612 cxv. euphoebiacejE, 



spread out, nearly as long as the capsules, alteruale, 2-o-flo\vere(l, 

 glabrous, about 12-toothecl, bordered with slender gland-liiiped hairs. 

 Capsules nearly glabx'ous. Seeds globosely ovoid, suKiuth, pale-brown. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 410.— Flo\vers : Aug. 



Ko.NKAx\ : Sfocks !, Law ! Deccan : Poona, CooAc ! Kanaka : law !, S/ocAs'. 

 GuJAitAT : Surat, Cooke ! — Distkib. India (W. Peniusula). 



6. Acalypha lanceolata, WiUd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 524. 

 Annual, 18 in. high, much branched from the base ; branches clothed 

 with long weak hairs. Leaves g-lj by 5-I in., ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute, serrate, slightly hairy especially on the nerves, base acute or 

 rounded, 3-5-nerved ; petioles |-1 in, long, slender, hairy. FloA\ers in 

 short sessile axillary spikes, the male flowers in a minute head con- 

 cealed by the uppermost bracts or produced into a small spike ; bracts 

 of female l-flo\vered, | in. across when spread out flat, with several 

 deep acute teeth, hairy, not concealing the capsules. Ovary hispid ; 

 styles gJy in. long, laciniate. Capsules longer than the bracts, hispid 

 with hairs from glandular bases. Seeds ovoid, acute, y^ in. long, 

 smooth, pale yellowish-brown. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 59. Acalypha 

 fidlcuv, Muell.Arg. in Linna?a, v. 34 (1865) p. 43; Trim. Syst. Cat. 

 ■p. 82 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 416 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 372. A. Jiisjnda, Thw. Enum. p. 271 (not of Burm.). 

 A. Wvjhtiana, Muell. Arg. in Linn^a, v. 34 (1865) p. 43. — Flowers : 

 Aug. 



Rare in t lie Bombay Presidency. S. M. Country: Karhmatti, Cookc\\ Badami, 

 Woodroivl — DisTEiB. India (W. Peuinsida, Biruia) ; Ceylon, Sumatra, Java. 



Acahjplia Wil/iCsiana, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. v. 15, part 2, ]). 

 A shrub (3-10 ft, high, a native of the Fiji Islands, often grown in gan 



,817. 



rdens 

 for the sake of its highly ornamental leaves. Leaves large, re;iching 8 in. 

 long, ovate, acuminate, coarsely serrat(% naturally bronze-colored, but 

 under cultivation assuming a great variety of tints, pink yellow and 

 brown, when the plant is very ornamental. There is a fine figure of 

 the leaves in Seem. Fl. Vit. (1805) t. 58. AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 372 & Gard. in Lid. ed. 5, p. 434. 



Numerous varieties of this plant are in cultivation, a common one 

 being the varietymcnyinata with large olive-brown leaves margined with 

 rosy carmine. 



AcaI>ipJia Jiispidn, Burm. Fl. Lid. (1708) p. 303, t. 01, fig. 1 (not of 

 AVilld. nor Blume). A shrub, a native of New Guinea, sometimes grown 

 in gardens. It has liroadly ovate serrate cordate leaves and a very long 

 pendulous female raceme 12-18 in. long, like a cat's tail, scarlet. IH. 

 B. I. V. 5, p. 417; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (180!)) p. 372. 

 Caturas spicijlorus, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 714 ; llo.xb. FL lud. 

 V. 3, p. 760. 



28. ADENOCHL-ffiNA, Baill. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrous or stellatcly tomcntoso. Leaves allernate, 

 entire. Flowers mouuicious, in terminal or axillary spicifbrm racemes, 

 the males numerous, clustered, the females few at the base of the spikes. 



