296 



I'LOIJA OK - 1 AM AH 'A 



Griselt. Fl. Br. W. ln<\. 46 ; MurtL Ar<j. In DC. P/W/-. xv. pt. '2, 

 908; Urb. St/rnl. Ant. a: 345. 



;* Dove Wood. 



- }Yriglit\ Brougntonl Masso)i\ Macfadycnl Morce's Gap, Purdiel Wilson ! 

 common in pastures, Moneague, Prior! March \ near Cinchona, J.P. 1041, 

 Morrisl Windsor, near Darliston, 1200 ft., Harris I John Crow (Blake) 

 Mts., 1200 ft., Harris d- Britton ! Fl. Jam. 9906, 10,707. Cuba, Hispaniola, 

 Porto Rico, Mexico. 



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Fij. 97. Alchornea latifolia S\v. 



A, Leaf arid male inflorescence X '-;. D, Small portion of female inflorescence 



B, Male flower with two anthers removed X 5. 



X 3. E. Ovary of female flower cut lengthwise 



C, Ditto seen from below x 3. X 4- 



Tree 20-40 ft. high. Leaves 1-3 dm. 1., elliptical or ovate, apiculate, 

 bluntly glandular-dentate, leathery, 3-nerved at base, nerves beneath very 

 prominent. Spikes to 2 dm. 1. : male paniculate, female simple, solitary 

 or two together. Male flowers, in bud, globular, about 2 mm. in diarn. 

 Female flowers : Styles shortly united at base, to l - 5 cm. 1. Capsule 

 brownish-red, 7 mm. 1., 9-10 mm. in diam. 



14. ACALYPHA L. 



Herbs, shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, pinnate- 

 veined, sometime-. -I'' 3-nerved from the base, generally -serrate 

 and long-stalked. Flowers monoecious, but A. scabrosa dioecious, 

 without petals ; male flowers small, clustered in the axil of small 



