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5, FORCHAMMERIA. 
Forchammeria, Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1853, p. 93 ;. Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 278. 
An arboreous monotype. | 
1. Forchammeria pallida, Liebm. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1853, p. 93. 
SoutH Mexico, Tehuantepec (Liebmann). Hb. Kew. 
6. HIERONYMA. 
Hieronyma, Allem. Diss. Rio Janeiro, 1848, cum ic.; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 284. 
Stilaginella, Tul. in Ann. Se. Nat. série 3, xv. p. 240. 
A genus of about eight or ten arboreous and shrubby species, restricted to Tropical 
America. 
1. Hieronyma alchorneoides, Allem. Diss..Rio Janeiro, 1848, cum ic.; DC. 
Prodr. xv. p. 271. | 
Euphorbiacearum genus novum, Kl. in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 106. 
Panama, Tolé, Veraguas (Seemann, 1213).—Brazt. Hb. Kew. 
2. Hieronyma oblonga, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 66, et in DC. Prodr. 
xv. 2, p. 271. 
 B. benthami, Mill. Arg. loc. cit. 
Stilaginella benthami, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, xv. p. 247. 
Sourn Mexico, San Pedro Tepinapa, in the mountains of Chinantla (Hartweg, 513 ; 
Lnebmann), Hb. Kew. 
_ The forms a, y, and 8 inhabit Guiana and Brazil. 
7. TETRORCHIDIUM. | 
Tetrorchidium, Poepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 23; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii, p. 288. 
A Tropical-American genus of four shrubby and arboreous species. 
1. Tetrorchidium rubrivenium, Ppp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 23, 
t. 227; Mill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1133 (varietates 4). 
y. integrifolium, Miill. Arg. loc. cit. 
Costa Rica, Aguacate (Crsted). 
The other varieties are spread from Venezuela to Peru and Brazil. 
8. JATROPHA. 
Jatropha, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1084; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 290. 
Tall herbs, shrubs, or rarely arboreous. Nearly seventy species are enumerated; and 
they are spread over Tropical Asia, Africa, and America, though most numerous in the 
last country. A few occur without the tropics in South Africa and North America. 
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