416 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACES. (J. D. Hooker.) (Acalypha. 
of male pubescent. Capsule hispid. Seeds suhglobose.—] can find no good cha- 
racters whereby to separate capitata from alnifolia. Mueller distinguishes the 
latter by the longer petioles and deeper lobed bracts. 
5, A. indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1003; herbaceous, pubescent, leaves long- 
petioled ovate or rhombic-ovate crenate-serrate, spikes all axillary andro- 
gynous elongate, male A. few minute terminal, bracts many distant large 
broad 3-5-fld. truncate crenate much larger than the capsules. Muell. Arg. 
in DU, Prodr. xv. ii. 868; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 675; Wight Ic. t. 871; 
Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 186; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb, Fl. 228. A. spicata, 
Forsk. Fl, Æg. Arab.160. A. ciliata & A. canescens, Wall. Cat. 7779 and 
7185. 
Hotter parts of Inp1a from Behar eastwards to Assam and southwards to Singa- 
pore and Burma ; and from the Concan to Travancore. CEYLON, common in fields. 
—DISTRIB. westwards to Tropical Africa, and eastwards to Timor and the Philip- 
pines. . . 
Annual, 1-3 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., acute or obtuse, base cuneate entire; petiole 
slender, often longer than the blade. Spikes 1-8 in., slender, erect; bracts 1-3 m. 
diam., cuneiform, many-nerved. Ovary hispid. Capsules quite concealed by the 
bract, often only 1-seeded, hispid. Seed ovoid, acute, smooth. 
6. A. brachystachya, Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 909; herbaceous, 
flaccid, nearly glabrous, leaves long-petioled ovate or ovate-cordate subacute 
crenate-serrate, spikes all axillary sessile very short androgynous, male fl. 
very few terminal minute, fem. bracts few 2-3-fid. crowded at the base 
of the spike very large cut into 3 linear spreading l-nerved obtuse lobes, 
styles pectinately laciniate. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 870. n 
conferta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 677. A. calyciformis, Herb. Wight, and A. 
fissa, Herb. Madr., Wall. Cat. 7786. Tragia tenuis, Herb. Madr.; Wall. 
Cat. 7787. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-8000 ft.; from Kashmir to Nepal, Wallich, &c. 
The Krasti Mrs., alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. Deccan PENINSULA, from Canara 
southwards, . CEYLON, Walker.—DisTRIB. Java, Trop. Africa. . . 
A flaccid annual, 6-12 in. Leaves 1-3 in., membranous, acute obtuse or acuminate ; 
petiole often longer than the blade. Bracts forming axillary clusters, each i-i m. 
long; lateral segments shorter, all spreading. Male flowers in minute clusters n 
the very short filiform apex of the Spike. Capsules hispid, quite concealed in the 
large green bracts. Seeds subglobose, nearly smooth. 
7. A. malabarica, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 42, and in DC 
Prodr. xv. ii. 871; herbaceous, flaccid, stem pubescent, leaves long-petiole 
ovate subacute subserrate, spikes all axillary sessile short androgynous, ma e 
fl. very few terminal minute, bracts 3-7 alternate 92—5-fld. glabrous many- 
toothed and bordered with slender gland-tipped hairs rather longer than 
the capsules. A. hispida, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Heyne, Law. 
A rather stout leafy annual, 4-6 in.; stem stout. Leaves lj-2 in., base cuneata, 
glabrous; petiole longer than the blade, Spikes } in., male portion with few mine 
glabrous flowers, Bracts } in. broad, separated by short intervals. Seeds globose y 
ovoid, obscurely granulate.— The more entire leaves, shorter sessile spikes, 9? 
deeper glabrous 2—3-fld. bracts distinguish this from A. lanceolata. 
8. A. fallax, Muell. Arg. in Linnea xxxiv. 43, and in DC. Prodr. 
xv. ii. 872; herbaceous, leaves long or short-petioled from rhombic- : 
orbicular-ovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse or acute crenate-serrate, spikes 
