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lato, alis membranaceis medio circiter 1°2 mm. latis minute parce 
puberulis striatis ; styli persistentes, tomentosi, vix 1°3 em. longi ; 
pedicelli 8-10 mm. longi, minute parce puberuli; stipes circiter 
5 mm. longus. 
Tropica, Arrica. Togo: Afem, Kersting, A. 515; Bagu, 
Kersting, 301; Njamassilii, Kersting, 157. Belgian Congo: Fort 
Beni, Mildbraed, 2421. 
A. very striking species with a curious distribution, Fort Beni 
being on the Uganda border of the Congo State, and widely 
distant from Togoland; it is the only one besides H. ulmoides, 
se) which has the wings connate around the base of the fruit- 
dy. 
1257. Acalypha eriophylla, Hutchinson [ Kuphorbiaceae-Crotoneae]; 
inter species Africanas stipulis magnis trilobatis bractea Q fere 
obtecta valde distincta. 
Caules e rhizomate lignoso orti, erecti, simplices, usque ad 20 cm. 
alti, profunde canaliculati vel suleati, pilis gracilibus patulis albis 
villosi. Folia caulium apices versus conferta, plus minusve im- 
bricata, subsessilia, ovata vel ovato-elliptica, apice breviter caudato- 
acuminata, basi rotundata vel (in statu juvenili) paullo cuneata, 
1°5-2°5 cm. longa, 0°7-1'4 cm. lata, acute serrata vel subdentata, 
chartacea, utrinque pilis longis albis dense villosa, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque prominentibus ; stipulae conspicuae, trilobatae vel tripar- 
titae, 5-8 mm. longae, subcoriaceae, intus glabrae, extus pilosae, 
segmentis lineari-lanceolatis subacutis vel obtusis. Flores monoici, 
Q solitarii, ad basin pedunculi flores ¢ gerentis. Inflorescentiae 
in axillis veteribus; G pedunculi 2-4 cm. longi, pilosi. Bracteae 
glomerulos ¢ subtendentes, oblongo-lineares, 3 mm. longae, ciliatae. 
Gemmae rubrae, apice parce pubescentes. Bractea Q stipula fere 
obtecta, ad medium irregulariter lobata, extus parce pilosa, intus 
semina non visa.——A. peduncularis, var., Pax in Baum Kunene- 
Samb. Exped. p. 283, non Meisn. : 
Tropica Arrica. Angola: on the Kubango, in the upper 
part of Massaca, Baum, 270. 
A very remarkable species associated by Pax with A. peduncularis 
Meisn. The flowers are monoecious, the stipules large and tri- 
lobed, almost hiding the female flower at the base of the male axis, 
and the styles are free to the base, whilst in A, peduncularis the 
flowers are dioecious, the stipules small and entire, and the styles 
connate in the lower part for half their length. 
1258. Erythrococca subspicata, Prain [ Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; 
species racemis femineis spiciformibus folia subaequantibus insignis. 
Frutex ramulis glabris, cortice viridescente lenticellato ; gemmae 
perulatae squamis caducis. Folia petiolata, membranacea, ovato- 
oblonga, acuminata, basi cuneata, margine grosse denticulata, 
10-12 cm. longa, 4-4°5 cm. lata, saturate viridia, glabra, nervi 
laterales utrinsecus circiter 4, subtus paulo elevati ; petiolus glaber, 
supra canaliculatus, 1-1°5 em. longus; stipulae cartilagineae 
persistentes in aculeos basi latiusculos apice pungentes induratae. 
