884 CXXII. EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). { Acalypha, 
1, A. fuscescens, Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 821. A herb 
1-1} ft. high ; rhizome thick, woody ; stems numerous, erect or oblique, 
slightly flexuous, about 1 lin. in diam. 6 in. from the apex, rather 
densely setose when young, at length nearly glabrous ; lower internodes 
about 1 in. long, gradually shortening upwards to 4 in. long. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, subacute, a little narrowed to the base, 14-44 in. long, 
3-1 in. broad, serrate or slightly crenate-serrate, rigidly chartaceous, 
rather dark, slightly shining and sparingly setose on the upper, dull 
brown and shortly pubescent or tomentellous on the lower surface and 
sparingly setulose on the lateral nerves and veins; lateral nerves 10-12 
on each side, ascending and continued to the marginal teeth, not looped 
or branched, raised on both surfaces, very prominent below ; tertiary 
nerves close and subparallel, a little raised below; petiole 1-2 lin, long, 
flattened ; stipules subulate, 2 lin. long, sparingly setulose. Floweis 
dicecious, the males not known. Female flowers solitary or in pairsin the 
axils of the upper leaves, sessile. Bracts several-lobed, lobes alternately 
long and short, linear-lanceolate, acute, rather densely tawny-pilose out- 
side. Sepals very small. Ovary globose, densely tawny-tomentose outside; 
styles 3-4, reddish, erect, free to the base, 2 lin. long, linear, coarsely 
pectinate on the inner face with ascending bristles, shortly pubescent 
on the outer face. Fruits not known.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 
i. 976. A. Dumetorum, Miill. Arg. in Journ. Bot. 1864, 334, partly, 
as to Welwitsch, 430. Ricinocarpus fuscescens, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 
PL un. 618. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; near Caghuy, Welwitsch, 430! 
and without precise locality, Gossweiler, 970 ! 
2. A. peduncularis, Meisn. ex Krauss in Flora, 1845, 82. Stems 
simple, arising from a woody rhizome, up to 1 ft. high, pubescent with 
long stiff and short crisped hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong or ovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, rounded at the base, 1-2 in. long, 3-1 in. 
broad, coarsely serrate, rather rigidly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, more 
or less setose on the nerves or sometimes almost glabrous ; lateral ete 
about 3 on each side, the lowermost pair running parallel with the lea : 
margin almost its full length, all distinct on both surfaces, prominen 
below; tertiary nerves distinct but not prominent; stipules ovate- 
triangular or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, pubescent or nearly glabrous, 
about 1} lin. long. Flowers dicecious. Male inflorescence “a 
axillary, pedunculate; female sessile and terminal. Male pedune 
3-3 in. long, pubescent with long stiff spreading hairs and short — 
hairs ; flowering portion }-2} in. long. Bracts oblong-linear, — y 
ciliate. Buds reddish, slightly pilose. Female inflorescence wert aa 
almost hidden by the upper overlapping leaves. Bract of the ear , 
flower ovate, several-toothed or lobed, often with a few very short mt 
stalked or nearly sessile glands, pilose. Sepals 4, ciliate. yg: Ww Ps 
gland-tipped hairs; styles 3, connate in their lower half, eae w 
long, shortly laciniate, otherwise glabrous.—Miill. Arg. 1n De. Lin 
xv. ii. 846; Pax in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 239; Gibbs in Journ. ©) 
S-e. xxxvii. 470; A. villicaulis, S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xt. *"" 
