502 Field Columhian Museum — Botany, Vol. I. 



502. AK(;nHAMXlA CANDICANS S\V. 



Abundant on a rocky ledge at west end. June (426). Eggers 

 Fl. 747. 



503. ^Adelia Ricinella L. 



Roadside at east end. April (Mrs. R. 297). Eggers Fl. 745. 



504. Acalypha sp. 



Tomentose on the young branches. Leaves red, ample, iix 

 17 cm., ovate-lanceolate, finely crenate-dentate, acute, trun- 

 cate at the base; white-punctate and sparingly hairy; petiole 

 I to 1.5 cm.; male spikes 5 to 7 cm. long, red. 

 Cultivated and escaped; the former at Canaan (no num.); the 

 latter at Bassin. Feb. (Mrs. R. 118). 



505. Acalypha Portoricensis Urb.Symb. Ant. i: 338. 



In sandy and rocky loam at Lebanon Hill Gut. June (418). 



506. Acalypha reptans Sw. 



Between the bricks of a wall at Bassin. Dec. (147). Between 

 the stones of a cistern wall at Midland. March (Mrs. R. 

 210). Eggers Fl. 748. 



507. Tracha VOLUP.ILIS L. 



Pasture fence rows. Bassin. Dec. (143), Feb. (Mrs. R 119). 

 The sting proves very painful. Eggers Fl. 749. 



508. Dalechampia scandens L. 



Bassin. May (Mrs. R. 363). Eggers Fl. 759. 



509. RiCINUS COMMUNIS L. 



" Castor Bean." Grows to a height of from 5 to 9 feet, in waste 

 places. Yard at Bassin. Nov. (122), Feb. (Mrs. R. 127). 

 Eggers Fl. 750. 



510. Manihot manihot (L.) Cock). 



"Cassava." Cultivated on the St. John Estate. Sept. (Mrs. 

 R. 6). Eggers Fl. 751. 



511. CODI^UM variegatum B1. 



Cultivated at l^assin. June (Mrs. R. , no num.). Eggers Fl.. 

 p. 94. 



512. Jatkopha Curcas L. 



"French Physic Nut." On the Montpelier Estate. July (481). 

 Eggers Fl. 752. 



513. JaTROPHA GOSSVPl FOLIA L. 



" Physic Nut." A common weed in dry pastures, stem often 

 ligneous. Bassin. Oct. (14). Feb. (Mrs. R. 126). Eggers 

 Fl- 753- 



