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CROTON LUTEO-BRUNNEUS, n. Sp. 
Arboreus, ramulis pilis brevibus luteo-brunneis dense vestitis, foliis 
longe petiolatis ovatis integris acutis penninerviis facie tenuiter dorso 
dense stellato-pilosis, floribus foemineis ignotis, floribus masculis copiosis 
in racemos laxos elongatos dispositis, bracteis parvis deltoideis, calycis 
dense pilosi segmentis 3—4 ovatis, petalis abortivis, staminibus circiter 50 
quam perianthium brevioribus. 
A tree, with terete woody branchlets, densely clothed, as are 
the petioles, peduncles, pedicels, bracts, and calyx, with short 
soft yellowish-brown hairs. Leaves alternate; stipules de- 
eiduous; petioles 1-12 in. long; blade 8-4 in. long, 13-22 in. 
broad, acute, entire, broadly rounded or subcordate at the base, 
moderately firm in texture, green and thinly pilose above, 
densely clothed with pale stellate hairs beneath, the 5-6-jugate 
arcuate ascending main veins raised. Male flowers in copious 
lax axillary shortly peduncled racemes 2—4 in. long ; pedicels as 
long as the solitary flowers, the lower ones deflexed. Calyx j in. 
long, of 3-4 ovate segments. Petals none. Stamensin a dense 
globose mass, with filaments about as long as the anthers.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 1770! Remarkable by the absence 
of petals in the male flowers. 
ACALYPHA BARONI, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis griseo-pubescentibus, stipulis parvis lanceolatis, foliis 
petiolatis ovatis acutis serratis membranaceis utrinque pubescentibus, 
floribus masculis ignotis, floribus fcemineis in spicas axillares 1-3-floras 
dispositis, bracteis orbicularibus membranaceis hispidis ovarium haud 
superantibus, stylis profunde multisectis. 
A. shrub or small tree, with slender terete branchlets, clothed 
with dense short grey hairs. Leaves alternate; stipules j in. 
long, lanceolate, scariose ; petiole 1-3 in. long, slender, densely. 
pubescent ; blade 2-3 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, broadly rounded 
at the base, acute, inciso-crenate, thin in texture, pilose prin- 
cipally on the ribs above, shortly grey-pubescent all over beneath. 
Female flowers in short-peduncled spikes from the axils of many 
leaves; rhachis pubescent. Bracts orbicular, wrapped round the 
ovary, 4 in. long, minutely hispid. Styles 3, yellowish, $ in. 
long, eut into very numerous very slender divisions.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1725! 
ACALYPHA RADULA, n. sp. 
Arborea, ramulis dense breviter pubescentibus, stipulis lanceolatis 
scariosis, foliis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis basi rotundatis denticulatis 
