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Systematic Name, and Authority. 



POINSETTIA, Grah. 



piilclierrima, Grah. 

 var. albida, Hensl. 



Englisli or Local Name. 



Locality. 



EXC^CARIA, L. 



agalloclia, L. 



HURA, L. 



crepitans, L. 

 IIIPPOMANE, L. 



Manciiiella, L. 

 spiuosuiu, Willd. 



OMALANTHUS, Adr. Juss. 



popiilifolius, Grah. 

 stiUiugifolius, F. 3IuelL 



STILLIXaiA, L. 



sebifera, W. 



SAPIUM, Jacq. 



baccatuiii, Rox. 



CCELEBOaYNE, J. Sm. 

 ilieifolia, J. Sm. 



TRAaiA, L. 



Novse Hollandia?. 

 ACALYPHA, L. 



discolor, £. Mey. 

 marginata, Sjjr. 

 tricolor, Hort. 



ECHINOCROTON, F. Muell. 

 claoxyloidcs, F. Mtiell. 



SIPHONIA, R'ch. 



elastica, Pers. 

 ALEURITES, Forst. 



triloba, Forst. 



M. Poinsette, a Mexican 

 traveller. 



de. sh. 

 de. sh. 



Mexico, 

 ditto. 



TBIBE IIIPPOMAJfE^. 



Excajco, to blind ; juice 



caiisiiig loss of sight. 

 Tellakeeriya grass 



Its South American 



name. 

 Sandbox tree. 



Hippos, horse ; mania, 

 madness. 



Ilomalos, smooth ; an- 

 thos, a flower. 



Dr. B. StiUingfleet, an 



English botanist. 

 Tallow-tree 



Sap, fat ; Celt. 



from Coelebs, unmarried ; 

 and gyne, female. 



TRIBE — ACALTPHEiE. 



Jerome Bock, generally 

 called " Tragus," a 

 German botanist. 



TRIBE — CROTONEiE. 



from Siphon, a tube or 



pipe. 

 Bottle Indian-rubber 



Aleui'ites, mealy ; ap- 

 pearance. 

 Molucca Nut 



dc. tr. Brazil, Guiana, 

 ev. tr. Molucca, Timor. 



