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ginato, dentibus paucis obtusis nonnunquam obscure glandu- 
losis v. minute penicilliferis, rigide chartacea, basi supra glan- 
dulis paucis vix elevatis instructa, petiolo }-1-pollicari sus- 
tensa. Spice numerose, in axillis superioribus gemine 
terne v. interdum plurime, foliis paullo breviores, canescenti- 
tomentelle, interrupte multiflore. Bractee vix semilineam 
longæ, late, concave, tomentose. Flores ad bracteas infe- 
riores omnes masculi, 6-10 v. numerosiores ; in media spica 
bractez florem fcemineum unicum fovent cum masculis paucis, 
in summa spica flores foeminei sspe solitarii sunt. Calyx 
marium 4-partitus, staminibus circa 20, antheris omnino 
generis, loculis ad apices connectivi ramorum disjunctis. 
Flos feemineus ante anthesin bractearum paribus duobus invo- 
lutus ; calyx profunde trifidus, lobis ovario brevioribus obtusis 
Y. retusis ciliatis. Ovarium superne hispidum, stylis omnino 
generis, 
This is, if T rightly understand an abbreviation on Vogel’s 
label, a climbing shrub. - It is very different in appearance from 
the more common Acalyphe ; but, amidst all the variations of 
habit and inflorescence, the genus is one of the most distinctly 
characterized by the anthers and the styles. 
s Acalypha micrantha, Benth.; fruticosa, foliis obovali-oblon- 
Eis vix obtuse acuminatis integerrimis v. rarissime dentatis 
glabris, spicis axillaribus gracillimis androgynis, bracteis 
minimis integris, inferioribus masculis superioribus andro- 
&ynis.—Sierra Leone and Fernando Po, Vogel. 
Very near to the preceding, A. Leonensis, but smoother, the 
leaves shorter, broader, whitish and almost shining on the under 
side, the spikes more slender, and the bracts and flowers still 
smaller. 
The A. dentata, Schum. et Thonn., a shrubby species from 
Guinea, appears, from the description, to be different from either 
of the above, 
