Acalypha. | | CXXIL, EUPHORBIACE& (HUTCHINSON). 887 
a few stipitate glands interspersed here and there; styles deeply 
4-6-partite, the segments linear or filiform, undivided, glabrous.— 
Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 802; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 415; 
Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 349; Schweinf. in Hihnel, 
Disc. Lakes Rudolf & Stephan. Engl. ed. ii. 355; Penzig in Atti Congr. 
Bot. Genova, 1892, 359; Trimen, Handb. FI. Ceylon, iv. 57; Pax in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxvii. 105, and in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. ©. 239; 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. P]. Welw. i. 976; Th. Durand & De Wild. Mat. FI. 
Congo, ii. 60; De Wild. et Th. Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 210; De Wild. 
Miss. E. Laurent, 131, and Etudes FI. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 284 ; 
Th. et Hél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 493. Ricinocarpus villosus, var. 
racemosus, O, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 616. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Assim, Cummins,204! Togo: Krakje, Krause ! 
Misahohe, Baumann, 91! 291! 541! Lagos, Dawodu, 212! Cameroons: various 
localities, Mann, 767! 1254! Schlechter, 12742! Buchholz ! Zenker, 313! 578! 
Staudt, 915! Winkler, 4B! Fernando Po, Barter! 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Ginda, Schweinfurth & Riva, 2184! Schweinfurth, 
356; Filfil, Schweinfurth, 347. Niamniam, Schweinfurth, 2983! Uganda: Sesse 
Islands, Stuhlmann, 1235! Mawokota, Brown, 186! British East Africa: Taita; 
Wara Mountain, Hildebrandt, 2460! Maungu Mountain, Johnston ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Loango, Soyaur, 200! Bingila, Dupuis ; 
Lemba, Cabra; between Tumba and Kimpesse, Gillet ; Tumba, Laurent; Kisantu, 
Gillet ; and without precise locality, Smith, 64! 65! 79! Angola: Golungo Alto ; 
hear Sunge and Bango, Welwitsch, 420! 
South Central. Belgian Congo: Fort Beni, Mildbraed, 2362! Kutu, 
Laurent ; Eala, Pynaert. 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: various localities, Stuhlmann, 
4591! 8370! Uhlig, 690! 1011! Merker,594! Héhnel, 21! Eick, 162! Liebusch ! 
Enyjler, 347! 392! 488! Volkens, 121! Warnecke, 417! 436! Busse, 2247! Braun, 
664! 1464! Krdnzlin, 2145! Holst, 479! 22274! 2289! 3384! 4339! Meinhof, 
32! Buchwald, 614! Portuguese East Africa: Zestu,633! Rhodesia ; Melsetter 
district, Johnson, 172! 
Occurs also in Tropical Asia. 
7. A. Teusezii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb, xix. 98. Stems arising from 
& woody rhizome, short, branched from the base, angular, puberulous 
with crisped hairs, and long-pilose with reflexed weak hairs. Leaves 
subsessile, ovate or ovate-elliptic, subacute, cordate at the base, i-1} in. 
long, }-3-in. broad, somewhat irregularly serrate, thinly coriaceous, 
pilose on both surfaces; lateral nerves 4-6 on each side, ascending, 
prominent on both surfaces, especially below ; stipules linear-subulate, 
nearly 2 lin. long, pubescent. Flowers monecious, male and female on 
Separate inflorescences. Male inflorescence axillary, solitary, pedun- 
culate, up.to 3 in. long, the upper half bearing flowers; axis crisped- 
puberulous and also long-pilose with weak spreading hairs. Buds 
sparingly pubescent. Female inflorescence terminal, solitary, about 
in. long. Bracts rather small, reniform, about 14 lin. long and 3 lin. 
broad when spread out, obtusely 10-12-toothed, glabrous within, 
pubescent outside, teeth stipitate-glandular on the margin and on the 
outside, Sepals 3, elliptic, unequal, one larger than the others and 
