416 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Acalyplia. 



of male pubescent. Capsule hispid. Seeds subglobose. I can find no gon<l cha- 

 racters whereby to separate capitata from alnifolia. Mueller distinguishes the 

 latter by the longer petioles and deeper lobed bracts. 



5. A. inclica. Linn. Sp. PL 1003; herbaceous, pubescent, leaves long- 

 petioled ovate or rhombic- ovate crenate-serrate, spikes all axillary andro- 

 gynous elongate, male n. few minute terminal, bracts many distant large 

 broad 3-5-fld. truncate crenate much larger than the capsules. Muell. Arg. 

 in DO. Prodr. xv. ii. 868; Eoxb. FL Ind. iii. 675; Wight Ic. t. 877; 

 Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 186 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 228. A. spicata. 

 Forsk. FL JEff. Arab. 160. A. ciliata & A. canescens, Wall. Cat. 7779 and 

 7785. 



Hotter parts of INDIA from Behar eastwards to Assam and southwards to Singa- 

 pore and Burma ; and from the Concau to Travancore. CEYLON, common in fields. 

 DISTRIB. westwards to Tropical Africa, and eastwards to Timor and the Philip- 

 pines. 



Annual, 1-3 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., acute or obtuse, base cuneate entire; petiole 

 slender, often longer than the blade. Spikes 1-3 in., slender, erect; bracts \-\ in. 

 diarn., cuneiform, many-nerved. Ovary hispid. Capsules quite concealed by the 

 bract, often only 1-seeded, hispid. Seed ovoid, acute, smooth. 



6. A. brachystachya 9 Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 909; herbaceous, 

 flaccid, nearly glabrous, leaves long-petioled ovate or ovate-cordate subacute 

 crenate-serrate, spikes all axillary sessile very short androgynous, male ti. 

 very few terminal minute, fern, bracts few 2-3-fid. crowded at the base 

 of the spike very large cut into 3 linear spreading 1-uerved obtuse lobes, 

 styles pectinately laciniate. Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 870. A. 

 conferta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 677. A. calyciformis, Herb. Wight, and A. 

 fissa, Herb. Madr., Wall. Cat. 7786. Tragia tenuis, Herb. Madr. ; Wall. 

 Cat. 7787. 



TEMPETCATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-8000 ft. ; from Kashmir to Nepal, Wallw'h, &c. 

 The KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., J. D. IL. Sc T. T. DECCAN PENINSULA, from Canara 

 southwards. CEYLON, Wallcer. DISTRIB. Java, Trop. Africa. 



A flaccid annual, 6-12 in. Leaves 1-3 in., membranous, acute obtuse or acuminate ; 

 petiole often longer than the blade. Bracts forming axillary clusters, each ^-^ in. 

 long ; lateral segments shorter, all spreading. Male flowers in minute clusters on 

 the very short filiform apex of the spike. Capsules hispid, quite concealed in the 

 large greeu bracts. Seeds subglobose, nearly smooth. 



7. A. malabarica, Muell. Arg. in Linncea xxxiv. 42, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 871 ; herbaceous, flaccid, stem pubescent, leaves long-petioled 

 ovate subacute subserrate, spikes all axillary s.essile short androgynous, male 

 fl. very few terminal minute, bracts 3-7 alternate 2-5-fld. glabrous many- 

 toothed and bordered with slender gland-tipped hairs rather longer than 

 the capsules. A. hispida, Heyne in Herb. Mottler. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne, Law. 



A rather stout leafy annual, 4-6 in. ; stem stout. Leaves 1^-2 in., base cuneate, 

 glabrous ; petiole longer than the blade. Spikes % in., male portion with few minute 

 glabrous flowers. Bracts f in. broad, separated by short intervals. Seeds globosely 

 ovoid, obscurely granulate. The more entire leaves, shorter sessile spikes, and 

 deeper glabrous 2-3-fld. bracts distinguish this from A. lancc'olata. 



8. A. fallax^ Muell, . Anj. in Linncea xxxiv. 43, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 872 ; herbaceous, leaves long or short-petioled from rhombic- or 

 orbicular-ovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse or acute crenate-serrate, spikes all 



