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8. Euphorbia fulgens Karw. Allg. Gartenz. 2: 26. 1834. 

 Euphorbia jacqiiiniaeflora Hook, in Curtis's Bot. IMag. pi, SfPiS. 1839, 

 Trichosterigma fulgens Klotzsch, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1860: 42. 1860. 

 Oaxaca and probably elsewhere ; type from Zacatepec. 



Stems suffruticose, glabrous ; leaves slender-petiolate, lanceolate or nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 6 to 10 cm. long, 1 to 2.5 cm. wide, acuminate ; involucres few, 

 axillary, solitary or cymose, the lobes petal-like, bright red ; capsule glabrous. 



A .showy plant, sometimes cultivated in hothouses. 



9. Euphorbia californica Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 49. pi. 23B. 1844. 

 EuphorMa hindsiana Benth. Bot, "Voy. Sulph. 51. pi. 24. 1844. 

 Euphorbia comonduana Millsp. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 2: 229. 1889. 

 Trichosterigma calif ornicum Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1860: 42. 



1860. 

 Trichosterigma hindsianum Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1860: 42. 



1860. 

 Baja California, Sonora, and Sinaloa ; type from Magdalena Bay, Baja Cali- 

 fornia. 



Shrub, 0.5 to 2 meters high, glabrous throughout; leaves long-petiolate, 

 usually orbicular or nearly so, 0.8 to 3 cm. long, rounded or emarginate at 

 base, thin or somewhat fleshy ; involucres solitary or clustered, with short 

 whitish appendages. 



10. Euphorbia consoquitlae T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 327. 



1920. 



Type from Consoquitla, Veracruz. 



Branched shrub with greenish brnches ; involucres in small leafy-bracted 

 panicles, pubescent, long-pedunculate, the lobes about 2 nmi. long, obtuse ; cap- 

 sules glabrous. 



11. Euphorbia misera Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 51. 1844. 



. Trichosterigma miserum Klotzsch & Garcke, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1860: 42. 1860. 



Euphorbia henedicta Greene, Pittonia 1 : 263. 1889. 



Baja California ; type from San Quentin. Southern California. 



Shrub, 1 to 2 meters high, or a small tree with verj^ thick trunk, the branches 

 gray or brownish ; leaves slender-petiolate, the blades orbicular or nearly so, 

 mostly 1 cm. long or shorter, usually pubescent ; involucres mostly terminal, 

 solitary or cymose, with whitish appendages ; capsule glabrous or pubescent. 



12. Euphorbia tresmariae (Millsp.) Standi. 



Euphorbia subcaerulca tresmariae Millsp. U. S. Dept. Agr. N. Amer. Fauna 

 14: 88. 1899. 



Known only from the type locality, Maria Madre Island, Tepic. 



Slender shrub ; leaves slender-petiolate, the blades mostly rhombic-ovate or 

 ovate-oval, 0.8 to 1.5 cm. long, thin, obtuse or rounded at the apex ; involucres 

 numerous, with whitish appendages ; capsule glabrous. 



13. Euphorbia oaxacana Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer, Acad. 32: 37. 1896. 

 Euphorbia latericolor T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 377. 1913. 

 Aklema oaxacana Millsp. Field Mus. Bot. 2: 416. 1916. 



Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Veracruz ; type from Monte Albdn, Oaxaca, altitude 

 1,740 meters. 



Slender shrub, 0.5 to 1.5 meters high, the branches pubescent at first but 

 soon glabrate ; leaves slender-petiolate, the blades oval or ovate, 2 to 4 cm. long, 

 obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces when young ; involucres clustered or cymose. 

 lateral or terminal. 



