44 ACALYPHA. 



least. Being an unsightly Genus, it is neglected by 

 the Botanists; but many other Sp. exist per- 

 haps in Florida and the South: few of them 

 know well their 2 species, and blend them con- 

 tinually ' in herbals, having united 3 species in 

 A. Virginica. All have alternate leaves. 



1. A. VIRGINICA L. or A. CRENULATA Raf. 



Stem erect, nearly simple, pilose ; leaves longer 

 than petiols, oblong-lanceolate, crenate obtuse 

 pubescent punctate : flowers axillary few mon- 

 oical, shorter than petiols, involucre crenate. — 

 From New England to Carolina. Pedal and 

 annual, leaves small uncial. Seen alive. Esti- 

 val. Capsule hispid. 



Figures. Autikon. Raf. 21. 



2. A. BREviPEs Raf. Hardly pubescent, 

 stem erect angular simple; leaves on very 

 short petiols, narrow lanceolate, acute, nearly 

 entire: flowers axillary, few monoical, involu- 

 cre laciniate. — N. Jersey to Alabama and Ken- 

 tucky. Annual 3 to 6 inches high. The A. 

 virginica of many Botanists. Seen alive since 

 1804. Estival, capsule hispid. 



Figures. Autikon. Raf 22. 



Var. Linearis. Leaves ijearly linear and en- 

 tire. 



Var. puhescens^ stem and petiols hairy, leaves 

 lanceolate, A. Virginica Michaux. 



3. D. DivARicATA Raf. Pubescent, branches 

 opposite divaricate ; leaves on short petiols, 

 ovate obtuse crenate ; flowers axillary few mo- 

 noical, equal to petiols, involucres sessile, laci- 

 niate. Virginia, Kentucky &.c. annual spread- 

 ing 1 or 2 feet, Estival, seen alive. 



A, Virginica of some Botanists. Capsule 

 hispid. 



Figures. Autikon Raf. 23 



