Acalypha. | CXXII, EUPHORBIACEH (HUTCHINSON). 909 
subtriangular at the base, 14-24 in. long, 3~1# in. broad, serrate, mem- 
branous, rather sparingly setulose above, densely pubescent with spreading 
hairs on the nerves and veins below, digitately 15-nerved at the insertion 
of the petiole, remaining lateral nerves about 4 on each side, looped and 
anastomosing before reaching the margin, raised on both surfaces; trans- 
verse nerves subparallel, about 1 lin. apart ; petiole }—-? in. long, densely 
pubescent ; stipules subulate, 2 lin. long, pubescent. Inflorescence 
bisexual, axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; peduncle about 1 in. long, with 
a female 2-flowered bract placed slightly above the middle, upper part 
male and spicate, 1-14 in. long. Buds of the male flowers slightly 
pubescent. Bract enclosing the female flowers foliaceous, about 3 Jin. 
long and broad, pubescent outside, rather sparingly so within, margin 
rather deeply crenate-dentate, without glands. Sepals 3, ovate, 4 lin. 
long, ciliate and pubescent on the back, setose at the apex. Ovary 
pubescent, slightly trilobed ; styles 3, suberect, 3? lin. long, laciniate and 
distinctly pubescent.—Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 860; Oliv. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 146, t. 97; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 239. 
Ricinocurpus bipartitus, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 617. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Entebbe, Mahon! Fyffe, 129! Busoga, Brown, 77! 
Kavirondo, Scott-Elliot, 7095, partly! 7097! 7 days’ march from Mumias, Whyte ! 
Usogo villages, Whyte! Kome Island, in Lake Victoria, Conrads, 31! between 
Issenge and Mpororo, Mildbraed, 338! Muanza, Stuhlmann, 4618! and without 
Precise locality, Stuhlmann, 1309! 
Mozamb. Distr. (German East Africa: Karagwe, Speke & Grant, 161! 
Kilimanjaro 3 Moschi, Merker, 595! 
_ According to Capt. Grant the branches of this plant are used for basket-making 
in Unyoro. 
Imperfectly known species. 
43. A. sidzefolia, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 249. Stem woody, 
branched ; branches terete, tomentose. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, very 
acute, cordate at the base, ? in. long, about 4 in. broad, serrate, birsute 
above, villous-tomentose below; petiole about } in. long; stipules acute, 
hirsute. Male spikes axillary, dense-flowered, hirsute, longer than the 
leaves. Female spikes ovoid, compactly and densely flowered. Bracts 
1-flowered, broadly reniform, 9-11-lobed, lobes triangular, 1—2-laciniate 
at the base. Ovary silky-tomentose; styles long, shortly pectinately 
laciniate.— Ricinocarpus sidifolius, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 618. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Shireh province, Quartin-Dillon. 
44. A. Dewevrei, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 24. A shrub; 
young branches pubescent. Leaves ovate, acuminate, obtuse at the 
base, about 6 in. long and 3} in. broad, denticulate, thinly membranous, 
-nerved, pubescent on the nerves, ciliate; petiole 13-2} in. long, 
pubescent ; stipules acuminate from a broad base, 23 lin. long, 1 lin. 
broad. Inflorescence bisexual, axillary, 2-3 in. long, with a few female 
towards the base, the upper part male. Female bracts reniform, 1} lin. 
long, slightly dentate, nearly glabrous. Sepals 3-4. Styles laciniate.— 
De Wild. & Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 210. 
