48 ETJPHORBIACE^. 



long : stipules 4'" long ; racemes 6"-4" long, ? spikes inferior or in the middle : c? glo- 

 merules imbricate. — Hab. Trinidad !, Schach, Lockh., Pd., Cr., in the mountains of Maraval, 

 S. Ann's ; [Caracas]. 



84. A. laevigata, Sw. Branchlets glabrescent ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, pointleted or 

 bluntish, serrate, glabrous, shortly petioled; $ racemes axillary, filiform, shortly pe- 

 duncled, exceeding the leaves ; ? spikes half as long, superior : bracts distant, cucullate, 

 roundish, palmatifid to the middle: lobes lanceolate, the middle longer. — Desc. Ft. 5. t. 

 379. — A. carpinifolia, Desc. — A monoecious shrub, 2'-3' high ; leaves 2"-3" long, 1" broad : 

 petiole 2"'-3'" long : stipules minute, ovate ; racemes 4"-3" long, cernuous ; spikes 2"-i" 

 long, few-flowered. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Pd., Wils., in woods, e.g. Manchester. 



§ 3. Androgynous shrubs ; $ florcers in spiciform racemes, which have sessile 

 $ flowers at the base. 



85. A. cuspidata, Jacq. Branchlets pubescent; leaves subcordate-ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate, 5 -nerved at the base, long-petioled, pubescent or glabrate above, hoary -pubescent or 

 glabrescent beneath ; racemes axillary, filiform, shortly peduncled, with 3-1 sessile ? flowers 

 at and above the base of the peduncle ; ? bracts dilated-roimdish, toothed or repand, 

 sheathing (or abortive) . — Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 243: a form with the $ bracts abortive or trans- 

 formed into leaves. — A. biserrata, Berter. — A shrub, 2-3' high, or higher; leaves 4"-2" 

 long : petiole 18"'-8'" long : stipules lanceolate ; racemes as long as the petiole, with acces- 

 sory clusters of 9 flowers in the lower axils ; seeds ovate-globose, ecarunculate. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Macfl, at Halberstadt; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Portorico, Caracas]. 



§4. Herbaceous: terminal or superior spikes ?, inferior racemes J. 



86. A. polystachya, Jacq. Annual; stem pubescent, erect; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 serrate, cordate at the base, glabrescent ; racemes and spikes filiform, the cj racemes from 

 the inferior axils peduncled, the $ spikes terminal, or similar ones from the uppermost axils 

 subsessile : bracts cucullate-palmatifid, with linear, pointed lobes. — Jacq. Schcenbr. 2. t. 246 : 

 the styles however are multifid in our plant, as in A . polystachya, var. laccra, Kunze ! — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Wulls., S. Elizabeth; [Cuba!, Haiti]. 



§ 5. Herbaceous: terminal raceme £ or androgynous. 



87. A. reptans, Sw. Herbaceous or suffrutescent, pubescent or glabrate ; leaves ovate, 

 blunt, or roundish, crenate ; terminal raceme subsessile, cylindrical, $ and bearing usually 



? sessile flowers at the base \ superior axils furnished with similar androgynous racemes, or 

 $ clusters ; $ bracts roundish, dentate or crenate : teeth ovate. — SI. t. 82. f. 3. — A. corcho- 

 rifolia, W. : the form with the terminal raceme devoid of $ flowers. The observation on the 

 anthers of this and A. villosa, Jacq. (PI. Carib. p. 22; Novit. Panam. p. 1), is erroneous. — 

 Palmar, csespitose, or creeping; leaves 6'"— 10'" long, pellucid-dotted; androgynous raceme 

 1" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab, Wils., in crevices of rocks, stone walls, or dry pastures ; 

 [Cuba!, Guadeloupe!]. 



28. TRAGIA, L. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx $ 3-, $ 3-8-partite. Stamens 3-1 : anthers oblong or glo- 

 bose, introrse. Style 3-fid. Capsule 3-coccous. Seeds globose, ecarunculate. — Leaves ser- 

 rate or divided, stipulate : hairs stinging ; racemes androgynous, axillary ; $ flowers infe- 

 rior, subsolitary, long-pedicellate. 



88. T. volubilis, L. Suffrutescent, twining, hispidulous or glabrescent ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, usually cordate, serrate ; racemes filiform, as long as the $ pedicel, or 

 longer -. £ bracts setaceous, as long as the single £ pedicel ; stamens 2 (-3) : anthers ovoid - 

 oblong; ? calyx 6 (-5) -partite : segments lanceolate, quite entire; style-branches revolute; 

 capsule 3-globose, hispid. — Si. t. 82. f 1. — Hab. Jamaica!, all collectors, common in 

 hedges and woods ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Pd. ; [Venezuela \, New Granada !, 

 BrazQ !]. 



