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193. AcALYPHA Seemanni, Kl. MSS. -, fruticosa^ ramis petiolisque angularibus evanescente 
hirsutis; foliis magnis mcmbranaceis cordato-ovatis acuminatis grosse serratis, supra prEcsertim in 
nends hispidis, subtus hirtis ; spicis birsutis unisexualibus axUlaribus solitariis folio brevioribus, 
superioribus foemiueis gracilibus, iiiferioribus masculis robustis ; floribus masculis dense spiraliter 
congloraeratis hirtis quadripartitis 6-8-andns, foemineis remotis sessibbus inyolucro bracteato hirsute 
inciso instructis ; calyce parvo glabro tripartite ; stigmatibus superne tenue laciniatis versus basin 
setosis. In woods near the village of Cruces, Province of Panama. 
A shrub from 8 to 10 feet high. Branches angular, furrowed, and hirsute. Lamina of the leaves 
from 4 to 7 inches long, and from 2 to 4 inches broad; petiole hirsute, 1-8 inches long. Male spiltes on 
short stalks, 3 inches long and as thick as a goose-quiU ; female spikes much shorter than the male ones, 
and thrice thinner— This species is allied to A. moUissima, KL, from Peru, A. caudata, H. B. K., from New 
G-ranada, and A. Sckiedeana, Schlecht., and A. mollis, H. B. K., from Mexico. 
194. AcALYPHA alopecuroidea, Jacquin, var. glandulifera^ Kl. MSS. ; caule ramis petioHs et 
mvolucris hispido-glanduliferis ; foliorum pagina inferiore nervoso-puberula. In waste places in and 
near the city of Panama. 
"WTiile the specimens of this species, collected by Jacqnin and by Humboldt and Boupland in Vene- 
zuela, have only occasionally glands at the ends of the hairs, the hairs of the specimens just described are 
invariably glanduliferous. Still I should not have considered this peculiarity sufRcient to found a new 
variety upon, had it not been coupled with another; viz. the nerves of the underside of the wild specimens 
from Venezuela, to which I have alluded, as weU as some cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Berlin, are 
always covered with very stiff hairs, while in the specimens from Panama they are only slightly pubescent. 
Tribus IV. Crotone^, Blmne. 
195. Mabea Piriri, Aubl. 1. c. p. 867. t. 334, iig. 1. Savanas, near Panama. 
196. ^ xi^ovii^ podagrica, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4376.— Wlprs. Ann. vol. iii. p. 368. Cultivated 
in gardens on account of its beautiful scarlet flowers. 
" By mistake it was stated in the ' Botanical Magazine' that Pardie introduced this plant from Santa- 
marta, whilst it was I who first sent living specimens of this species to the Eoyal Botanic Gardens at Kew, 
whence they were distributed among various horticultural establishments."— J?. S. 
197. Jatropha elegans, Kl. U^B .—Adenorhopium elegans, VoU, Plant. Brasil. vol. i. p. 16.— 
Nomen vemacul. " FraileciUo." Very common on roadsides and waste places; used as a purgative. 
This plant, which is used in the Isthmus as a pui-gative, boars a great resemblance to Jatroj>ha gossy- 
pifolia, Linn., for which it is commonly mistaken. The late Dr. Pohl, of Vienna, was the first who 
distinguished it under the name above quoted, pointing out the absence of down. It is found in the 
"West Indies and in most tropical regions of the South American continent, while the true J. gossypifolia 
of Lmna^us appears to be confined to the West Indian Islands, aud is only met with in a cultivated state 
on the western coast of Africa ; at least I find that in all cases, where the contrary has been stated, 
J. elegam has been mi^takeu for J. gossypifoUa. 
198. Curcas purgans, Medicus, Index Plant, horti Manbcmiensis, vol. i. p. 90.— Nomen 
vemacul. " Coquillo." Common all over the country. 
" This shrub is used for making hedges, and its fruit as a purgative.*'—^. S. 
