838 CIX. EUPUOEEIACE^. 



spikes of flowers ; mnle flowers tufted ; female solitary, in the axil of the 

 bract. — M. Capensis, E. M., found by Drege, at Katal. 



8. ACALYPHA, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious or dia'cious. — Male : Calyx 4-parted, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 8-16 ; filaments connate at their 

 thickened bases ; anthers obloni^, flexuous. — Female : Calyx 

 3-5-parted, pubescent, imbricate in bud. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 cells 1-ovuled ; styles 3, divergent, coloured, multifid. Cap- 

 sule 3-celled, in the persistent calyx. — Endl. Gen. n. 5787 ; 

 Baill. Euph.p. 4J.0. t. 20. f. 13-19 ; DC. I. c. p. 799. 



Tropical or subtropical shrubs or herbs, with the aspect of nettles ; alter- 

 nate, penninerved leaves, with deciduous stipules, and terminal or axillary- 

 spiked flowers ; the males aggregated, tlie female solitary under each bract. 

 — Several Cape species, in the Eastern district and at Natal. 



9. ADENOCLINE, Turcz. 



Flowers dioecious. — Male : Calyx 5-parted ; the segments 

 long, narrow, concave. Stamens 10-12 ; filaments free, short, 

 jointed in the middle ; anthers didymous. Grlands 3, on the 

 receptacle. — Female : Calyx of male. Glands 3, broad, alter- 

 nating with the cells of the 3-celled ovary ; cells 1-ovuled ; 

 styles 3, deeply 2-fid. Capsule 3-celled.— Twrc2;. in Fl. 1814, 

 p. 121 ; Baill. 7. c. p. 456. t. 9./ 6. Diplostylis, Sond. in Linn. 

 xxiii. ;?. 113; DC. I.e. p. 1139. 



Small half -woody orher'iac.^ous plants, with opposite or alternate, stipu- 

 late, narrow, entire or toothed leaves, and axillary or terminal tufted 

 flowers. — 5 species, dispersed. 



10. TRAGIA, Plum. 



Flowers monoecious. — Male : Calyx 3-parted, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens 2-3 ; filaments short, free. — Female : Calyx 3-8- 

 parted ; the segments imbricated, pectinate or pinnatifid. 

 Ovary 3-celled, 3-lobed ; cells 1-ovuled ; style 3-fid. Cap- 

 sule hispid, 3-celled. — Endl. Gen. n. 5782 ; Baill. I. c. p. 459 ; 

 DC. I. c. p. 927. 



Herbaceous or ligneous tropical or subtropical plants, often voluble, hairy, 

 with alternate, stipuled, penninerved, ovate or cordate, lobed or pinnatisect 

 lenves and racemose flowers ; the female flowers few, at the base of tlie 

 raceme, on long pedicels. — Several species, in the Eastern district. 



11. SEIDELIA, Baill. 



Flowers monoecious. — IMale : Calyx 3-parted, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens 2-3, alternate with the calyx-lobes ; filaments free ; 

 antliers globose. — Female: Calyx 3-partcd. Ovary 2-celled, 

 a gland alternating with each cell ; cells 1-ovuled. — Baill. I. c. 

 ^9.465. t. 9.f. 7. Mercurialis sp., Sond. in Linn, xxiii.^j. 112 ; 

 DC. I.e. p. 947 (Tragia, sect. 11, Seidelia). 



