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tectis. Eami elongati, debiles. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi lata, trun- 

 cata vel subcordata, triocrvia, 3-7 poll, loiiga, 1-3 poll, lata, peiiolo ^-3 poll, lougo. 

 StipuIfB ^nhrexiiioTTa^s, Flores masc. parvi, ad apicem pedunculi dense agglomerati. 

 Stamina 4-5, sepalis ^lici'i^^ filam€7itis ad basin pistilli rudiment, coluniiiaris in- 

 sertis, testivatione incui'vis, denique suberectis, antlieris extrorsis. Flor. fcem. ad 

 basin pedunciili, 1-3, siugnli seepe pedicello proprio, brevi, floribus masc. paucis 

 cincto. Sepala 5-6, lanccolata. Ovarium pUosuni. Sti/lus 3-lobus, majusculus, 

 deciduus, lobis copiose profundeque laciniatis. CaJycis fructiferi aucti segmenta 

 pectinato-laciniata ; laciniis longis, setaceis, apice incrassatis purpureisque. Capsiila 

 3-loba, parum dcpressa, coccis rotimdatis. Semina subspharica, 2 liu. in diam., 

 brunneo nigroque marmorata. 



A8 M. Baillou's description of this plant, the type of his genus CentrostijVis, is 

 incorrect, having been derived probably from imperfect specimens, I have thought it 

 best to describe it here pretty fully. 



9, ACALYPHA, Linn. 



l: A. Indica, Willd. Sp. PL iy. p. 523, cum syn. ; Eoxb. PL Ind. 

 __. p. 675 ; Wiglit, Ic. t. 877.— c.p. 2098. 

 Hab. Very common in cultivated ground. Nom. vulg. " Kooppa- 



maineya." 



2. A. betulina^ Willd, 1. c. p. 522. — An A, capitata et A, alntfolia, 

 Willd. 1. c. p. 525 ?— c.p. 2094, 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



3. A. hispida, Willd. 1. c. p. 523.— c.p. 2092, 2097. 

 Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island, 



4. A. cUiata, Porsk. (Willd. 1. c. p. 522 ; Eoxb. 1. c. p. 676.)- 

 ceolata, Willd. 1. c. p. 524, cum syn. — c.p. 2095. 



Hab. Not very uncommon in the warmer parts of the island. 



5. A. Wallichii, Thw. ; herbacea, ramosa, pllosula ;/o?uVovato-lan- 

 ceolatis, den talis, basi rotundatis, longe petiolatis ; injlorescentia masc, 

 axillari, spiciformi ; fmm, terminali, paaiculata, rarms axillari, spici- 

 formi ; FLOB. FCEM. sepalJs 5.— J[. racemosa, Wall. Cat. n. 7784. Welia 

 Capameni, llheede, Hort. Mai. x. p. 1C5, t. 83.— c.p. 2096 (2459). 



Hab. Damp, shady places, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Folia 1-6 poll, louga, f-4 poll, hivi, peliolo |-5 poll. loDgo. Capsnia glandalosa. 

 Semina subsphaerica, minutissimc reticulata. 



v4. lan- 



♦* Bioica. 

 10. CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. (non Wight). 



Erypirochihts, Reinw., Blume. Micrococca, Bcntham. 



1. C. Mercurialis, Th^.—Micrococca Mereierlalis, Benth. in Hook. 

 Fl. Nigrit. p, 503. Tragia Mercurialis, Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 324 ; 

 lioxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 576.— c.p. 3310. 



Hab. Very common in cultivated ground. 



2. O. longifolium, Baillon, tXvL&e des Euphorb. p. A^Z.—ErytTiro^ 

 clllus longifoUus, Blume, Bijdr. p. 616.— C.P. 2102, 2499. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Frutex ramosus. Folia lanceolata, utrinque angustata, parce glanduloso-denticulata, 

 3-8 poll, longa, f-lf poll, lata, s?epe cyanescentia, ^^/i£?/(? apice supeme glandoloso- 



