. Calycis foern. lacinia ovate. Semina 
1jmm longa — Proxime affinis Acalyphe Poiretii, sed folia ambitu latiora, 
sepius haud v. vix quarta parte longiora quam lata, basi cordata, situs spica- 
rum masc. alius, et bracteze foem. demum 6-7 mm. longe, i. e. multo quam 
in illa majores. (v. s.) 
S 31. Plumose (Müll. Arg. in Linna, vol. 34. p. 49). Spioce ter- 
minales oblongo-ovoidez v. oblongo-ellipsoidezs, compactiflorz. 
Bractez feem. laciniate ; lacini: longe setaceo-acuminate, unde 
Spicze foem. quasi plumose. 
a. Bracteo famine 71-5-fidae. Styli pectinatim lacinulati. 
189 A. ARVENSIS, spicis pedunculatis androgynis apice breviter masculis, 
bracteis feem. 1-floris truncatis circiter usque ad medium 5-7-fidis laciniis e 
basi triangulari-ovata setaceo-acuminatis, ovario albido-hirsuto, stylis cir- 
Citer a medio apicem versus breviuscule et distanter 6-8-lacinuligeris graci- 
libus levibus, seminibus sublavibus. 
«, genuina, folis rhombeo-ovatis adpresso-pubescentibus v. glabrescenti- 
bus, bracteis foem. 5-7-laciniatis. 2? v. (-) In Peruvie prov. Maynas, in 
cultis prope Yurimaguas (Peeppig n. 2215!), ad Honduras (Hjalmarsson ! 
in hb. holm.), in Mexico ad Potrero de S. Sebastian, ad Pital et Colipa 
(Liebm.! in hb. copenh.), et dein in Martinica (Belanger n. 756!). A. 
arvensis Peepp. et Endl. Nov. gen. vol. 3. p. 21. Tota puberula v. hirto- 
pubescens v. demum fere omnino glabrata; indumentum haud raro in 
lisdem speciminibus varium. Caules vulgo fere pedales, herbacei. Petioli 
limbo duplo breviores v. eum demum subzquantes. Limbus foliorum circ. 
3-À em. longus, 25-3 cm. latus, serratus, membranaceus, subtus sepe 
purpurascens Spicz androgyne v. axillares ex parte mascule, andro- 
Byne superiores fere omnino feeminez, inferiores fere omnino mascula, 
Íructigerce circ. 15 mm. longe, compresse 10-11 mm. lat:e; pars masc. 
9xigua, interrupte spiciformis, bracteas fructigeras summas parum 
Superans. Bractec fructigere 4-6 mm. longe, margine laciniarum pilis 
glanduligeris adsperse. Capsule parva, hirtz. Semina |i mm. longa. 
— In axillis inferioribus interdum occurrunt spice mascula, pedicellum 
semel v. bis *quantes, 1-2 cm. longe, 131 mm. latze, densiflorz. (v. S.) 
B, Pavoniana, foliis rhombeo-lanceolatis, bracteis foemineis 3-5-laciniatis. 
