882 CXXII, EUPHORBIACE (HUTCHINSON). [ Acalypha. 
Young stems pubescent ; 
female bracts nearly glab- 
rous outside . . 19. A. polymorpha, 
Young stems densely yellow- 
tomentose ; female bracts 
adpressed-pilose outside . 20. A. crotonoides. 
**Male and female flowers on the same inflor escence or 
in the same leaf-axil. 
Leaves provided with usually numerous gold-coloured 
glands on the lower surface; glands on the 
ovary (when present) sessile. 
Female bracts usually several in each inflorescence, 
less than 3 in. long. 
Female bracts 1-flowered, rather small ; bined 
pilose .. . 21. A. fruticosa. 
Female bracts 2-flowered, conspicuous ; ‘ovary 
glabrous. 5 . 22. A. ceraceopunctata, 
Female bracts 1-2 in each inflorescence ‘about 
1 in. long and broad : . 23. A. pubiflora. 
Leaves without surface glands below ; ovary glab- 
rous or hairy and with gland-tipped hairs, but 
no sessile glands. 
Male flowers below the females in each inflores- 
cence. 
Leaves and inflorescences crowded on very short 
lateral branchlets. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-# in. broad; 
petiole # in. long; female flowers 5-12 
on each’ inflorescence : 5 . 24, A. boiviniana. 
Leaves obovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 1- -12 i in. 
broad; petiole #-} in. long; female 
flowers 2-4 on each inflorescence . . 25. A. acrogyna. 
Leaves and inflorescences laxly arranged on 
more or less elongated shoots. 
Leaves with a petiole 14-22 in. long; ovary : 
with tubercular-based hairs . ‘ . 26. A. Englert. 
Leaves subsessile ; ovary not tubercular . 27. A. Dumetorum. 
Male flowers above the females in eachinflorescence. 
Female bracts digitately 3-5-(rarely 7-) partite. 
Perennial; stems from a woody rhizome . 36. A. Stuhlmannu. 
Annuals, sometimes woody at the base, no 
rhizome. 
Female bracts 3-partite; a small slender 
annual . . 28. A. brachystachys. 
Female bracts 5- (rarely 7- -) partite; " plant : 
more or less woody . . 29. A. psilostachya. 
Female bracts dentate, fimbriate or laciniate, 
with numerous teeth. 
} Annuals, mostly sparingly branched. 
Female flower sessile in each leaf-axil, at 
the base of but not on the axis bearin : 
the male flowers i i: . 30. A. hochstetteriand 
Female flowers arranged on the same axis 
as the males. a5 
Female bracts fimbriate > : , 31. A. ciliata. 
