wanLLorus. . EUPH. ACALYPHE/E (auc. MULLER). . 977 
leviuscule cordatis subsinuato-dentatis. j In Guinea (hb. hafn.! et hb. 
Willd. fol. 17913!), in Nigritia (Vogel! in hb. Hook., Barter n. 3381! 
33861) , secus flumen Quorra prope Nupe (Barter n. 1702! 1742! in hb. 
Hook.), nec non in Angole district. montano silvatico Golungo Alto 
prope Sange (Welw. n. 3421). Croton oppositifolius Geisel. Crot. Monogr. 
p. 23, 1807. Acalypha? dentata Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. Guin. p. 410, 
1827. Claoxylon cordifolium Benth. in Hook. Niger Flora p. 506. Rottlera 
dentata Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 1. p. 69 pr. p. Frutex circ. 5-pedalis, 
ramosissimus. Cortex pulchre purpureus (Welw.). Ramuli graciles, tere- 
tes, mox glabri, fusci, superne cum petiolis, pagina inferiore foliorum 
et racemis, fulvo-stellato-pubescentes. Petioli oppositi, v. inferiores 
alterni, 1-3 em. longi, graciles. Limbus foliorum 4-9 v. rarius usque 
12:cm. longus, apicem ramulorum versus gradatim major, | j-2-plo 
longior quam latus, late v. oblongo-ovatus, acuminatus, breviter triner- 
vius, basi epeltatus, supra stellato-«puberulus, mox glabratus, subtus 
glanduloso-puncticulatus. Racemi utriusque sexus axillares, simplices, 
foliis breviores. Bractez masc. 3-5-flore, fieminez 1-flore. Calyx masc. 
aperiens 1 4 mm. latus, globosus, subapiculatus, pedicello villosulo sesqui 
brevior. Ovarium 3-loculare, glanduloso-granulosum. Stigmata brevius- 
cula. Capsule juniores 7 mm. late. (v. s.) 
8, glabratus (Müll. Arg. l. c.), tota fere glaberrima, foliis basi distinctius 
contractis vix cordatis sinuato-v. subsinuato-dentatis. 5 In insula Nossibé 
juxta partem septentrionalem Madagascari& (Boivin n. 2186 d'!) et 
prope Abeakuta in regno Benin Africe occident. (Irving n. 153! in hb. 
Hook.). (v. s.) 
q, integrifolius (Müll. Arg. 1. c. p. 195), tota glabra v. mox glabrata, foliis 
basi cordatis v. obtusis subintegris. à In insula Madagascaria (Pervillé 
n. 360 d' ! in hb. Boiss.). Rottlera dentata Baill. l.c. pr. p. Flores foem. 
et fructus hucusque ignoti. (v. s.) 
58. M. nEciPIENS (Müll. Arg. l. c. p. 194), calycis foem. laciniis anguste 
triangulari-ovatis acuminatis membranaceis, staminibus circ. 20, ovario 
sericeo-hirto. 5 In India orientali prope Attram (Wall.| in hb. DC.). Folia 
opposita, breviuscule petiolata, in ramulis aequaliter disposita, breviter tripli- 
nervia, lanceolato-obovata,, superne grossius obtuse dentata, basi supra macu- 
lato-2-4-glandulosa, subtus glandulis ceraceis minutissimis flavidis adspersa. 
Flores masc. breviter pedicellati, subglomerati. Filamenta gracilia, circa 
rudimentum ovari nanum exiguum olivaceo-fuscum glabrum inconstans 
stepeque deficiens inserta. Stigmata intus valide et longe penicillato-papil- 
losa. — Specimina visa omnino similia iis M. muricati, sed folia triente v. 
limidio majora, juniora subtus dense molliter pubescentia v. primum fulvo- 
lomentosa, evoluta subtus glandulis minutissimis flavis nec rubellis v. fusco- 
aurantiacis et sparsioribus munita, caeterum in quoque nodo ut in illo valde 
ingqualia. Spices masc. sunt. magis floribunde et stamina duplo minus 
numerosa, in centro vestigio rudimenti ovarii sepius adsociata. — Species 
ob o et inconstantiam rudimenti ovarii ad Symphylliam non est refe- 
renda. (v. s. 
4? Petioli limbo foliorum duplo et ultra breviores. Limbus penninervius. 
* Ovarium vestitum. 
59. M. ZEYLANICUS (Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 34. p. 195), limbo foliorum 
rigide membranaceo penninervio v. maximorum subtriplinervio, bracteis masc. 
triangularibus brevissimis fcemineis ovatis, calyce fcem. 3-A-partito, stami- 
nibus 30-40, connectivis loculos diametro zequantibus v. superantibus sed 
longitudine haud excedentibus, ovario tomentello, columna stylari indis- 
üncta, capsulis depresso-3-&4-dymis. 3 v. 5 In insula Ceylonia (Thwaites 
n. 1961). Rottlera oppositifolia Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. p. 273 exclus. synon. 
Folia subopposita v. alterna. Limbus ovatus v. elliptico-lanceolatus, acumi- 
natus, basi subobtusus, levissime repando-denticulatus, basi glanduloso-macu- 
latus, subglaber v. subtus in costis pubescens, vulgo integer. Racemi rmasc. 
