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San Francisco Spring, Sonora; Parry. The seeds were not ripe. This is, perhaps, a distinct 
species, but it must remain as a variety until more complete specimens are obtained. 
EUPHORBIA Latuyris, Linn. is somewhat naturalized around Monterey, California. It was 
doubtless introduced by the Spaniards. We have it also from Saltillo, Mexico, where it was 
collected by Gregg. 
$ V. SPARSIFLORJE. 
EUPHORBIA MISERA, Benth. Bot. Sulph p. 51. Near the sea, San Diego, California; Parry. 
A straggling bush, about 3 feet high, abounding in a milky juice. Nuttall found it at Santa 
Barbara. 
EUPHORBIA ANTISYPHILITICA, Zucc. Acad. Моп. 1, p. 292. Rocky and gravelly hills along the 
Rio Grande, from the Presidio del Norte to’ Laredo ; Bigelow, Schott. Remarkable for its long 
terete nearly leafless branches, which resemble an Equisetum or an Ephedra. 
PHYLLANTHUS CAROLINTANUS, Walt. Fl. Car. p. 228; Ell. Sp. 2, p. 661. Р. obovatus, Willd. 
Sp. 4, p. 574. Maschalanthus obovatus, Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., (n. ser.) p. 115, 
Southern Texas, common. 
了 PHYLLANTHUS POLYGONOIDES, Nutt. l. c. P. Roemerianus, Scheele in Linnea, 25, р. 583. Dry, 
sandy, and rocky places along the Rio Grande, from New Mexico to the Gulf, and westward in 
the Mexican States. (No. 1819, Wright; No. 337, Coll. II, Drummond.) This is certainly an 
annual, but late in the season, when the lower part of the stem and the root have become indu- 
rated and ligneous, it appears as if suffruticose. 
PHYLLANTHUS ERICOIDES (n. sp.): fruticulosus, ramosissimus ; foliis dide НЫНА imbri- 
cato-confertis subsessilibus glabris coriaceis mucronatis ; floribus dioicis axillaribus solitariis 
brevi-pedicellatis ; calycibus 5-(raro 6-) partitis. High mountains near the Rio Grande, in 
Chihuahua, October; Parry. Plant about a span high. Leaves about 2 lines long and scarcely 
more than half a line wide, acute, nearly sessile, with a pair of subulate persistent stipules at 
the base. Male flowers about a line” long. Calyx deeply 5-parted; the segments oblong and 
somewhat obtuse. Petals none. Stamens 3; the filaments united into a column, at the base of 
which are 5 roundish glands. Female flowers rather larger than the male ; the segments oblong, 
acute. Petals none. Ovary with 5 glands at the base; cells uniovulate. Styles 3, two-cleft ; 
stigmas sub-globose. A well characterized species, remarkable for its very small crowded leaves. 
LEPIDANTHUS PHYLLANTHOIDES, Nutt. l.c. Ravines on the San Pedro river, western Texas; 
Bigelow, Schott. (No. 636, Wright.) Mr. Nuttall's description of this very distinct genus can 
hardly be improved. 
Croton BERLANDIERI (n. sp.): suffruticosum ; ramulis inferne nudis; foliis ovatis cordatis 
acuminatis membranaceis utrinque stellato-pubescentibus integerrimis vel obsolete denticulatis 
basi eglandulosis; floribus monoicis, masculis breviter racemosis 5-petalis 20-30-andris, foemineis 
petaliferis ; stylis bis bifidis; fructibus tomentosis demum glabratis. Neuvo Leon, December ; 
Thurber. (Nos. 708 and 2125, Berlandier.) Plant apparently about a foot high. Leaves 1-2 
inches long, 1-1} inch wide; the petiole more than half the length of the lamina. Racemes 
terminating the branches, pedunculate. Male flowers 10-15, crowded on pedicels about a line 
long,“ ^ Petals .etals oblong. Stamens with 5 roundish glands at the base. Female flowers 1-2 at 
the base of the raceme. Calyx woolly, 5-parted ; the segments oblong. Petals 5, very narrow, 
two-thirds the length of the calyx. Ovary woolly, with 5 glands at the base. Styles deeply 
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