Acalypha EUPIIORBIACE^ 299 



of the way down into about 7 to 9 triangular lobes, villose outside, 

 enclosing two flowers, one developing before the other. Capsule 3-lobed- 

 globular, villose on upper part, 1'6 mm. 1. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoidal, 

 1-1-2 mm. 1. 



• • 2. A. euspidata Jacq. Hort. Schoenhr. li.'QS, t. 243 (1797); 

 shrub ; leaves ovate, acuminate, 4-8 cm. I. ; inflorescence 2-sexual. 

 — Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 48. A. euspidata var. genuina MtteJL 

 Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. jit. 2, 858 (1866). 



Halberstadt, Macfadyenl Round Hill, St. Cruz Mts., 1800 ft.; coast 

 between Portland Point and Rocky Point ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 9705, 10,185. — 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, S. Vincent, tropical S. America. 



SJirub 2-4 ft. high; tomentose on young parts. Leaves 4-8 cm. 1., 

 ovate, acuminate, base slightly cordate, crenate-serrate, nerves pinnate, 

 with three on each side from the base, usually softly tomentose to the 

 touch or glabrate, pubescent on the nerves; petiole 1-5-3 cm. 1., tomentose 

 or pubescent; stipules linear, broader at base, to 6 mm. 1., soon falling. 

 Spikes 2-sexual, axillary, somewhat longer than the petiole, 2-4 cm. 1., 

 male flowers numerous with 1 to 3 female flowers at base ; rhachis villose- 

 tomentose, hairs often glandular. Fruiting bracts entire, slightly uneven, 

 somewhat rounded in outline with cordate or truncate base, about 2 mm. 

 in diam., tomentose outside and on the margin, enclosing two flowers. 

 Capsule 3-lobed-globular, villose, with a fe-vv glandular hairs, nearly 

 2 mm. 1. Seeds ellipsoidal, covered with minute projecting points, about 

 1-2 mm, 1. 



3. A. scabposa Sic. Prodr. 99 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Ocr. 1175; 

 inflorescence 1-sexual, dioecious; female bracts few; shrub. — 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 47 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. ^cv.jd. 2, 862. 

 A. scabrosa Sw. var. ovata Griseh. loc. cit. A. betultefolia 

 Siv. Prodr. 100 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1177; Griseb. loc. cit. 

 A. scabrosa var. betukefolia and ovata Muell. Arg. loc. cit. A. 

 Kcabrosa var. elongata Urb. Synth. Ant. v. 389 (1908). Specimens 

 from Swartz of both liis species in Herb. Mus. Brit. & in Herb. 

 Stockholm. 



Wright \ Broughionl Sicartzl Macfadyenl Ocho Rios, McNah\ Port 

 Royal Mts., Purdie ! WilsoJi ! St. Ann's Bay ; Ocho Rios ; Liguanea Hills ; 

 Prior ! Liguanea plain, 600-650 ft , Campbell ! Blue ]\Its. ; Long Mt., 

 L'00-300 ft. ; Yardley Chase, 1600 ft. ; Constant Spring to Bardowie, 800 ft. r 

 Harris ! Hectors River, Harris it Britton ! Bog Walk, Britton, 2626 ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5158, 5601, 5750, 5908, 6256, 8924, 9578, 9669, 10,717, 12,104. 



Shrub 1-6 ft. high, erect or with branches trailing over rocks, dicecious^ 

 rarely monoecious. Branches numerous, pubescent. Leaves variable in 

 size, form and hairiness, -5-8 cm. 1., narrowly elliptical to elliptical-roundish, 

 ovate or lanceolate, apex rounded to acute or sub-acuminate, base rounded 

 to wedge-shaped, £errate or crenate, nerves pinnate, one on each side at 

 base, papery, pubescent or glabrescent on nerves, surface glabrous or 

 tomentose; petiole 1 mm. -1 cm. 1., pubescent or glabrous; stipules small, 

 very soon falling. Spikes axillary: male -5-2*5 cm. 1., with numerous 

 flowers; female to -5 cm. 1., with three or four bracts. Fruiting bi-acfs- 

 4 mm. 1., with 4-10 triangular unequal acute teeth or lobes, usually about 

 one-third length of bract, villose and ribbed outside, enclosing one or two 

 flowers. Capsule 3-lobed-globular, villose on upper part, about 1-7 mm. 1. 

 Seeds brown, ovate-ellipsoidal, about 1-4 mm. 1. 



