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34. Acalypha parvifolia Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 161. 1865. 

 Known only from the type locality, San Agustin, Oaxaca. 



Shrub, about 30 cm. high, intricately branched ; leaves triangular-ovate, 

 acute, denticulate; staminate spikes pedunculate, 1 to 2 cm. long; pistillat? 

 spikes 12 to 17 mm. long ; bracts acutely 9 or 11-dentate ; ovary muricate. 



35. Acalypha deppeana Schlecht. Linnaea 7: 385. 1832. 

 Acalijiiha schicdcana Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 20. 1865. 

 Veracruz ; type from Plan del Rio. 



Slender shrub, glabrous or nearly so ; leaves broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 5 to 11 cm. long, crenate-serrate, cuspidate-acuminate ; pistillate spikes all 

 terminal, dense. 



36. Acalypha lignosa T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 184. 191.5. 

 Known only from the type locality, San Geronimo, Oaxaca. 



Shrub, nearly glabrous; leaves ovate, 6.5 cm. long, acuminate, crenate-dentate ; 

 pistillate spikes about 2 cm. long, dense ; ovary hirsute. 



37. Acalypha laxiflora Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34 : 18. 1865. 

 Type from Veracruz. Also in Cuba. 



Leaves ovate, 7 to 10 cm. long, acutely acuminate, appressed-serrate, glabrous 

 or nearly so ; spikes about 8 cm. long ; ovary sericeous. 



38. Acalypha vagans Cav. Icon. PI. 6 : 47. pi. 509. f. 1. 1801. 



Jalisco and Michoaciin to Chiapas and Veracruz; type from Acapulco. 



Stems suffruticose, pubescent ; leaves 4 to 7 cm. long, acuminate, long-pedun- 

 culate, pubescent beneath or rarely glabrate ; spikes equaling or shorter than 

 the leaves ; ovary muricate, hirsute. 



39. Acalypha lagascana Muell. Arg. Flora 1872: 27. 1872. 

 Described from Mexico, the locality not known. 



Leaves 3.5 to 4.5 cm. long, acuminate, villosulous beneath; staminate spikes 

 4 to 5 cm. long; ovary muricate, hirtellous. 



40. Acalypha liebmanni Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 161. 1865. 

 Known only from the type locality, Colipa, Veracruz. 



Stems suffruticose, puberulent ; leaves triangular-ovate, 2 to 4.5 cm. long, 

 shortly cuspidate-acuminate, serrate; pistillate spikes twice as long as the 

 leaves or longer, about 1 cm. thick. 



41. Acalypha cincta Muell. Arg. Linnaea 34: 20. 1865. 



Sinaloa and Jalisco to Guerrero ; type from some unknown Mexican locality. 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high ; leaves ovate or rounded-ovate, 8 to 17 cm. long, 

 cuspidate-acuminate, crenate, puberulent beneath, with a narrow, pale green 

 border about the margin ; pistillate spikes all terminal, 5 to 9 cm. long, dense. 



42. Acalypha schiedeana Schlecht. Linnaea 7: 384, 1832. 

 Veracruz ; type from Jalapa. Guatemala ; reported from Venezuela. 

 Shrub, 1 to 3 meters high ; leaves broadly ovate, 5 to 10 cm. long, shortly 



cuspidate-acuminate, crenate-serrate, pilose beneath ; pistillate spikes dense, 

 the staminate axillary, equaling or longer than the leaves. 



43. Acalypha oligodonta Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15^: 831. 1866. 

 Oaxaca and Veracruz ; type from Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, Oaxaca. 

 Stems suffrutescent, sericeous when young ; leaves triangular-ovate, 5 to 6 cm, 



long, acuminate, crenate, puberulent or glabrate beneath; staminate spikes 

 about 4 cm. long. 



