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older shoots and thus appear to be fasciculate ; the petioles of the leaves of the latter 

 specimens are shorter than in the type, but I think this is probably due to their 

 young condition. 



Acalypha szechuanensis Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex 1.5 m. altus; rami cortice cinereo striato pubescente obtecti; 

 ramuli laterales breves, dense foliati, hirsuto-villosissimi. Folia lance- 

 olata V. ovato-lanceolata, acute caudato-acuminata, basi obtusa v. 

 rotundata, 2-6 cm. longa, 1-3 cm. lata, membranacea, crenato-serrata, 

 utrinque patule pilosa v. subvillosa; nervi laterales 4-5, ascendentes, 

 graciles; petioli graciles, usque ad 1.5 cm. longi, hirsuto-villosi ; stip- 

 ulae minutae, caducae. Flores monoici; racemi in axillis foliorum dis- 

 positi, pergraciles, patuli, plerumque masculi, interdum ad basin flore 

 foemineo unico instructi; axis villosa; flores masculi glomerulati, bre- 

 vissime pedicellati; gemmae glabrae v. fere glabrae, minutissime mu- 

 cronatae; flores foeminei solitarii, breviter pedicellati; bractea inae- 

 qualiter triloba, foliacea, lobo medio lanceolato acuto usque ad 6 mm. 

 longo et 2 mm. lato piloso; calycis segmenta oblanceolata, viridia, 2 

 mm. longa, pilosa; ovarium villosum; styli laciniati, graciles, 4.5 mm. 

 longi. 



Western Szech'uan: Kiating, sides of streams, alt. 300 m,, 

 common, June 1908 (No. 1988). 



Very closely related to A. acmo-phylla Hemsl., but different in the very short 

 petioles, narrower leaves and hirsute-villose inflorescence with larger and more 

 fohaceous bracts of the female flower. 



ALCHORNEA Swartz. 



Alchomea Davidii Franchet in Noiiv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, VII. 

 74, t. 6 {PL David. I. 264) (1884). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. 438 (1894). — Leveille, Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 157 (1914). 



Western Hupeh : Ichang, a weed in glens, common up to 650 m., 

 May 1907 (No. 1993; shrub 1-2 m. tall). 



Alchomea rufescens Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, 

 VII. 75, t. 7 (PI. David. I. 265) (1884). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. 

 XXVI. 438 (1894). 



Acalypha Giraldii Pax in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 429 (1900). — Pampanini in Nuov. 



Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 408, fig. 10 a (1910). 

 Wetria rufescens Pampanmi, 1. c. XVIII. 172, fig. 10 a (1911). 



Western Hupeh: Changlo Hsien, roadsides, alt. 650 m., May 

 1907 (No. 1989; bush 1.5-2 m. high). Around Ichang, by side of 



