882 DICOTYL. szgu EXOGENJE. ACALYPHA. 
2 In Mexico (Pavon! in hb. Boiss.). A. Pavoniana Müll. Arg. in Linnza, 
vol.34, p. 50. Specimina Pavoniana spicis terminalibus quidem carent, 
Sed extota natura, affinitate arctissima hujus loci sunt indeque apice 
incomplete tantum evoluta sunt. (y. s.) 
b. Bractem fam. ultra medium 5-3-partitz. Styli integri v. palmatim 
di. s 
190. A. ARnIsTAT2 (Kunth in Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec. pl. vol. 2. 
p. 93), spicis masc. tenellis, bracteis foem. 2-floris ultra medium 3-v. szpius 
5-partitis, laciniis e basi ovata setaceo-acuminatis rigidis, ovario apice parce 
hirsuto, stylis tenuibus ineequaliter 2-3-fidis v. rarius integris, capsulis apice 
vix perspicue tricarinatis, seminibus levibus. 2£ In Nova Granata àd flumen 
Magdalene (Humb. et Bonpl.), ad Bananquilla (Bertero !), in. Panama (ex hb. 
Lenorm.!). A. hystrix Spreng. Syst. veg. vol. 3. p. 883. Petioli limbum vix 
?equantes v. eo subduplo breviores. Limbus foliorum ovatus v. rhombeo-ova- 
tus, breviter acuminatus, basi cuneatus, membranaceus, serratus, basi integer. 
Spices androgynze terminales et axillares, masculez axillares, tenellz. Calycis 
fom. lacinie ovatze. — Simillima A. alopecuroidi, sed folia brevius petio- 
lata, basi magis cuneato-angustata, apice haud cuspidato-acuminata, bractez 
foem. rigide, minus cucullato-concava, pilis triplo brevioribus adsperse et 
densius glanduloso-ciliate, ct, ut videtur, semper successive biflore, et prae- 
sertim capsulis apice carpidiorum haud compresso-carinatis. Axis spicarum 
fom. apice sepe supra bracteam summam capillaceo-productus apiceque 
florem fcem. rudimentarium gerens. (v. s.) 
191. A. ALOPECUROIDES (Jacq. Icon. rar. vol. 3. t. 620), spicis muse. exi- 
guis interruptis terminalibus amplis, bracteis fcem. 1-floris rpembranaceis in 
lacinias 3-5 e basi triangulari-ovata setaceas partem ndn triente v. 
dimidia parte superantes divisis, ovario superne hirsuto, stylis elongatis 
tenellis integris v. szepius bifidis lzev;ssimis, carpidiis dorso apice.compresso- 
carinatis, seminibus lzevibus. (2) In India occidentali, e. g. in.Cuba (C. Wright 
n. 911!), et prope Caracas (Vargas n. 26! Fendler n. 1262!), in monte Cocol- 
lar (Humb. in hb. Willd. fol. 17 821. pag. 3! et in hb. Kunth.!). — Willd. 
Spec. pl. vol. 4. p. 526; Poir. in Lam. Encycl. vol. 6. p. 207; Kunth in Humb. 
et Bonpl. Nov. gen. et spec. plant. vol. 2. p. 93. Petioli limbum aequantes v. 
superantes. Limbus foliorum sepius 5-7 cm. longus, 3-44 cm. latus, late 
ovatus, breviter cuspidato-acuminatus, basi v. leviter cordatus v. truncatus, 
rarius subcuneatus, serratus, tenuiter membranaceus, 5-nervius, sepius sub- 
diaphanus, parce adpresso-pubescens, ima basi v. summo apice petioli szepe 
subulato-biglandulosus. Spice masc. vix 1 cm. longe, fructiger 2-25 cm. 
longz, staiu compresso 12-16 mm. latc, in speciminibus haud mutilatis szepius 
in quoque ramo v. apice caulis solitarize. Bractece foem. 7-9 mm. longe, fusco- 
variegatz, pilis eglandulosis 12-2 mm. longis rigidis griseis et hinc inde 
duplo brevioribus ex parte apice glanduligeris obsitee. Flores masc. minutis- 
simi. Calycis foem. lacinize ovates, acute. Styli capsulas circiter bis zequantes. 
Semina 1-] f mm. longa. Occurrit forma polycephala (Müll. Arg. in Linnza, 
V..34. p. 50), ramis subfasciculato-ramosis, foliis obscurioribus, spicis foem. 
vulgo brevioribus sepius ellipsoideis et numerosioribus. Hac duplici lusu 
nota est: — ^ hispida (Müll. Arg. 1. c.), pilis ramorum et bractearum eglan- 
dulosis v. paucis tantum glanduligeris. (-) In Venezuela (Otto n. 868!). — 
* * glanduligera (Müll. Arg. 1. c.), pilis omnibus v. plurimis glanduligeris. 
(2 In sinu Nicoya Isthmi panamensis ((Ersted! in hb. berol.), in insula Cuba 
(Ramon de la Sagra n. 645!). A. alopecuroides 8 glanduligera Klotzsch in 
Seem. Bot. of Herald p. 102. (v. s.) ] 
Ser. II. AcRosrAcmY E Müll. Arg. in Linnza, v. 35. p. 6 et 91. 
Spiez omnino mascule caulem v. ramos florigeros terminantes. 
