Acahjpha EUrHORBIACE.I-: 301 



No. 1 instead of No. 2 is evidently a mistake which has been 

 copied into Sp. PI. ed. 2) ; shrub, with youngest part of twigs, 

 also the petioles, and peduncle with rhachis of inflorescence,^ 

 puberulous, at length glabrate ; leaves crenate surrulate ; in- 

 tlorescence unisexual (or the male spike I'ai-ely with, one female 

 bract near the base), female spike axillary ; fruiting bracts 

 many, 7-9 mm. 1., notched to.al)out } or ^ of its length inta 

 7-9 triangular-deltoid teeth or lobes. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1169: 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 47 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 

 816. A. erecta virgultosa &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 346, /. 36,/. 2. 

 Type, Browne's specimen, in Herb. Linn. ; there is also a speci- 

 men from Browne in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Broivnc ! Wright ! Swartz ! Macfadyen ! Purdie ! Wilson ! March ; J. P. 

 1116, 1159, Morris \ Woodcutters Gap; Clydesdale, 3600 ft.; Harris I FL 

 Jam. 52i7, 5467, 5507. 



Shrub 10-15 ft. high, moucBcious. Leaves 5-15 cm. 1., elliptical to- 

 narrowly oblong-elliptical, acuminate, base obtuse or subcordate, glabrate, 

 nerves pinnate, veins distinct, especially beneath, membranous ; petiole 

 •5-4 cm. 1. Spikes axillary, pedunculate, male and female usually on 

 different branches, sometimes on the same branch, when the male is on 

 younger wood than the female ; male 5-10 (3-14) cm. 1., female 4-6 (3-7 "5) 

 cm. 1., with 5-10 bracts or clusters of two or three at intervals. Male 

 bractcoles ovate. Female bracts hispidulous on and just below margin on 

 inner side, enclosing one or two flowers. Capsule about 2 mm. 1., pube- 

 rulous. Seeds ovate-ellipsoidal, about 1'8 mm. 1. 



Var. pubescens Fawc. d- Rendle in Journ. Boi. Ivii. 314 (1919) : 

 young branches, petioles, midrib and nerves densely pubescent > 

 leaves sparingly pubescent on both sides ; petioles 2-8*5 cm. 1. : 

 female spikes to 8 cm. 1. ; female bracts hispidulous on margin 

 and outer surface. Type in Herb. Kew and in Herb. Jam. 

 Below Hardware Gap ; Claverty Cottage ; J.P. 1416, 1421, Hart ! 



7. A. lavigata Sw. Prodr. 99 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1166 : 

 shrub, glabrous, but puberulous on very young leaves, ovary, 

 and capsule ; leaves crenate-serrulate ; inflorescence unisexual, 

 female spike axillary ; fruiting bracts many, 6 mm. 1., cleft to 

 below the middle into about seven lanceolate-linear lobes. — ■ 

 Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 48 ; Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. % 

 820. Type from Swartz in Herb. Stockholm and a specimen 

 also in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Shakspear\ in the western parts, Sicartzl Macfadyen; Christiana, 

 ^Manchester, Purdie ! Wilson ; Tyre, near Troy, 2000 ft. ; slopes of Dolphin 

 Head Mt. ; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500-2800 ft. ; Ipswich, St. Elizabeth. 

 500-750 ft. ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 9470, 10,290, 10,862, 12,504. 



Shrub 2-6 ft. high, glabrous (but puberulous on very young leaves, 

 ovary, and capsule) ; monojcious. Leaves 5-8 (3-11) cm. 1., lanceolate to 

 narrowly elliptical, shortly acuminate, base cuneate, emarginate, margin 

 crenate-serrulate, nerves pinnate, papery ; petiole short, 2-7 mm. 1. Spikes 

 unisexual, axillary, to 8 or 10 cm. 1., male and female spikes on young 



