130 EUPHORBIACEA. 
3. Adelia triloba, Hemsley. 
Ricinella triloba, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 158, et in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 731. 
Panama, Mamei station (S. Hayes, 498). Hb. Kew. 
20. ALCHORNEA. 
Alchornea, Sw. Prodr. p- 98, et Fl. Ind. Oce. p. 1158, t. 24; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 314. 
This genus comprises about thirty shrubby and arboreous species, widely diffused in 
hot countries. 
1. Alchornea grandiflora, Mill. Arg. in Linnza, xxxiv. p. 170, et in DC. 
Prodr. xv. 2, p. 907. 
Costa Rica (Hoffmann, 530).— VENEZUELA. 
2. Alchornea latifolia, Sw. Prodr. p. 98, et Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 1154, t. 24; DC. 
Prodr. xv. 2, p. 908; Hayne, Arznei-Gewich. x. t. 42. 
Sour Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 922).—CuBa; Jamaica ; 
S. Domineo. Hb. Kew. 
3. Alchornea platyphylla, Mii. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 171, et in DC. 
Prodr. xv. 2, p. 912. 
Costa Rica, Pacaca (sted). 
4. Alchornea similis, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1864, p. 434, et in DC. Prodr. xv. 
2, p. 908. 
Sourn Mexico, Sierra San Pedro Nolasco &c. (Jurgensen, 561). Hb. Kew. 
21. CLEIDION. 
Cleidion, Bl. Bijdr. p. 612; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 320. 
Thirteen arboreous species are referred to this genus, which is represented in Tropical 
Asia, Africa, and America, and in the Pacific Islands. 
1. Cleidion? nicaraguense, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Glabrescens, foliis caudato-acuminatis grosse crenato-serratis, floribus g racemosis hirsutis, racemis 
ad pollicaribus paucifloris, staminibus ad 35. 
Frutex vel arbor, ramulis gracilibus, primum plus minusve hirtis, ferrugineis. Folia alterna, breviter 
petiolata, tenuia, preter costam parcissime puberulam glabra, oblongo-lanceolata, 4-7 poll. 
longa, 13-2 poll. lata, basi obtusissima vel obsolete bilobata, apice longe caudato-acuminata, 
obtusa, grosse crenato-serrata (dentibus utrinque sepius 8), venis primariis transversis subtus 
elevatis, utrinque sepius 8, in dentibus excurrentibus ; petiolus 3-4 lineas longus, puberulus ; 
stipule angustz, acute, 2-8 lineas longe. Flores (¢ tantum visi) hirsuti, 3-4 lineas diametro, 
fasciculato-racemosi, breviter pedicellati; racemi axillares, circiter 1 poll. longi, pauciflori ; 
calyx 3-partitus, segmentis eestivatione valvatis ; stamina circiter 35 ; filamenta libera, filiformia ; 
connectivum latiusculum, apice minute penicillatum. 
NicaRaeua, Chontales (Tate, 352, 455). Hb. Kew. 
