Acalypha] XCVIII. EUPHOEBIACE^ 587 



35. ACALYPHA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 414. 



Herbs, a few slirubs or trees. L. alternate, toothed orcrenate. M. nsually 

 monoecious, minute, cj in axillary spikes, calyx splitting into 4 valvate sepals. 

 Stamens usually 8, on a convex receptacle, antber-cells divaricate, $ at the 

 base of the $ raceme or in separate racemes or heads, sometimes solitary. 

 Sepals minute 3--4, ovary 3-celled, styles filiform, generally long, branched ^or 

 fimbiiate, often bright-coloured. Capsule of 3 small crustaceous cocci. Species 

 220, tropical and subtropical. 



1. A. fruticosa, For&k. Western Peninsula. Pegu and Martaban (Kurz).— Ceylon. 

 A shrub, young slioots finely hany, 1. ovate, underside with numerous shining 

 orbicular glands, blade 1-3, pet.^-1 in. Spikes hairy, ^-1 in. long, the upper portion 

 occupied by densely crowded minute 6 , while the lower portion bears isolated 9 fl-r 

 in the axils of broad foliaceous crenate and radially ribbed bracts, sepals 4 hyaline,, 

 ciliate, ovary densely hairy, styles with numerous lateral branches. Capsules- 

 tomentose J in. diam, 2. A. acmophylla, Hemsley in Journ, Linn. Soc. xxvi. 436. 

 Upper Burma.—Hupeh. Similar to 1, young shoots and young 1. clothed with long 

 fascicled hairs, 1. eglandular, long-acuminate, blade 2-4, pet. slender, 1-2 in., spikes- 

 usually (?,l-2 in. long, $ fl. solitary. 3. A. alnifolia, Klein. Western Peninsula. 

 Branches and petioles softly pubescent. L. tomentose while young, more or less hairy 

 wdien full grown, eglandular, ovate, blade J-2, pet. J-f in., spikes <5 , 2-3 in. long, 9 £.. 

 in terminal heads or short spikes, bracts" 1-fld., styles pink, plumose with capillary 

 branches, capsule hispid. 4. A. Dalzellii, Hook. f. Bombay. Glabrous, eglandular, 1. 

 thinly membranous, ovate-lanceolate, obscurely crenate, blade 2-S, pet. capillary, j-lj 

 in. long. 9 fl. in pairs on long filiform peduncles in the axil of one large reniform 

 quite entire bract J~^ in. diam. Ovary glabrous. 5. A. Mspida, Burm. New Guinea. 

 Cultivated in India and the Malay Archip. A shrub, 1. broad-ovate, ? racemes, 

 drooping, scarlet, 12- 18 in. long, styles deeply pinnatifid, segments linear subulate. 



36. ALCHORNEA, Swartz; M. Brit. Ind, v. 420. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. alternate, fl. dioecious or monoecicus, small, apetalous, in 



clusters on simple or panicled terminal spikes or racemes, bracts minute, disk 0. 



$ : calyx globose, splitting into 2-4 valvate segments. $ : sepals 3-6, inibri- 



cate. Capsule of 2-3 two-valved crustaceous cocci. Species about 30, tropical. 



1. A. mollis, Muell. Arg. Outer valleys of Nepal and Sikkim, ascending to 2,000 ft. 

 Assam. Northern Circars. A small tree, branohlets, petioles, underside of 1. and 

 racemes finely tomentose. L. broad ovate, dentate, acuminate, base rounded or slightly 

 cordate, blade 4-6 in. long and nearly as broad, pet. 8--5 in., basal n. 3. Capsule I m. 

 diam., faintly 3-lobed, smooth, densely pubescent, styles short spreading. 2. A. tili^- 

 folia, Muell. Arg. Sikkim foot of hills, ascending to 4,000 ft. Assam. Khasi hills. 

 Tenasserim or Andamans (Kurz). Similar to 1 but 1. hairy along nerves only, serrate, 

 base often cuneate, capsules oblong, tubercled, finely pubescent, J in. long, crowned by 

 the long filiform styles. 3. A. rugosa, Muell. Arg. Tenasserim.— Malay Penins. 

 China. L. penninerved, 1. elliptic-lanceolate or oblaneeolate, blade 4-8, |>et. 1 in. long, 

 capsules glabrous tridymous, |-J in. diam. 



Coccoceras plicatum, Muell. Arg.— Syn. Hi/memcardia pUcata^ Kurz. Pegu, Martaban 

 and Tenasserim in swamp forests and on low ground in the Savannah forests ( Yegijin, 

 Burm.). A middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets and petioles with rusty pubescenca. 

 li. elongate-elliptic, abruptly acuminate, repand-crenate, blade 4-6, pet. J-l in. long, 

 underside densely covered with minute orbicular scales, cj fl. minute in distant 

 clusters on long slender axillary racemes. 9 solitaiy on short pedicels in racemes 

 2-8 in. long, ovary trigonous. 



37. MALLOTUS, Lour.; M. Brit. Ind. v. 427. 



Shrubs or trees, 1. mostly evergreen and alternate, in some species opposite^ 

 petiole usually long. M. monoecious or dioecious, apetalous, disk usually 0. <J : 

 Calyx globose or ovoid, valvately 3-5-partite, stamens 20-30, crowded on a 

 central receptacle, anther-cells adnate to and often widely separated by the 

 thick connective. Pistillode or minute. 9 : Oalyx nsually valvately 3-6- 

 lobed. Ovary 2-4-celled, styles spreading or recurved. Capsule 2-3-celled,. 

 dehiscing loculicidallyj 2-3-valved. Species 70-80, chiefly Indo-Malayan. 



