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Euphorbia hypericifolia, Linn. 



Euphorbia hypericifolia, Linn., Hort. Cliff., p. 198 ; DC, Prodr., xv. 2, p. 23 ; Hook., Exot. Fl., 

 t. 36 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 54. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Very common and widely spread in the warmer parts of America. 



Euphorbia pilulifera, Linn. 



Euphorbia pilulifera, Linn., Amoen. Acad., iii. p. 114 ; DC, Prodr., xv. 2, p. 21 ; Jacq., Ic. PI. Rar., 

 iii. t. 478 ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 54. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 

 Generally spread in tropical countries. 



Euphorbia thymifolia, Burm. 



Euphorbia thymifolia, Burm., Fl. Ind., p. 2 ; DC, Prodr., xv. 2, p. 47 ; Griseb., p. 53, sub Euphorbia 

 maculata. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Generally spread in tropical countries, and extending into some subtropical regions. 



Phyllanthus brasiliensis, Mull. 



Phyllardhw brasiliensis, Mull., Arg. in DC. Prodr., xv. 2, p. 383 (varietas genuina). 

 Phyllanthus conami, Swartz ; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 33. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



West Indies, Venezuela, Eastern Peru, Guiana, and Brazil ; also recorded by Grisebach 

 from Yucatan. 



Jatropha gossypifolia, Linn. 



Jatropha gossypifolia, Linn., Sp. PI., ed. 1, p. 1006 ; DC, Prodr., xv. 2, p. 1086 (varietates) ; Griseb, 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 36. 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Widely diffused in Tropical America, and occurring in West Africa. 



Jatropha urens, Linn. 



Jatropha vtrens, Linn., Sp. PL, ed. 1, p. 1007; DC, Prodr., xv. 2, p. 1100 (varietates); Jacq., Hort. 

 Yin.lob, i. p. 8, t. 21. f 



Fernando-Noronha. Moseley. 



Southern States of North America, through Mexico, to Brazil. 



In addition to the foregoing Euphorbiacese, Sir Joseph Hooker's manuscript list of the 

 plants collected by Mr Darwin in Fernando-Noronha contains two species of Acalypha and 

 one species of Sapium, which we have not seen, as, for some reason, they were not sent 

 with the others from Cambridge. 



