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foliis amplis cordatis acuminatis, junioribus ramulis spicisque 
canescenti-pubescentibus, demum glabratis, spicis elongatis 
interruptis, faeminearum bracteis reniformibus dentatis. Rami 
lignosi ; ramuli herbacei, in speciminibus foemineis pube densa 
canescentes, in masculis glabriores. Petioli 3-4-pollicares. 
Folia semipedalia et longiora, latissime ovata, obtuse acumi- 
nata, grosse dentata, penninervia et basi 5-7-nervia, trans- 
verse reticulata, minute et creberrime pellucido-punctata. 
Spicee masculee 3-5-pollicares, interruptze, floribus dense-glo- 
meratis omnino generis; foeminee sesquipedales, rhachi basi 
nuda, floribus superne approximatis. Bractec late, dentibus 
acutis. Flores solitarii, sessiles. Stylorum rami tenues, sic- 
citate purpurascentes. Capsule pubescentes. Fecjee Islands. 
Mr. Hinds, Mr. Barclay ; Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Acalypha Amboynensis, sp. n., fruticosa, monoica, hirtella, 
demum glabrescens, foliis amplis ovatis oblongisve acumina- 
tis serrato-crenatis basi subcordatis, spicis utriusque sexus - 
distinctis axillaribus elongatis tenuibus interruptis, involucris 
Teniformibus lobatis vix capsulam excedentibus.  Habitu 
Precedenti affinis. Folia minora, angustiora. Spice gra- 
. Ciliogres, mascule et foemines in eodem specimine. Bractee 
feminearum multo minores. Amboyna, Mr. Barclay. 
Mappa Moluccana, Spreng. Syst. 3 p. 878, (excl. syn. 
Rothii), stipulis oblique cordatis acutis, foliis orbiculari-ova- 
tis acuminatis integerrimis peltatis subtus punctatis ramu- 
- lisque pubescentibus, bracteis cucullatis dentatis. New Tre- 
land, Mr. Barclay, a male specimen. | porem 
Codieum variegatum, Juss. C. Moluccanum, Decaisne. 
| Tanna, Mr. Hinds (with variegated leaves), Mr. Barclay (with 
 &reen leaves.) i 
Rottlera acuminata, Juss. New Ireland, Mr. Hinds, Mr. 
; Barclay, 
Phyllanthus sp. n.? with female flowers only. New Ire- 
land, Mr. Hinds, and another perhaps different, New Guinea, 
=- Mr. Hinds. 
. Glochidion ramiflorum Forst.? Tanna, Mr. Hinds. 
.. Sponia sp. Friendly Islands, and another from Amboyna, 
Mr. Barclay, ee eem - 
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