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<A. chamaedrifolia, Mull. Arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. pt. ii, 879 
(emend.); Duss in Ann. Inst. ae Marseill. vol. iti. p. 305 
Urban, Symb. Antill. vol. iv. p. 3 
Croton chamaedrifolius, Lam. Bnoyel. vol, ii. p. 215 (1786), 
Acalypha reptans, Swartz, Prodr. p. 99 (1788), et Flor. Ind. 
oceid, vol. ii, p. 1170; Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. iv. p. 523; Griseb. Flor. 
Brit. West Ind. p. 48; Duss, Le. 
A. corchorifolia, Willd. ae 524 (1805); Chapman,°FI. of the 
Southern Unit. States, p. 4 
A, adscendens, Hornem. Hort Hafn. Suppl. 108 (1819). 
. reptans, var. genuina, Miill. Arg. in Linnaea, . XXXL 
p. 48, excl. syn. Klotzsch. A. Arto var. glechomaefolia, Mill. 
Arg. e., partly, as to Wr ight, 572. 
A, patens, Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xv. pt. ii. 848 -(1866). 
A, chamaedrifolia, var. genuina, Mill. Arg. in DC, l.e 879, excl, 
syn. Klotzsch, and var. glechomaefolia, Miill. Arg. l.c., partly, as to 
Wright, 572. 
in oan chamaedrifolius, O. Ktze, Rev. Gen. Pl. vol. 
p- 617 (1891). ——Sloan, Hist. Jam. vol. i. t. 82, fig. 3; Pianee 
Plant. Amer. t. 172, fig. 
Caules patentes wel puberuea, numerosi, simplices, rhizomate 
-lignoso horizontale orti ; ; folia heteromorpha, inferiora minora, 
suborbicularia, superiora majora, oblongo-ovata vel oblongo-lanceo- 
lata, basi rotundata vel truncata, 1-3 em. longa, pica’ glahre 
vel fere glabra; inflorescentiae bisexuales, e 
foliorum superiorum axillis aggregati, bifodne Oo rasa 33 
bractea Q et pistillum ut in fig. 4a et 4b. 
Cuba: Eastern district, Wright, 572! 1672! near Monte Verde, 
Wright, 1426! Santa Clara Province ; Cieneguita, eee 
district, Combs, 140! Haland Province ; Fecha, Wilson, 
Tsle of Pines : near Nueva Gerona, Curtiss, 481! 
Jamaica: without precise Poe wee Wright in Herb Forsyth! 
Grisebach, 423! St. Andrews 
San Domingo : Schomburgk> 419), 
St. Thomas: Cowells Hill, Zygers, 118! = 
Guadeloupe : Duchassaing! 
Occurs also in 8. Ei, Florida, and pocorenne to Urban in the 
islands of Porto Rico, Hispaniola and St. 
We have not seen A, microphylla, Kishk: ae N.W. Mexico, 
reduced to this species by Miiller, but from the description it 
can scarcely be the same. The leaves are deseribed as being 
4-6 in. long and 3-4 in. broad, and the male spikes axillary and the 
female eras 1. 
tc A. pendula, Wright ex Griseb. tn Goett. Nachr. 1865, 176. 
chamaedrifolia, caret ei Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 
vol. xv. pt. ii. p. 879 (186 
Caules lapidibus ae mired j radix non visa ; folia inter se 
similia, ovata vel oblongo-ovata, basi truncata vel leviter ter cordata, 
12-4 em. longa, 1~2°3 em. lata, mareaibes ia non a at “ing ue 
molliter tomentosa, demum pubescentia ; inflor t axilla 
et terminales ; illae e floribus Q 1 vel 2 — constitute tae 
