EUPHORBIACEA., 121 
Jatropha janipha, Linn. Mant. p. 126. . 
Manihot janipha, Pohl, Pl. Bras. i. p. 55; Adansonia, iv. p. 283. 
Janipha leflingit et J. yuquilla, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 107; Torr. Bot. U.S. & Mex. 
Bound. Surv. p. 199. 
Texas.—Mexico (Sessé); PanaMa, Paraiso (8. Hayes, 717).—VENEZUELA ; COLOMBIA. 
Hb. Kew. 
4, Manihot feetida, Pohl, Pl. Bras. i. p. 55; DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1067. 
Janipha fotida, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 106. 
Jatropha fetida, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 
‘Sourn Mexico, near Mescala, Cafiada de Sopilote &e. at 1560 to 2580 feet (Hum- 
boldt & Bonpland). 
5. Manihot microcarpa, Miill. Arg. in Flora, 1872, p. 42. 
Mexico (Karwinski). 
6. Manihot rhomboidea, Miill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 205, et in DC. Prodr. 
xv. 2, p. 1064. 
Mexico (Sessé). 
» 7. Manihot utilissima, Pohl, Pl. Bras. i. p. 32, t.24; DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1064. 
Widely dispersed in Tropical America, both wild and cultivated; also cultivated in 
many other hot countries. 
17. BERNARDIA. 
Bernardia, P. Br. Nat. Hist. Jam. p. 361, absque char. gen.; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. 
p. 308. 
About twenty-four shrubby and herbaceous species, inhabiting Tropical and Sub- 
tropical America. 
1. Bernardia interrupta, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 171, et in DC. 
Prodr. xv. 2, p. 916. 
Acalypha interrupta, Schl. in Linnea, vii. p. 386. 
Adelia dodecandra, Sessé, ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 
Alevia leptostachya, Baill. Etud. Gén. Euphorb. p. 509. 
South Mexico, Mirador, Jicaltepec, and Papantla (Iiebmann), Hacienda de la Laguna 
(Schiede). Hb. Kew. 
2. Bernardia mexicana, Mill. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 171, et in DC. Prodr. 
xv. 2, p. 916. 
a. genuina, Miill. Arg. loc. cit. 
Hermesia? mexicana, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 309. 
Bernardia intermedia, Griseb. Pl. Cub. Wright. p. 160. 
South Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1513), without locality (Beechey); Nicaraaua, 
Segovia (Grsted).— VENEZUELA ; CuBa; Jamaica. Hb. Kew. 
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