Combs — Plants Collected in the District of Cienfuegos. 461 



EUPHORBIACEAE. CLX. 



Pedilanthus tithymaloides Poit. 



A low shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, commonly cultivated. Cal- 



icita, Aug. 28, '95. (498.) 



Euphorbia buxifolia Lam. 



In sandy crevices of rocks along the sea-shore. Castillo de 

 Jagua, Sept. 16, '95. (567.) 



E. heterophtlla L. 



Common in fields and waste places, fertile soil. Ciene- 

 guita, May 2, '95. (5.) 



E. hypericifolia L. 



Common weed in fields and waste places, Cieneguita, May 

 2, '95. (4.) 



E. pilulifera L. " Yerba de boca." 



Spreading, prostrate, fertile soil, fields and wastft places, 

 common. Cieneguita, May 2, '95. (2.) 



E. Brasiliensis Lam. 



A spreading or ascending common weed in fields and waste 

 places, Cieneguita, May 2, '95. (3.) 



Savia sessiliflora Willd. " Aretillo." 



A low tree or shrub, 8 to 10 feet high, in rich, rough, 

 rocky woods, not uncommon. Cieneguita, Aug. 6, '95. 

 (377.) 



Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus L. " Pauetela." 



P. falcatus Sw. 



Not an uncommon shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, on coast hills 

 near the sea. Calicita, Aug. 26, '95. (502.) 



Jatropha gossypifolia L. " Tuatua." 



A common shrub, 2 to 4 feet high, in fertile low savannahs. 

 Cieneguita, May 8, '95. (20.) 



