Acalfjpha. monoecia monadelphia. 675 



ed; /<?«//e^« ovate-lanceolate, laciniate. Corol none. Nectanj 

 four small, roundish, reniform scales alternate with the leaf- 

 lets of the calyx. Fi/awen<s columnar, very short. Anther& 

 four, linear-oblong, and placed transversely round the apex 

 of the column. Female calyx five-leaved ; leaflets broad- 

 lanceolate, fringed. Corol none. Nectary a six-lobed, small, 

 saucer-shaped body round the base of the germ. Germ 

 three-lobed, three-celled, with two ovula in each, attached to 

 the axis from the middle upwards. Styles three, but bifid, 

 and spread over the apex of the lobes of the germ. Stigma 

 simple. Capsule small, three-lobed, three-celled, six-valv- 

 ed. Seeds two in each cell, when all come to maturity. 

 Perisperm conform to the seed. Embryo inverse, as in the 

 genus. 



ACALYPHA. Schreb.gen. N. 1461. 



J[Iale calyx from three to four-leaved. Corol none. Stig- 

 mas from eight to sixteen. Female calyx three-leaved. Co- 

 rol none. Styles three, ramous. Capsules tricoccous, 



1. A. [ndica. mild. iv. 523. 



Annual, erect. Leaves ovate, serrate. Spikes longer than 

 the petioles. Involucre cowled, and notched, containing 

 from two to four female flowers. 



Cupameni, and Wellia Cuparaeni. Rheed, Mai. x. t. 81. 

 and 83. 



Beng. Shwet busunta. 



Teling. Moorkanda. 



An annual, very common every where, particularly in gar- 

 dens, where it is in flower all the year round. 



Stem erect, from one to two feet high, branchy, round, 

 smooth. Leaves scattered, petioled, ovate-cordate, three- 

 nerved, serrate, smooth, about two inches long, and one and a 

 half broad. Petioles as long as the leaves. Stipules small, 

 subulate. Spikes axillary, generally single, ped uncled, erect, 



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