5. A. indica (Linn. Sp. PL ed. i. 1003); herbaceous, annual; 

 stem simple or sparingly branched, up to 3 ft. high, somewhat 

 sulcate, shortly pubescent ; leaves membranous, long-petioled, 

 rhomboid-ovate^ orate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 

 base Avide-cuneate or subtruncate, margin serrate, |-2| in. long, 

 ^-H in. wide, sparingly pubescent on the nerves on both surfaces, 

 otherwise glabrous; petiole |-3 in. long, puberulous; stipules 

 filiform or subulate, } in. long, caducous ; inflorescence 2-sexual, 



470 EUPHOEBlACEiE (Prain). [Acalyplia. 



4. A. ciliata (Forsk, Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 162) ; herbaceous, annual ; 

 stem sparingly branched, up to 2 J ft. high, striate, shortly 

 retrorsely hairy ; leaves membranous, long-petioled, ovate-elliptic or 

 rhomboid-ovate, caudate-acuminate, base rounded or faintly cuneate, 

 margin crenate-serrate, 1|-4| in. long, |-2 in. wide, very slightly 

 scabrous on both surfaces and shortly pilose on the margins and 

 main-nerves beneath ; petiole l-3i in. long, sulcate, at first faintly 

 pubescent, soon glabrous; stipules filiform, about \\ lin. long, 

 slightly pubescent ; inflorescence 2-sexual, axillary ; spikes solitary 

 or 2-nate, |-1 in. long, with about 10 fem.ale flowers below and 

 numerous male flowers above, with usually a solitary densely muri- 

 cate abortive female flower at the apex; rhachis puberulous ; male 

 bracts very minute; male buds faintly puberulous; female bracts 

 suborbicular, ^ in. long, if explanate ^ in. wide, with about 20 

 laciniate lobules terminating as many main-nerves, sparingly 

 patently ciliate externally and with a pubescent margin ; sepals 3, 

 ovate-lanceolate, small, membranous, ciliate ; ovary 3-lobed, small, 

 sparingly pubescent on the upper half; styles 3, free to the 

 base, slender, laciniate ; seeds ovoid, very minutely pitted. VcOili 

 Symh. I 77, t. 20; Wilkl Sp. PI iv, 522; Spreng. Si/sL iii. 879; 

 Benth, in Hooh Niger FL 504; ' Balll Adansonia, I 72; Mull 

 Arg. in Lirinsea, xxxiv. 44, and in DC, Prodr. xv. ii. 873, ind, var. 

 iru'hopliora^ MiilL Arg.; Wight & Am, in Ann. Nat, Hist, ii. (1839) 

 iii. t 5 ; Dalz. d Gibs, Bomh. FL 228 ; HooJc, f. Fl Brit. Ind, v. 417 ; 

 Pax in Engl Pfi, Ost-Afr. C. 239 ; Pax in Baum, Kunene-Samb. 

 Exped. 283 ; Coohe, FL Bomb. ii. 611 ; N. E. Br. in Keiv Bullethh 

 1909, 1 il ; IlutcJdnson in Dyer, Fl Trop. Afr. vi. i. 901 ; Prain in Keto 

 Bulletin, 1013, 15. A. fimhiata, Sclamach. d Thonn. Beslr. Guin. 

 PL 409; A. Eiclu Tent Fl Abyss, ii. 245; BailL Adansonia, i. 272. 

 A. vaJiIiana, JHull Arg. in Linnseay xxxiv. 43, and in DC. Prodr. xv. j 



ii. 873; Olii\ in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 147, t. 96; Pax in' Engl 

 Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 239 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Wclw. i. 978 ; De Wild. 

 d Durand, Conir. FL Congo, i. 51; ii. 57, and Beliq. Dewevr. 211 ; 



De Wild. Miss. K Laurent, 131, and Etudes Fl Bas- et Motjen- 

 Congo, il. 284. Bicinocarpns ciliatus and B. vaUianiis, 0. Kuntzej 



Bee. Gen. PLil 617,618. 



Kalahari Regiox : Transvaal ; Sbilovane, Junod, 1028 ! 2188 ! 



A widely spread weed in Tropical Africa, Arabia and India which just crosses 

 tlie northern boundary of our area. 



