Acalypha. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEX (HUTCHINSON). 893 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; at the outskirts of the forest 
near Luxillo, Welwitsch, 433! 
16. A. villicaulis, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 248, 
Stems evidently arising from a woody rhizome, 14-2 ft. high, woody at 
the base, angular, hirsute with slightly reflexed hairs. Leaves lanceolate 
or ovate, subacutely acuminate, cordate at the base, 14-43 in. long, 
}+2% in. broad, rather coarsely crenate-serrate, membranous, sparingly 
hirsute above, more densely so below, digitately 5-7-nerved at the 
base, remaining lateral nerves 5-7 on each side, slightly raised on both 
surfaces; transverse nerves subparallel, distant ; petiole 4-24 in. long, 
hirsute, often provided with two fleshy glands at the apex; stipules 
subulate, 14 lin. long, setulose. Flowers moneecious, on separate 
inflorescences. Male inflorescences axillary, solitary, pedunculate, 
13-23 in. long ; axis crisped-pubescent. Male buds slightly pubescent. 
Female spikes solitary or two or three together, terminating each shoot. 
Bracts small, several-toothed, densely pubescent, not or very sparingly 
glandular. Sepals coriaceous, ovate, pilose on the back. Ovary densely 
pilose; styles 3, laciniate, about 4 in. long, glabrous.—Miill, Arg. in 
DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 845, partly; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 146, 
t.98. A. hirsuta, Hochst. ex A. Rich. l.c. (name only). A. zambesica, 
var. brevistyla, Beille in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1908, Mém. viii. 81, 
Ricinocarpus villicaulis, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 618. 
North Central. Shari Region: Golo, near Ndelli, Chevalier, 7742! 
Nile Land. Gallabat: on the bank of the Gendua, Schweinfurth, 860! 
Abyssinia: Ferrfera, Schimper, 737! 781! and without precise locality, Schimper, 
684! Quartin Dillon & Petit, 90! Steudner, 570! Upper Nile, Freeman & 
Lucas, 84! Uganda: Elgon District, Hran-James ! Sibu, Nandi country, Evan- 
James! British East Africa: Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 6441! 
Mozamb. Distr. German Eust Africa: Karagwe, Speke & Grant, 379! 
between Meru and Kilimanjaro, Volkens, 1615! Kil:manjaro, Smith / Uluguru, 
Goetze, 344! Nyasaland : Namasi, Cameron, 1! 
17. A. manniana, Mill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, 441. Stems 
herbaceous, about 6 ft. high; branches angular and subtomentose 
when young, at length terete and nearly glabrous, Leaves ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, gradually and acutely acuminate, rounded, cordate or 
truncate at the base, 14-4 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, rather coarsely 
crenate-serrate, membranous, sparingly setose on both surfaces, digi- 
tately 5-7-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 5-6 on each 
side, raised on both surfaces; petiole 14-3 in. long, slender, densely 
pubescent ; stipules subulate-filiform, 2-3 lin. long, very sparingly 
setulose. Flowers monecious. Male spikes axillary, solitary, 2-3 in. 
long; axis tomentellous. Buds puberulous. Female spikes terminal, 
solitary, pedunculate; peduncle 4-1} in. long, tomentose; flowering 
part 14-13 in. long, nearly 2 in. in diam, Female bracts 4 lin. long, 
nearly 2 in. broad when spread out, laciniate with about 20 unequal 
more or less filiform densely ciliate teeth, very sparingly pilose on both 
sides. Sepals 3, ovate, very small, ciliate. Ovary rather densely pilose, 
especially in the upper part; styles 3 lin. long, filiform, glabrous, 
