216 FLORA VITIENSIS, 
(varius luteo) turgide, interdum carnose. Folia sparsa v. opposita, rarius YErinPUlaiay stipulata v. 
stipulis destituta, floralia (involucella auctorum) opposita v. ternata, Tieioresernite depute, cymosa ; 
cymis axillaribus y. terminalibus 2-5-tomis sepe in pseudumbellam dispositis interdum abortu 
1-lateralibus, racemiformibus spiciformibus v. ad involucrum solitarium reductis—Tithymalus, 
Tournef, Inst. p. 85, t. 18. Poinsettia, Grah. Edinb. Phil. Journ, 1836. <Anthacantha, Lem. 
Illustr. Hort. 1855, p. 69, 
Besides the Euphorbias described below, we have, in tropical Polynesia, the following species, viz. 
1. FE. diwersifolia, Hook. et Arn., from the Hawaiian Islands; 2. 4. celastroides, Gaud., from the Hawatian 
Tslands (Nelson !); 3. 4. multiformis, Gaud. (2. annulata, Nutt. Herb.), from the Hawaiian [slands (Men- 
zies! Nelson! Nuttall!); 4. #. Remyi, A. Gray, from the Hawaiian Islands ; 5, 4, Hookeri, Steud. (2. myr- 
tifolia, Hook. et Arn., non Linn.), from the Hawaiian Islands, where it is vernacularly termed “ Akoko,” 
and used for bird-lime (Barclay!) ; 6. #. Aubryana, Baill., from New Caledonia; 7. 2. obliqua, F. Bauer 
(E. origanoides, Forst. Prodr. n. 206, non Linn.), from the Tongan Islands (Forster !), Aneitum, Eromanga, 
and Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray!), and Norfolk Island; 8. 2. cordata, Mey., from the Sandwich Islands 
(Nelson ! Macrae!) ; 9. #. Pancheri, Baill., from New Caledonia; 10, 4. Neo-Caledonica, Boiss., from New 
Caledonia; 11. #. Kanalensis, Boiss., from New Caledonia; and 12. 2. Cleopatra, Baill., from New Cale- 
donia.—There is besides, at the British Museum, a new species from the Hawaiian Islands, collected by 
Nuttall, and named H#. paweiflora by him. The branches are articulate, the leaves cordate-ovate, acutely 
serrate, and the flowers isolated. . Helioscopia, Linn., bas been introduced into the Sandwich Islands, 
1, EB. Atoto, Forst. Prodr. n. 207, et leon. (ined.) t. 149; Boiss. in DC. Le. p. 12; glabra, 
pallide virens; caule ascendente vy. procumbente, ramis dichotomis ad articulationes nodosis; foliis 
internodio sublongioribus breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis integerrimis; stipulis interpetiolaribus 
minimis triangularibus fimbriatis; cymis ex axillis supremis longiuscule pedunculatis oligocephalis 
folioso-bracteatis; involucri turbinati glabri fauce hirtuli lobis triangularibus ; glandularum appen- 
dice angustissima; stylis 2-fidis non inerassatis ; capsule coccis yix carinatis; seminibus ovatis leevi- 
bus.—H. develaia, Sol, Prim, Fl. Ins. Pacif, (ined.) p. 262, et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants 
(ined.) t. 53. EH. ovaria, F. Muell. mss. in Herb. Hook.—Nomen vernac. Tahitense, “ Atoto” 
(Vitiense, “Totolu ” v, “ Totoyava?”).—Common on the seabeach of most Vitian islands (Seemann ! 
u. 406; Storck! n, 904; Sir E, Home!), Also collected in the Society (Banks and Solander ! 
Forster !), Tongan (Capt. Cook! Barelay !), Samoan (U. 8. Expl. Exped.}, and Sandwich Islands 
(Macrae! Nuttall! Barclay !), Diffused over North-eastern Australia, the East Indian Archipelago, 
and Ceylon, 
2. E, Chamissonis, Boiss. in DC. Prodr.1,c. p. 14; glabra, eaulibus cinerascenti-nigricanti- 
bus; foliis integerrimis petiolatis e basi subcordata obovatis obtusis v. rctusis subtus elaucis nervo- 
losis; cymis terminalibus bis terve dichotomis preter folia floralia squaniformia nudis; involucri 
turbinati majusculi dentibus ovato-triangularibus hirsutis ; glandularum appendice alba eis duplo 
latiori integra y. lobulata; semine ovato-quadrangulo transverse et obsolete rugoso tuberculato.— 
Anisophyllum Chamissonis, Garcke et Klotzsch.—Viti Islands, locality not specified (Harvey). Also 
collected in Radak, Romanzow Archipelago, 
Allied to #. Tailensis, Boiss, (E. Atoto, Guill, non Forst.). 
3. E, pilulifera, Linn, Am. Ac. vol. iii. p. 114; Boiss. Le. p. 21; tota crispule pubescens, 
eaulibus erectis v. ascendentibus simplicibus v. parce ramosis superne plus minus patule flavido- 
setulosis; foliis e basi breviter petiolata valde ineequali cuneata y. truncata ovato-rhombeis v. oblongo- 
lanceolatis acutis argute serrulatis dentatisve ; stipulis minimis linearibus fimbriatis ; eymis axillari- 
ie eres breviter pedunculatis globoso-capituliformibus eo-cephalis; inyolucris minimis tur- 
dinatis hirtis intus glabris, lobis triangularibus fimbriatulis, glandulis orbiculatis concaviusculis, ap- 
pendice obsoleta v. angustissima ; stylis brevissimis 2-lobis, apice capitatis ; capsule ad presse flavido- 
hirtee coccis compresso-carinatis ; semine rubello acute oblongo-tetragono transverse ruguloso, rugulis 
irregulariter anastomosantibus,—E, hirta, Linn, Am, Ac. vol. iii. p. 114. &. eapitata, Lam. Dict. 
