42 FLORA OF SOUTH AMERICA. 
XIV.—Conrrisutions towards a Fuora of South America, 
—Enumeration of Plants Collected by Mu. SCHOMBURGK, 
in British Guiana.—By GEonaE BENTHAM, Esa., ELS; 
&c., &c. 
(Continued from Vol. IV. page 323, of Hook. Journal of 
Botany. 3 
EvPHORBIACEJ. 
(Determined and described by Dr. Krorzscn.) 
Tribe EUPHORBIES. 
694. Euphorbia (* Floribus solitariis, }Procumbentes, stipulis — 
intrapetiolaribus) dioica, (Kunth Nov. Gen. et Spec. TI. p. 
43.) fruticulosa, diffusa, procumbens, ramis subvillosis, foliis 
oppositis oblique subcordato-ovatis brevi-acutis apice den- 
tato-serratis utrinque pilosis, involucris exillaribus solitariis 
turbinatis pilosis brevi-pedicellatis folio duplo brevioribus, 
limbo quinquefido, laciniis roseis crenato-laciniatis, capsulis 
pilosis brevi-pedicellatis, stigmatibus tribus filiformibus apice 
brevissime bifidis.—E. multiflora Herb. Willd. n. 9291.— 
Sandy barren spots, British Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 172. 
This species is certainly monccious, and differs only from E. 
rosea Retz, an East Indian plant, by having the capsules 
covered with hairs. : 
695. E. (** Floribus aggregatis, T Erecte 6 Stipulate) 
pilulifera, Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. Roem. II. p. 441. E. globuli- 
fera Kunth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. II. p. 45.—Savannahs, British 
|. Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 619. 
. 696. E. (Aggregate, Erect, Stipulate,) Aypericifolia Linn. 
var. falciformis Klotzsch, glabra, ramis gracilibus dichotomis in 
apice floriferis, foliis oppositis oblongis aut lineari-falcatis 
brevi-aeutis obsolete serratis basi oblique cordatis evanes- 
cente sparsim pilosis, superioribus angustioribus et plerumque 
integerrimis, involucris cyathiformibus glabris in apice ramu- - 
lorum binis rarissime solitariis, limbo quadridentato extus - 
