164 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE SULPHUR. 
medium 24-3 poll. lata, pleraque a medio usque ad basin longe angustata, ima basi obtusa vel leviter cordata, 
a medio ad apicem irregulariter serrata et interdum sinuata, summo apice in acumen breve obtusum vel 
acutum producta, utrinque glaberrima, sed punctis minutis sub lente conspicuis et subpellucidis utrinque 
scabriuscula; costa media veneeque primarice pinnatim divergentes subtus prominule. Spice in axillis 
solitarize, breviter pedunculate, alize mascule alice feeminese, mascule: nunc superiores nunc inferiores ; mascule 
pollicares, glomerulis approximatis multifloris bracteis minutis subtensis. Pedicelli basi hispidi, superne glabri, 
4 lin. longi. Flores minuti. Perigonium 4-partitum. Stamina 8. Spice fomineee masculis 2-3-plo 
longiores. Involucra dissita, reniformia, concava, dentata, extus pilis paucis hirta, lineam Jonga, singula 
biflora. Flores sessiles, perigonii segmentis 3 brevibus ovatis acutis hispidis. Ovarium hirsutissimum. Styli 
multifidi uti ovarii loculi in altero flore cujusve involucri tres, in altero (an constanter?) duo tantum. 
Fructus non vidi. 
This species is probably near to the A. cuneata, Peepp. et Endl., but in the 
latter the branches are described as acutely angled, the leaves downy under- 
neath, and the spikes very much longer. 
Plate LIII. fig. 1. male flower; fig. 2. female involucre; fig. 3. female flower; all mag- 
nified. 
785. AcALYPHA vestita, sp. n., fruticosa vel arborea, ramis hirsutis, foliis cordato-ovatis acu- 
minatis crenatis utrinque pubescentibus villosisve, spicis androgynis in axillis subfasciculatis folio 
brevioribus vel raro longioribus.—Guayaquil. 
Ramuli lignosi, teretes, crassitie pennee anserine, undique pilis patentibus hirsuti. Folia adulta 3-4 poll. 
longa, 1-2 poll. lata, basi rotundata et sinu subclauso cordata, apice longius breviusve in acumen producta, 
pube molle brevi utrinque vestita et ad costas venasque primarias utrinque hirsuta ; coste 5-7, a basi digitata, 
quorum intermedia utrinque, laterales a latere tantum exteriore, venas emittunt primarias, Petioli hirsuti; 
1-1}-pollicares. Spice sepius ad axillas folioram per 2-3 cum foliis totidem parvis fasciculate (ramulis 
floriferis axillaribus brevissimis), superiores solitarie. Involucra 2-3 ad basin spice foeminee, cyathiformia 
demum 4 lin. lata, herbacea, puberula, margine minute denticulata. Flores circiter 8, sessiles, ovario villoso, 
stylis multifidis. Capsule hirte. Semina leviuscula. Flores masculi minuti, in maxima parte spice in 
glomerulos distinctos multifloros dispositi. Perigonium 4-partitum. Stamina 8. 
: 786. Acatyrna leptoclada, sp. n., fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus petiolisque tomentoso-pubescen- 
tibus, foliis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis serrato-crenatis basi cuneatis integerrimis 
tenuibus pubescentibus, spicis sexu distinctis axillaribus tenuibus petiolos vix aquantibus.— 
Tepic. 
__ Ramuli teretes, pilis crispulis albidis undique vestiti, juniores fere filiformes. Stipule minute. Petioli 
1-2-pollicares, villosi, tenues. Folia tenuiter membranacea, 2-3 poll. longa, 9-10 lin. lata, pleraque longe 
acuminata, dentibus grossis obtusis vel acutis, basi 5-nervia, costa media utrinque, lateralibus e latere tantum 
exteriore venas laterales emittentibus, costis utrinque hirtellis. Spicee feemines gracillime, raro pollicem 
longe. Involucra dissita, lineam longa, cyathiformia, herbacea, erenulata, pleraque biflora, Ovarium pilis 
longis hispidum. Styli 3, trifidi. Spicee masculw femineis breviores, graciles, glomerulis multifloris approxi- 
matis, floribus minutis ; adest etiam seepe involucrum foemineum unicum ad basin spices mascule. 
787. AcALYPHA pilosa, Cav. Ic. 6. p. 46. t. 568. f. 2.—Some specimens agree well with the 
figure and description, whilst others are above a foot long.— Acapulco. 
788. AucHorNEa grandis, sp. n., foliis amplis late ovalibus breviter acuminatis rigide chartaceis 
