300 FI.<I|;A (.] .IA.YTAK A Acalypha 



There are two well-marked forms, one with leaves oblong-laiiceolatc, 

 serrate, more or less hairy (.4. scabrosa Sw.), the other with leaves roundish 

 to elliptical, crenate, glabrous except on nerves (A. bctulxfolia Sw.) ; 

 but these forms arc connected by intermediates. A form with blunt 

 ovate glabrescent leaves is A. scabrosa, var. ovala Griseb., one with 

 elongated lanceolate softly hairy leaves is var. clongata Urban. 



4. A. alopeeuroidea Jcu-q. Collect. Hi. 196 (1789) & Ic. PL 

 Hur. Hi. t. 620: annual herb; inflorescence 1 -sexual ; female 

 ^jiike terminal, plume-like, sometimes apparently axillary through 

 shortness of branch, with a bristle-like appendage at the apex 

 about 1 cm. 1., tipped with an abortive flower; fruiting bract 

 divided into 3-5 segments 710 mm. 1., triangular-ovate at the 

 base, apex long, bristle-like.- - Willd. 82). PL iv. 526; MuelL An/. 

 torn. fit. 882 ; Mittspaugh in Field Cohiml. Mus. Bot. ii. 58, 156 ; 

 Jirt'Uon in Bull Torr. Bot. Cl. xli 12. 



A weed, Hope, near Porus, 1150 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8210. Bahamas, 

 Cuba, Cayman Is., Hispauiola, Porto Rico, Grenada, Mexico, Honduras, 

 'Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela. 



Roots much branched, fibroiis. Stem erect, branching from near the 

 woody base, 7 in. to 1^ ft. high, branches pubescent. Leaves 2-4(-7) 

 -cm. 1., ovate, with a short narrow acuminate apex, base rounded or trun- 

 cate, serrate, nerves pinnate, generally two on each side from the base, 

 membranous, usually glabrous, sometimes sparingly pubescent ; petiole 

 generally as long as the leaf, 2-3(-4) cm. 1. ; stipules small, linear- 

 lanceolate. Spikes: male axillary, very short, 3-9 mm. 1. ; female "5-2 

 cm. 1. Fruiting bracts enclosing one capsule, membranous, covered with 

 hairs, some long, 1*5-2 mm. 1., some glandular, short. Capsule 1 -3-1-4 

 mm. 1. Seed ellipsoidal, about 1 mm. 1. 



5. A. eorehorifolia A. Eicli. in Sayra Cub. xi. 203 (1850) 

 (non Willd.) ; herbaceous annual ; inflorescence 1-sexual, male 

 and female oil the same branch, female usually terminal, some- 

 what lax-flowered : fruiting bract about 2 mm. 1., divided to 

 near the middle into about twenty oblong acute lobes. 

 A. polystachya Griveb. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 48 (1859) (non Jacq.). 

 A. persimilis MuelL Arg. in Linnzea ,\x.nv. 25 (1865) & in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 842 ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 347. 



St. Elizabeth, WiiHscJilaegcl. Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico. A specimen 

 from the " 'SYebt Indies'" named A. eorehorifolia by Swartz is in Herb. 

 .Stockholm. 



Smoothly puberulous 011 young twigs and petioles. Leaves 3 '5-7 

 cm. 1., ovate, acuminate, base slightly cordate, serrate, membranous, 

 nerves two on each side from the base, and a supplementary one, pube- 

 rulous ; petiole nearly as long as the leaf. Spikes : male slender, axillary, 

 to 1'2 cm. 1., with peduncle about as long as spike ; female occasionally in 

 axils of upper leaves, 4-5 cm. 1. Female bract 1-flowered, rough. Capsule 

 about 2'5 mm. 1., rough with tubercles. Seeds grey, rough and wrinkled, 

 ovate-globular, 2 mm. 1. 



6. A. virgata L. ,SW. ed. 10, 1275 (1759) & Awn. v. 410, 

 383 (the reference on p. 383 of the specific name to Browne's 



