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EUPHOBBIACEJS. 
[Stillingia. 
Var. obtusifolia, Mull. Arg. loc. cit. Leaves obtuse and often 
emarginate, shorter in proportion to their breadth (2-3 in. by 1-1 Jin.) 
very glossy and coriaceous. Expanded spikes lax. Sapium obtusi- 
folium, Lam.; Bojer, Hort. Maur. 284. 
Var. faitgtjina, Mull. Arg. loc. cit. Leaves 8-10 in. long, under an 
inch broad, thinner in texture, obscurely crenate, narrowed to both 
ends from two-thirds of the way up. Stillingia tanguina, Baill. Adans. 
ii. 28. 
Var. densifloba, f Balcer. Leaves longer (4-8 in. long by 2-3 in. 
broad two-thirds of the way up), very obtuse, thinner in texture 
than in the two first varieties ; veins much more distant. Eully ex- 
panded spikes shorter and denser, so that the clusters of flowers nearly 
hide the rachis. Capsule larger (J-f in. broad). 
Mauritius, in tlie mountain woods, the first three varieties, the second the 
commonest. Yar. densiflora ; Seychelles, in the woods of Mahe at 800-1600 feet, 
where it is called Bois Jasmin , and superstitiously dreaded by the natives, Horne , 
309! 579! Wright , 112! Endemic. 
8. ACALYPHA, Linn. 
Flo'wers usually monoicous. Male perianth 4-partite, with valvate 
divisions. Disk and rudimentary ovary 0. Stamens usually 8 ; fila- 
ments free ; anther-cells subulate, free, pendulous. Female perianth 
with 3-5 slightly imbricated segments. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules solitary ; 
styles 3, usually deeply laciniated. Fruit capsular. Seeds carunculate. 
— Herbs or shrubs with petioled alternate stipulate leaves, the minute 
flowers in copious axillary spikes, the males at the top in clusters with 
minute bracts, the females at the bottom subtended by or enveloped 
in large foliaceous persistent bracts. Distbib. Cosmopolitan in the 
tropics. Species 200. 
Annual weeds, with copious female flowers. 
Stems puberplent. Bracts dentate 1. A. indica. 
Stems bristly. Bracts deeply incised 2. A. Poiretii. 
Shrubs, with few female flowers. 
Bracts of female flowers f i n - broad. 
Leaves glabrous, short-petioled 3. A. colorata. 
Leaves pubescent, long-petioled 4. A. marginata. 
Bracts of female flowers in. broad 5. A. reticulata. 
1, A. indica, Linn. ; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 868. An erect 
annual, 1-3 feet high, with branehlets and leaves beneath puberulent. 
Leaves broad, ovate, 5-nerved, membranous, dentate, with a cuneate or 
rounded base ; petiole longer than the blade. Female spikes lax, 
copious, nearly sessile, 1-2 in. long. Female flowers 3-5 in a cluster, 
subtended by an amplexicaul leafy bract J in. long, toothed round 
the outer edge. Capsule bristly, green, membranous, nearly T \ ^ u - 
