298 



FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Acalyphn 



(3 L. S_p. PI. 1003 (1753) (excl. syn.). A. reptans Siv. Prodr. 9^ 

 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1170; Willd. Sp. PL iv. 523; Griseh. 

 op. cit. 48. A. corchorifolia Willd. torn. cit. 524 (1805); Chapman 

 Fl. S.U.S. 406 ; Small Fl. S.E.U.S. 700. Urtica minor iners &c. 

 Sloane Cat. 38 & Hist. i. 125, t. 82, f. 3. Tragia mercurialis 

 L. Amoen. v. 409, 382 (1760) & Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1391 ^n part). 

 Croton foliis cordatir, &.c. Plum. PI. Amer. (Burm.) 165, t. 172,/. 2. 

 Croton chamsedrifolium Lam. Encyc. ii. 215 (1786). (Fig. 98.)- 

 A specimen from Browne in Herb. Linn, named Tragia mer- 



Fig. QS.—Acal!J2>lia chamsedri/oHa Muell. Arg. 

 A, Portion of flowering branch, nat. size. D, Female flower ; a, sepal ; b, bud, x 11. 



15, Cluster of male flowers with one ready 



to open X 11. 

 C, Stamen, much enlarged. 



E, Capsule with one- coccus removetl 



X 11. 



F, Seed X 10. 



curialis in Solander's hand. A specimen collected by Swartz 

 in Hispaniola is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Town savanna, Sloane Herb. ii. 77 ! Broivne 1 Wright ! St. Andrew, 

 McNabl Wilsmil Lititz savanna, Manchester, amongst grasses and in 

 crevices of rocks in thickets, 800-800 ft.; Two Mile Wood, St. Catherine; 

 Harris ! Fl. Jam. 11,730, 12,404, 12,438.— Florida and Keys, Cuba, Is. of 

 Pines, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz, Guadeloupe. 



Tap-root thick, woody, growing vertically or at various angles. Stems, 

 sometimes with rhizomes more or less horizontal, woody at base, erect to 

 spreading-procumbent, to 1 ft. long or high ; branches villose, especially 

 on young parts. Leaves: margin crenate, nerves pinnate, one on each 

 side from the base, membranous, more or less pubescent ; petiole 2-10 mm. 1., 

 villose ; stipules small, lanceolate. Spikes 1-3 cm. 1., terminal and in 

 axils of upper leaves, the portion above with male flowers deciduous, 

 4-8 female bracts below, crowded ; rhachis villose. Male bracts linear, 

 pubescent, -6-1 mm. 1. Fruiting bracts about 3 mm. 1., divided one-third 



