404 
P rain. —The Mercurialineae and 
[Vila.] South-East Africa: Cape. Central region: Willowmore 
Div. ; between Zwartberg and Aasvogelberg, Drlge (M. tricocca a in Herb. 
Brit. Musi ) ! Graaf Reinet Div. ; Oudeberg Mountains, 3,000 ft., and near 
Graaf Reinet, 2,500 ft., Bolus , 429 ! 
Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; Zeekoe Vley, 400 ft., Schlechter , 
8502 ! near Zwartbosch Kraal, 400-500 ft., Schlechter , 5174 ! Malmesbury 
Div. ; Kloof near Hopefield, Bachmann , 1265 ! pass near Malmesbury, 
900 ft., Schlechter , 1603 ! Paarl Div. ; near Paarl, i,oco ft., Drlge (M. annua) ! 
Cape Div. ; Green Point, Zeyher , 3842 in part ! Harvey ! Waterfall on 
Devil’s Mountain, Harvey ! Constantia, 800-1,000 ft., Krauss , 1821; Oat- 
land’s Point, Wolley Dod, 2922 ! Muizenberg, Schlechter , 1278 ! Swellendam 
Div. ; Kinko River, near Swellendam, Zeyher , 3842 in part ! Uitenhage 
Div. ; Addo, Drlge, 2346 (M. tricocca , y) ! Alexandria Div. ; Zuurberg, 
Drlge (M. tricocca ft in part) ! 
Very different from the remaining species of the genus, but in general facies 
closely resembling Leidesia obtusa. 
§ 2. DlPLOSTYLlS. Caules herbacei, basi perennantes ibique sublignosi. 
Folia membranacea saepissime alterna et breve petiolata vel subsessilia, raro 
(A. acuta) opposita longe petiolata. Inflorescentiae i-sexuales. Anthe - 
rarum loculi adscendentes. — Acalypha , Thunb. partim, loc. supra cit. (1823) > 
Spreng. partim, loc. supra cit. (1840) ; nec Royen. Adenocline , Turcz., loc. 
supra cit. (1843, I ^44 et 1851) ; Baill., loc. supra cit. syn. (A. Mercurialis 
excl. (1858); Mlill. arg., loc. supra cit. (1866); Hook, f., loc. supra cit. 
(1868); Benth., loc. supra cit. syn. {Par adenocline excl. (1880) ; Pax, loc. 
supra cit. syn. {Par adenocline excl. (1890). Mercurialis , Meissn., loc. supra 
cit. (1843) i Krauss, loc. supra cit. syn. Eckl. et Zeyh. excl. (1845) 5 Kunze 
partim, loc. supra cit. (1847). Mercurialis § Adenocline, Baill., loc. supra 
cit. (1862). Diplostylis , Sond., loc. supra cit. (1850). 
2. A. acuta, Baill., £tud. gdn. Euphorb., 457 (1858) ; Mull. arg. in 
DC. Prodr., xv. 2, 1141 (1866) ; Pax in Engl, et Prantl., Nat. Pflanzenf., iii. 
5, 49, fig. 30 A-D (1890). Herba dioica. Folia omnia longe petiolata, 
opposita, ovata, acuta, crenata vel serrata ; stipulae laceratae . — Acalypha 
acuta , Thunb., FI. Cap., ed. Schult., 546 (1823) 5 Spreng. ex Steud., 
Nomencl., ed. 2, i. 9 (1840). Adenocline Mercurialis , Turcz. in Bull. Soc. 
Imp. Nat., Mosc., xvi. 1, 60 (1843), etxxv. 2, 179 (1852) ; Flora, xxvii. 121. 
(1844). A. pauciflora , Turcz. 11. cc. quoad Dr&ge 3441 $ (1843, 1844 
et 1852); Baill. £tud. gdn. Euphorb., 457, partim (1858). Mercurialis 
caffra , a longipes et ft brevipes, Meissn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., ii. 558 
(1843) ; Krauss in Flora, xxviii. 84 (1845). Tf. Dregeana , Meissn., 1. c., 559 
(1843) ; Krauss, 1. c. (1845). M, subcordata , Buching. ex Krauss, 1. c. (1845). 
M. pauciflora, Baill., Adansonia, iii. 159, partim (1862). Diplostylis caffra, 
Sond. in Linnaea, xxiii. 115 (1850). 
