164 EUPHOUBIACEyE. 



31. dracunculdides , Lam. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 796 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 

 474.) ^'>f5f5t^5>i'lt Chhagul-putputee. Mauritius. Peninsula of 

 India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. minute, greenish, C. S. ; fr. H. Sv 

 PoiNSETTiA, Grah. {B. M. 63, t. 3493.) 



1. pulcherrima, Grah. (/. c.) B Mexico. Fl. small, green, but the floral 

 leaves (bractes) very large and of a vermillion colour. In H. C. G. fl. 

 C. S. 

 Pedilanthus, Neck. {Spreng. syst. Z, p. 758. No. 3077.) 



1. tithymaloides, Poit. (Spreng. syst. 3, p. 802; — B. Reg. 10, t. 837. — 

 Euphorbia tithymaloides, L. ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 36 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 179.) ^ S. America. Fl. largish, bright scarlet, H. S. ; fr. 0. 

 "Was introduced into the country before 1794, and is now domesti- 

 cated every where. Chiefly used for hedges, as neither goats nor cows 

 will touch the leaves. — Used in the W. Indies medicinally under the 

 name of Ipecacuanha, in all cases where that drug is required. 



2. carinatns, Spreng. (o. c. p. 802 ;— B. M. 51, ^ 2514.) B Trinidad. 

 GovANiA, Wall. B Ava. Fl. H. S. 



1. nivea, Wall. 

 Xeroglottis, Wall. 



1. fragrans, Wall. — North East Bengal. 



* Xylophylla speciosa, Jacq. B Jamaica. — X. linearis, Pers. B Jamaica. 

 — Croton Cascarilla, L. % S. America. — C. Eleuteria, L. B Jamaica. — 



C. xalapensis, Kth. B Mexico C. gossypifolia, V^ahl. B Trinidad. — 



C nivea, Jacq. B Jamaica. — Adelia Bernardia, L. B Jamaica. — A. Ri- 

 cinella, L. B Jamaica. — A. Acidoton, L. B Jamaica. — Acidoton urens, 

 Swz. B Jamaica. — Ricinus globosus, "Willd. B Jamaica. — Janipha foe- 

 tida, Kth. B Mexico. — Jatropha integerrima, Jacq. B Cuba. B. M. 36, 

 t. 1464. Still more beautiful than J. pandursefolia, Andr. — J. coccinea, 

 Lk. B Cuba. — J. gossypifolia, L. ; B. Reg. 9, t. 746. B W. Indies. — 

 J. fragrans, Kth. B Cuba. — J . urens, L. B Brazil. — Siphonia Cahuchu, 

 Rich. B Guiana. The famous Caoutchouc Plant of S. America. — 

 Plukenetia volubilis, L. B ">.-/ W. Indies. — P. verrucosa, Sm. B v>_/ Su- 

 rinam. — Omnlantlms populifolius , Grah. ; B. M. 54, t. 2780. B N. 

 Holland. Introduced at Bombay. — Hippomane Mancinella, L. b W. 

 Indies. — Omphalea triandra, L. b Jamaica. — Dalechampia scandens, L. 

 Bv-/ W. Indies — D. brasiliensis. Lam. B '^-^ Brazil — Euphorbia puni- 

 cea, Swz. ; B. M. 45, t. 1961. B Jamaica. — E. cyathophora, Jacq. ; B. 

 Reg. 9, t. 765. % S. America. — E. magnimamma, Haw. B Mexico. — 

 E. lanifera. Haw. B Mexico. — E. gemmispina. Haw. B Mexico. — E. 

 biglandulosa. Haw. B Bourbon. — E. angustifolia. Lock. B Trinidad. 

 — Pedilanthus carinatus, Spreng.; B. M. 51, t. 2514. B Trinidad. 

 — P. canaliculatus, Swz. B S. America. — P. padifolius, Poit. B S 

 America. — P. cordellatus, Haw. B S. America. 



