48 EUPHOEBIACE^. 



long : stipules 4"' long ; racemes 6"-4" long, ? spites inferior or in the middle : 3 glp- 

 merules imbricate. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Schaoh, Lockh., Pd., Or., in the mountains of MaravaJ, 

 S. Ann's ; [Caracas]. 



84. A. laevigata, Sw. Branchlets glahrescent ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate, pointleted or 

 bluntish, serrate, glabrous, shortly petioled; $ racemes axillary, filiform, shortly pe- 

 duncled, exceeding the leaves ; ? sp.kes half as long, superior : bracts distant, cucuUate, 

 To\m^\' palmatifid to the middle: lobes lanceolate, the middle longer. — Desc. Fl. 5. t. 

 379. — A. carpinifolia, Desc. — A moncEcious shrub, 2'-3' high ; leaves 2''-3" long, 1" broad : 

 petiole Z"'-3''' long : stipules minute, ovate ; racemes 4"-3" long, cernuous ; spikes 2"-i" 

 long, few-flowered. — Hab. Jamaica!, Maqf., Fd., Wils., in woods, e.g. Manchester. 



-§ 3. Androgynous shrubs ; S flowers in spicifomi racemes, which have sessile 

 $ flowers at the base. 



85. A. cuspidata, Jacq. Branchlets pubescent; leaves subcordate-ovate, acuminate, 

 serrate, 5 -nerved at the base, loug-petioled, pubescent or glabrate above, hoary-pubescent or 

 glabrescent beneath ; racemes axillary, filiform, shortly peduneled, wiith 3-1 sessile ^ flowers 



' at and above the base ^ the peduncle ; ? bracts dilated-roundish, toothed or repand, 

 sheathing (or abortive).— /acy. Schcenbr. t. 243 : a form with the $ bracts abortive or trans- 

 formed into leaves.' — A. biserrata, Berter. — A shrub, 2'-3' high, or higher ; leaves 4"-2" 

 long: petiole 18"'-8"' long: stipules lanceolate; racemes as long as the petiole, with acces- 

 sory clusters of ? flowers in the lower axils ; seeds ovate-globose, ecarunculate. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Mac/., at Halberatadt; S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Portorioo,. Caracas]. 



§ 4. Herbaceous : terminal or superior spikes ? , inferior racemes S . 



/ 86. A, polystachya, Jacq. Annual; stem pubescent, erect; leaves ovate, pointed, 

 serrate, cordate at the base, glabrescent ; racemes and spikes filiform, the S racemes from 

 the inferior axils peduneled, the $ spikes terminal, or similar ones from the uppermost axils 

 subsessile : bracts cucullate-palmatifid, with linear, pointed lobes. — Jacq. Schosnhr. 2. t. 246 : 

 the styles however are multifld in our plant, as in J. polystachya, var. lacera, Kunze! — 

 Hab. Jamaica!, ^aff*., S. Elizabeth; [Cuba!, Haiti]. 



§ 5. Berbaceofiis : terminal raceme $ or androgynous. 



/ 87. A. reptans, Sm. Herbaceous or suffrutescent, pubescent or glabrate ; leaves ovate, 

 blunt, or roundish, creuate ; terminal raceme' subsessile, cylindrical, 3 and bearing usually 

 ? sessile flowers at the base : superior axils furnished with similar androgynous racemes, or 

 . ^ clusters ; ?. bracts roundish, dentate or crenate : teeth ovate. — SI. t. 82. y. 3.— ^A. corcho- 

 rifoha, W. : the form with the terminal raceme devoid of ? flowers. The observation on the 

 anthers of this and A. villosa, Jacq. (PI. Carib. p. 22; Novit. Panam. p. 1), is en-oneous. — 

 Palmar, csespitose, or creeping; leaves 6"'-10"' long, pellucid-dotted; androgynous raceme 

 1" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, M'Nab, Wils., in crevices of rocks, stone walls, or dry pastures; 

 [Cuba !, Guadeloupe !]. 



28. TRAGIA, L. 



Flowers monoecious. Calyx S 3-, $ 3-8-partite. Stamens 3-1 1 anthers oblong or glo- 

 bose, iatrorse. Style 3-fid. Capsule 3-ooccous. Seeds globose, ecamnoulate. — Leaves ser- 

 rate or divided, stipulate : hairs stinging ; racemes androgynous, axillary ; ^ flowers infe- 



88. T. Tolubilis, Z. Suffrutescent, twining, hispidulous or glabrescent ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, usually cordate, serrate ; racemes filiform, as long as the $ pedicel, or 

 longer : 3 bracts setaceous, as long as the single 3 pedicel ; stamens 2 (-3) : anthers ovoid- 

 oblong; ? calyx 6 (-5) -partite: segments lanceolate, quite entire; style-branches revolute; 

 capsule 3-globose, hisirid.-r-S'/. t. 82. /. 1. — Hab. Jamaica!, all collectors, common in 

 hedges and woods ; S. Vincent 1, Chuild. ; Trinidad !, Fd. ; [Venezuela !, New Granada i 

 Brazfl!]. 



