890 CXXII, EUPHORBIACEZ (HUTCHINSON). [ Acalypha. 
linear-subulate, } in. long, sparingly pilose. Flowers monecious, male 
and female on separate inflorescences, rarely a few males produced at 
the apex of theinfructescence. Male racemes axillary, solitary, about 2} 
in. long. Axis of the male inflorescence sparingly glandular-pubescent ; 
bracts conspicuous, linear, 14 lin. long, glandular-pubescent. Female 
spikes terminal, 2-3 in. long. Bracts 14 lin. long when in flower, $ in. 
Jong in fruit, several-toothed, shortly acuminate, with numerous stipitate 
glands on the margin and on the outside, glabrous within. Sepals 8, 
ovate, glandular-ciliate. Ovary deeply trilobed, pilose, not glandular ; 
styles much laciniate or pectinate, pilose on the back. 
Mozamb. Distr. Rhodesia: Gwaai forest, Allen, 238! Leshumo Valley, 
Holub! Salisbury, Rand, 1385! 1386! South African Gold-fields, Baines ! 
Wankie Line, 80 miles north of Bulawayo, on sandstone, Eyles, 1130! 
1]. A. nigritiana, Will. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 440. A small shrub ; 
branchlets crisped-puberulous. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, 
rounded and subentire at the base, 14-2} in. long, 3-1) in. broad, 
crenate-serrate, membranous, pubescent on the lower surface, sparingly 
so on the nerves above, digitately 3-5-nerved at the base, remaining 
lateral nerves 3-4 on each side, very slightly raised on each surface ; 
petiole }-13 in. long, crisped-pubescent ; stipules linear-lanceolate, acute, 
1} lin. long, sparingly pubescent on the outside. Flowers monecious, on 
separate inflorescences. Male inflorescences lateral, axillary, solitary, 
13-24 in. long ; axis pubescent. Male buds nearly glabrous. Female 
inflorescence terminal, about 1} in. long (seen only in a young state). 
Bracts obovate-cuneate, caudate-acuminate, about 3 lin. long, about 
5-toothed on each ‘side of the acumen, glabrous inside, villous outside, 
with several stipitate glands on the teeth. Sepals lanceolate, ciliate, 
nearly enveloping the ovary. Ovary smnall, pubescent in the upper part, 
not glandular; styles 3, bilobed to near their middle, not age 
Fruits and seeds not seen.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 1. 834. 
Ricinocarpus nigritanus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 618. 
Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Lagos; Yoruba forests, Barter, 3425 . 
This species is very closely allied to A. ornata, of which it may be only a variety- 
12. A. ornata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1. 247. - 
undershrub ; branches more or less sulcate, crisped-pubescent with ae 
hairs and rather densely hirsute with longer reflexed hairs, the vie r 
sometimes absent. Leaves ovate, caudate-acuminate, subcordate, 
rounded and rarely subcuneate at the base, 2-44 in. long, 1p-25 &. 
broad, rather coarsely serrate, membranous, sparingly setulos 
upper surface, spreadingly pilose on the nerves and ve1ns beneat), 
digitately 5-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves £08 mre 
side, prominent below; transverse nerves subparallel, ane =. we 
apart ; petiole 4-24 in. long, sparingly. pilose or hirsute ; stipules subu wt 
filiform, 2-3 lin. long, pilose. Flowers moneecious. Male infloreseee 
axillary, solitary, very slender, 14-2 in. long; axis sparingly egress 
bracts subulate, ciliate, 3 lin. long. Buds. glabrescent. Female 1 wr 
rescence terminal, solitary, 2-34 in. long. Bracts 1-flowered, OV 
