410 Ign. Urban. 
arduis (in ic. Plum. et exempl. caeteris), bracteis femineis plus minus 
evolutis et plus minus profunde 5—9-fidis. Flor. Jan., Apr., Jul, Aug. 
Hab. in Haiti: C. Ehrenberg, Picarda no. 49, 362, 444, Poiteau 
(ex Müll. Arg., locis saxosis ad rivulos: Swartz (mus. Holm.), . prope 
Marmelade: Nash et Taylor no. 1286, prope Plaisance in faucibus um- 
brosis 400 m: Buch no. 1064, prope Port-au-Prince in sylvis montanis: 
Bertero no. 1045, Jacquemont, in Fond Parisien: Picarda no. 305, 
in Morne Faure latere septentr. in faucibus humidis: Christ no. 1836. — 
Sto. Domingo:.Bertero, in prov. Barahona prope Maniel et Paradis 
ad rivulos, vias et in sylvis 100—200 m: Fuertes no. 452, 1012, 1012b, 
v. Türckheim no. 2756. 
Obs. An A. carpinifolia Poir. in Lam. Enc, VI (1804) p. 203 (cond. 
in Plum, ed. Burm. tab. 172 f. 1) ad formas A. angustifoliae Sw. pertineat, 
anne speciem propriam praebeat, specimine congruente nunc mihi non 
obvio dicere nequeo. Ill, Plumier ipse in Cat. Plant. amer. (1703) p. 20 
ambas species sub nominibus Manihot ulmi folio ampliore et Manihot ulmi 
folio angustiore separavit. 
173. Acalypha hispaniolae Urb., spec. nov. 
Monocca, annua v. fruticulosa, 15—25 em alta. Radix parum v. non 
incrassata. Caules supra basin radicantes, arcuato-erecti; rami hornotini 
pilis brevibus patentibus v. curvulis satis dense vestiti. Stipulae fili- 
formes v. subulato-filiformes, 3—5 mm longae. Folia 20—2 mm longe 
petiolata, ovata v. breviter ovata, basi truncata v. leviter cordata, apice 
obtusiuscula v, obtusa, 2—4 cm longa, 1,5—3 cm lata v. suprema minora, 
margine toto crenata v. serrata, e basi 5-nervia, nervis supra tenuiter v. 
vix, subtus magis prominentibus et reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra ' 
glabra v. parce pilosa, subtus ad nervos tantum v. etiam in facie pubes- 
centia, chartacea, plerumque subtus purpurascentia. Inflorescentiae 
terminales plerumque bisexuales, ad basin v. inferne femineae, caeterum 
masculae, raro unisexuales, nunc masculae nune femineae, floribus 
singulis femineis in axillis foliorum superiorum fere semper additis; pars 
mascula usque 5 cm longa, 2—2,5 mm crassa, glomerulis contiguis v. 
infimis inter sese disjunctis, bracteis filiformibus 1—1,5 mm longis 
suffultis; feminea nunc 1-, nune pauci-, nunc pluriflora, postremo usque 
7 mm crassa. Alabastra mascula 0,3—0,4 mm crassa, obtuse 4-gona. 
Bracteae fl. fem, explanatae suborbiculares, fere usque ad medium pinnati- 
fidae, lobis 9—13 triangulari-lanceolatis acutis. Styli usque 7 mm longi, 
multipartiti purpurei. Capsulae sphaeroideae, superne hirsutae. Semina 
ovata, 1,2 mm longa, 0,9 mm crassa, pallide brunescentia. 
Hab. in Haiti prope Furcy: Picarda no. 1026, prope La Chapelle 
du Morne Faure 1270 m alt. locis humidis: Christ no. 1833. — Sto. 
Domingo prope Constanza in pinetis 1190 m alt. et prope Maniel de 
Ocoa in fruticetis 300 m alt.: v. Türckheim no. 3145 (typus), 3689, in 
prov. Barahona in montibus et ad rivulos 1000—1300 m alt., inter Las 
Salinas et Arroyo Montaña in sylvis 500 m alt., prope Bahoruco in 
humidis 75 m alt.: Fuertes no. 538, 607, 1008, 1441, 1442. 
