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Deccan : Woodrow ; Poona districts, Cooke ! ; Dongergaon near Ahinednagar, 

 CooA'e ! S. M. Country : Dliai-war, Woodrow ! — Disteib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, 

 Tropical Africa, Philippines. 



The roots, leaves, and tender shoots are used in Hindu medicine. See Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



Nimmo (fide Graliam) says that cats are as much affecjted by the roots ol' tiiis plant 

 as they are by those of Valerian. 



3. .Acalypha brachystachya, Honmn. Hort. Hafn. (1815) p. 909. 

 Herbaceous, annual, G-12 in. high, flaccid, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves thinly membranous, 1-3 by f-lf in., ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 crenate-serrate, with a few scattered hairs on both surfaces, base 

 usually cordate, obscurely 7-nerved ; petioles |— 2 in. long, very slender. 

 Flowers in short axillary androgynous spikes about h in. long, the male 

 flowers few in minute clusters at the top of the spike, the females 

 cro«'ded in 2-3-flowered bracts at its base ; bracts of the female flowers 

 green, very large, cut into 3 linear spreading entire 1-nerved obtuse 

 lobes. Ovary hispid; styles pectinately laciniate, jL in. long. Capsules 

 hispid, quite concealed by the large bracts. Seeds ovoid, jL in. long, 

 reddish-brown, smooth or nearly so. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 416 ; Muell. Arg. 

 in DC. Prodr. v. 15, part 2, p. 870 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p.59; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 372; Watt," Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, 

 p. (il. — Flowers : Aug. 



Rare in the Bombay Presidency. The only specimens I have seen from that 

 Presidency were collected at Panchgani (4000 ft.) in the Deccan. — Distrib. India 

 (temperate Himalaya, W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Java, Tropical Africa. 



4. Acalypha ciliata, Forsl-. Fl. ^gyjpt.-Arah. (1775) p. 162. 

 Herbaceous, stout, 1-2| ft. high ; stems erect, not much branched, 

 striate, the older glabrous, the younger pubescent. Leaves If- 3 by 

 1-1| in., ovate, often caudate-acuminate, thin, finely serrate, hairy on 

 the veins beneath, base usually rounded, 5-nerved ; petioles usually 

 exceeding the leaf-blade, spreading, slender. Flowers in axillary andro- 

 gynous spikes |— I in. long, the males few, sessile, very minute, at the 

 top of the spike, the females several, crowded at its base ; bracts of 

 female flowers large (like the calyx of a Labiate, Hool-er), 1-2-flowered, 

 pale green, exceeding the capsules, with many nerA'es ending in long 

 subulate hispid teeth. Capsules concealed by the bracts, quite glabrous, 

 nearly white, twisted after dehiscence. Seeds globosely ovoid, jy in. 

 long, smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 417; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 228 ; Trim' Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 4, p. 59 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 372 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PL p. 947; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 62.— 

 Flowers : Sept. 



KoNKAN : Stocks \, Law \ Deccan: Junnar (Poona districts), /Caw^i'^-rtr !, Woodrow. 

 Kanaka : Law ! ; Halyal (N. Kanara), Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Central Bengal, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Arabia, Tropical Africa. 



5. Acalypha malabarica, Muell. Arg. in Linmm, v. 34 (1865) 

 p. 42. A stout leafy somewhat flaccid branched annual 6-12 in. high ; 

 stem pubescent. Leaves rather rigid, 1-1| by |-f in., elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, subserrate, base usually acute, 5-nerved ; 

 petioles shorter or longer than the leaf-blade, slender. Flowers in 

 axillary androgynous spikes 4 in. long, the males few, terminal, minute, 

 the females numerous ; bracts of females about ^ in. in diam. when 



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