JOHNSTON: FLORA OF MARGARITA ISLAND. 231 



L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 453 (1753).— Santa Ana, Ernst; El Valle, Miller 

 & Johnston, no. 31, July 10; Johnston, no. 59, July 27. Slender 

 shrub, aboui 1 m. high, with red flowers. Venezuela: Ernst, Sobre 

 la flora y fauna, p. 226; between Bordones and Cumana, HBK., Nov. 

 gen. et sp., vol. 2, p. 63; La Guaira, Robinson & Lyon, July 6, 1900. 

 Further distribution. West Indies. 



Phylkinthus L. 



P. NiRURi L., Sp. pL, vol. 2, p. 981 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind., p. 34; Muell. Arg. in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 53, 705.— 

 Santa Ana, Ernst; Juan Griego trail, alt. 400 m., Johnston, no. 140, 

 Aug. 14. Further distribution, tropical countries. 



RiciNUS L. 



R. COMMUNIS L., Sp. pL, vol. 2, p. 1007 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 

 W. Ind., p. 37; Muell. Arg. in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 420.— 

 Santa Ana, Ernst. Venezuela: Cumana, Loefling, Reise nach den 

 spanischen Landern, p. 152-153. Further distribution, tropics. 



Sebastiania Spreng. 



S. CORNICULATA (Juss.) Muell. Arg. in DC., Prod., vol. 15, pt. 2, 

 p. 1168 (1862) and in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 551. Micro- 

 stachys corniculata Juss., Euphorb. Tent., p. 49 (1824); Griseb., 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 49. — Margarita according to Ernst. Further 

 distribution, Trinidad and northern South America. 



Tragia L. 



T. voLUBiLis L., Sp. pi., vol. 2, p. 980 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind., p. 48; Muell. Arg. in Mart., Fl. Bras., vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 412.— 

 Santa Ana, Ernst; El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 15, July 24; Juan 

 Griego trail, Johnston, no. 253, July 31. Further distribution. West 

 Indies and tropical South America. 



Genera Euphorbiacearum adhuc indeterminata. 



EuPHORBiACEA Actinostemoui affinis. — Johnston, no. 332 and 333, 

 alt. 400 m., July 29. 



EuPHORBiACEA Argithamniae affinis. — Miller & Johnston, no. 251, 

 Aug. 3. 



