410 



Ign. Urban. 



arduis (in ic. Plum, et exempl. caeteris), bracteis femineis plus minus 

 evolutis et plus minus profunde 5— 9-fidis. Flor. Jan., Apr., Jul., Aug. 



Hab. in Haiti: C. Ehrenberg, Picarda no. 49, 362, 444, Poiteau 

 (ex Müll. Arg.), locis saxosis ad rivulos: Swartz (mus. Holm.), prope 

 Marmelade: Nash et Taylor no. 1286, prope Plaisance in faucibus um- 

 brosis 400 m: Buch no. 1064, prope Port-au-Prince in sylvis montanis: 

 Bertero no. 1045, Jacquemont, in Pond Parisien: Picarda no. 305, 

 in Morne Faure latere septentr. in faucibus humidis: Christ no. 1836. — 

 Sto. Domingo: Bertero, in prov. Barahona prope Maniel et Paradis 

 ad rivulos, vias et in sylvis 100—200 m: Fuertes no. 452, 1012, 1012b, 

 V. Türckheim no. 2756. 



Obs. An Ä. carpinifolia Poir. in Lam. Enc. VI (1804) p. 203 (cond. 

 in Plum. ed. Burm. tab. 172 f. 1) ad formas Ä. angustifoliae Sw. pertineat, 

 anne speciem propriam praebeat, specimine congruente nunc mihi non 

 obvio dicere nequeo. 111. Plumier ipse in Cat. Plant, araer. (1703) p. 20 

 ambas species sub nominibus Manihot ulmi folio ampliore et Manihot tdmi 

 folio angustiore separavit. 



173. Acalypha hispaniolae Urb., spec. nov. 



Monocca. annua v. fruticulosa, 15 — 25 cm alta. Radix parum v. non 

 incrassata. Caules supra basin radicantes, arcuato-erecti; rami hornotini 

 pilis brevibus patentibus v. curvulis satis dense vestiti. Stipulae fili- 

 formes V. subulato-filiformes, 3 — 5 mm longae. Folia 20—2 mm longe 

 petiolata, ovata v. breviter ovata, basi truncata v. leviter cordata, apice 

 obtusiuscula v. obtusa, 2 — 4 cm longa, 1,5 — 3 cm lata v. suprema minora, 

 margine toto crenata v. serrata, e basi 5-nervia, nervis supra tenuiter v. 

 vix, subtus magis prominentibus et reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra 

 glabra v. parce pilosa, subtus ad nervos tantum v. etiam in facie pubes- 

 centia, chartacea, plerumque subtus purpurascentia. Inflorescentiae 

 terminales plerumque bisexuales, ad basin v. in ferne femineae, caeterum 

 mascuiae, raro unisexuales, nunc masculae nunc femineae, floribus 

 singulis femineis in axillis foliorum superiorum fere semper additis; pars 

 mascula usque 5 cm longa, 2—2,5 mm crassa, glomôrulis contiguis v. 

 infimis inter sese disjunctis, bracteis filiformibus 1 — 1,5 mm longis 

 suffultis; feminea nunc 1-, nunc pauci-, nunc pluriflora, postremo usque 

 7 mm crassa. Alabastra mascula 0,3 — 0,4 mm crassa, obtuse 4-gona. 

 Bracteae fl. fem. explanatae suborbiculares, fere usque ad medium pinnati- 

 fidae, lobis 9 — 13 triangulari-lanceolatis acutis. Styli usque 7 mm longi, 

 multipartiti purpurei. Capsulae sphaeroideae, superne hirsutae. Semina 

 ovata, 1,2 mm longa, 0,9 mm crassa, pallide brunescentia. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Furcy : Picarda no. 1026, prope La Chapelle 

 du Morne Faure 1270 m alt. locis humidis: Christ no. 1833. — Sto. 

 Domingo prope Constanza in pinotis 1190 m alt. ot propo Maniel de 

 Ocoa in fruticetis 300 m alt.: v. Türckheim no. 3145 (typus), 3689, in 

 prov. Barahona in montibus ot ad rivulos 1000—1300 m alt., inter Las 

 Salinas et Arroyo Montana in sylvis 500 m alt., prope Bahoruco in 

 humidis 75 m alt.: Fuertos no. 538, 607, 1008, 1441, 1442. 



