102 EUPHORBIACEA. 
98. Euphorbia velligera, Schauer in Linnea, xx. p. 728; DC. Prodr. xv. 2, 
p. 40. 
Anisophyllum tenuiflorum, K1. et Garcke, Tricoce. p. 26. 
‘Sovra Mexico, Bustamante (Ehrenberg), without locality (Aschenborn). 
99. Euphorbia vestita, Boiss. Cent. Euphorb. p. 7, et in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 26. 
Mexico (hb. Pavon). 
100. Euphorbia villifera, Scheele in Linnea, xxii. p. 153; DC. Prodr. xv. 2, 
p. 40. 
Texas.—Nortu Mexico, various localities (Gregg). Hb. Kew. 
101. Euphorbia xalapensis, H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. P- 61; DC. Prodr. 
xv. 2, p. 53; Boiss. Ic. Euphorb. t. 31. 
Poinsettia xalapensis, K\. et Garcke, Tricoce. p. 103. 
SoutH Mexico, near Jalapa (Humboldt & Bonpland ; Schiede), Orizaba (Botteri, 585). 
Hb. Kew. 
102. Euphorbia zierioides, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 58. 
SourH Mexico, Cordillera of Oaxaca at 7000 feet (Galeotti, 3741). Hb. Kew. 
3. SIMMONDSIA. 
Simmondsia, Nutt. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 400 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 265. 
A shrubby monotype. 
1. Simmondsia californica, Nutt. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iii. p. 400, t. 16; 
DC. Prodr. xvi. 1, p. 22; Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. p. 202, t. 49; Wats. 
Bot. Calif. ii. p. 67. 
Southern Cauirornia to Arizona.—NortuH Mexico, along the Gila (ex Torrey). 
4, PHYLLANTHUS. 
Phyllanthus, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1050; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 272. 
Herbs, shrubs, or trees, generally spread in warm regions, rarer in temperate ; absent 
from Europe and Asiatic Russia; very few in North America, and few in South Africa 
and extratropical Australia. Nearly 450 species are enumerated. 
1. Phyllanthus acuminatus, Vahl, Symb. p. 95; DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 381. 
Phyllanthus lycioides, P. ruscoides, et P. mucronatus, H.B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. pp. 112, 113. 
Souta Mexico, Yucatan (Linden, 737), between Vera Cruz and Santa Fé (Schiede) ; 
GuaTEMALA, Mazatenango (Bernoulli, 580); Costa Rica (Hoffmann); Panama (S. Hayes, 
17).—CotomBra to Peru and Guiana, and in the West Inpius. Hb. Kew. 
