

FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Acalyi 



L. Sj>. PL 1003 (1753) (excl. syn.). A. reptans S-w. Prwlr. 99 

 ) it Fl. Lid. Oce. 1170; Willd. Sj>. PL !e. 523; Griseb. 

 op. fit. -is. A. corchorifolia Wi/l<L t<>i,i. >-it. 524 (1805); Chapnivtt 

 Fl. S.U.S. 406 ; Small FL S.E.U.S. 700. Urtica minor iners &c. 

 Slocnr ('at. 3S & Hint. /'. 125, <. 82, /. 3. Tragia mercurialis 

 L. Amoen. y. 409, 382 (17(50) & % P/. e<?. 2, 1391 (in part). 

 Crotonfoliiscordatis&c. Plum. PL Amer. (Sunn.) 165, t. 172,/. 2. 

 Crotoii chamsedrifolium ZJH. Encye. //. 215 (1786). (Fig. 98.) 

 A specimen from Browne in Herb. Linn, named Trayia iiier- 



Fig. 98. Acal(ii>ha chamaedrifolia Muell. Arg. 



A, Portion of flowering branch, nat. size. D, Female flower ; , sepal ; b, bud, x 11. 



B, Cluster of male flowers with one ready E, Capsule with one- coccus removed 



to open x 11. X 11. 



0, Stamen, much enlarged. F, Seed x 10. 



ciu-ialis in Solander's hand. A specimen collected by Swartz 

 in Hispaniola is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Town savanna, Sloane Herb. ii. 77 ! Browne ! Wright \ St. Andrew, 

 Me Nab ! Wilson ! Lititz savanna, Manchester, amongst grasses and in 

 crevices of rocks in thickets, 300-800 ft. ; Two Mile Wood, St. Catherine ; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 11,730. 12,404, 12,438. Florida and Keys, Cuba, Is. of 

 Pines, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz, Guadeloupe. 



Tap-root thick, woody, growing vertically or at various angles. Stems, 

 sometimes with rhizomes more or less horizontal, woody at base, erect to 

 spreading-procumbent, to 1 ft. long or high ; branches villose, especially 

 on young parts. Leaves : margin crenate, nerves pinnate, one on each 

 side from the base, membranous, more or less pubescent ; petiole 2-10 mm. L, 

 villose; stipules small, lanceolate. Spikes 1-3 cm. 1., terminal and in 

 axils of upper leaves, the portion above with male flowers deciduou-, 

 4-8 female bracts below, crowded ; rhachis villose. Male bracts linear, 

 pubescent, -G-l mm. 1. Fruiting bracts about 3 mm. 1., divided one-third 



