SPENCER MOORE: MONOCHLAMYDE. 199 
Folia epunetata, 1-2 ст. long. 7-14 mm. lat. ; petioli 1-2 mm. long. 
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puberuli. Bracteze parvulee, puberule. Florum maseulorum pedicelli circa 
1'5 mm. long. ; sepala 2:25 mm., petala 2 mm. long. columna staminea 
1:5 mm. long., antheræ ovatæ 05 mm. long. Florum femineorum sepala (sub 
fructu) 2:5 mm., petala 2 mm. long. Capsula 4 mm. long. 
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This is probably near С. Parti, Knauf., of which I have seen no specimen. 
It is described as having larger leaves, male flowers with obovate sepals 
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provided with a 3-lobed crest and eglandular petals ; the female flowers are 
unknown. 
CEPHALOCROTON MOLLIS, Alotzseh in Peters Mossamb. Bot. 99, t. 17. 
Lower Umswirizwi liver, 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 309. 
Distrib. Zambesia, 
ACALYPHA ORNATA, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 247. 
Lower Umswirizwi Hiver, 1000 ft.; Boka, Lower Buzi, 100 ft. ; Kuru- 
таит River, Jihu, 2000 ft. ; in fl. Nov., Dec. ; nn. 796, 797, 798. 
JDistrib. Tropical Africa except the Upper Guinea Province. 
А. VILLICAULIS, Hochst. l. с. 248. 
Near Chirinda, 8500-4000 ft. ; Upper Buzi River, 3000 ft. ; in fl. April, 
May, Пес. ; nn. 382, 383, 503, 1158. 
Distrib. Eastern tropical Africa, also in Natal and Transvaal. 
Grows as a weed in cultivated ground. Chindao name, “ Chitambhuru." 
ACALYPHA ($ Euacalypha, Pleurostachya) cHirmnpica, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herbacea, monoica, caule ascendente folioso gracili pubescente, foliis 
palmatim 5-nervibus ovato-lanceolatis sursum angustatis basi obtusis angusteve 
rotundatis margine crenato-serratis membranaceis supra pilis strigillosis 
appressis onustis subtus sparsim piloso-pubescentibus petiolis multo brevi- 
oribus insidentibus, spicis masculis axillaribus densifloris foliis brevioribus 
flore femineo orbis, spica feminea terminali unica cylindrica multiflora, hujus 
bracteis approximatis l-floris suborbicularibus ad medium in lacinias 10-12 
lineari-lanceolatas acutas divisis hirsutulis, florum femineorum sepalis 3 ovatis 
quam ovarium albo- hirsutum brevioribus, stylis fere a basi vel saltem dimidio 
superiore longe lacinuligeris. 
Hab. Near Chirinda, 3800 ft. ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 381. 
Folia 3-6 x 1:3-2:7 cm., pagina superiore in sicco brunnescentia, inferiore 
griseola; petioli + 1 em. long., pubescentes ; stipula. anguste lineari- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 3-4 mm. long. Spice mascule pedunculo tenui 
pubescente exempto circa 2°5x2 mm. Flores masculi hispiduli. Spic: 
feminea 15 x 6 mm. addito pedunculo pubescente 6 mm. long. Bracteæ 
feminez 2:5 x 4 mm. Sepala 0°4 mm. long. Ovarium subglobosum, 1 mm. 
long. Styli purpurascentes, fere 5 mm. long., horum Јасіпш + 2 mm, long. 
Near A. villicaulis, А. Rich., A. zambesica, Müll. Arg., and А. senensis, 
