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MEXICO. Umenlaceæ.
.Ydrien de Jussieu uuitcs the Hermtsia of H. B. K., svith Aìehorma, Siv. Hmv far justly wc Imve no
means of determining.
I. Croton syringoefolius. H . D. K. Nov. Gen. Am. 2. p . 07.
H.aB. Acapulco— The lower leaves are almost entirely cordate, tho upper ones more approaching to ovate.
I. Ped ilan th u s tithymaloides. H . B . K . Nov. Gen. Am. 2. p . 63. B ot. Beg. t. 837.
Ì . E u p h o rb ia pUuUfera. L .— Schlecht, in L im m a , b .p . 8 3 .— E . globulifera. H .B .K .
Nov. Gen. Am. 3. p . 56.
2. E . ocgmoxdes. L . ?—Schlecht. in Linnæa, 5. p . 83.
3. R . strigosa; caulibus herbaceis erectis fle.xuosis, foliis strigoso-hirsutis lanceolatis
(ä poll, longis) brevissime petiolatis integerrimis, involucris cupulatis laceratis eglandulosis
paucis subumbellatis, bracteis sub 4 coloratis umbella longioribus.
This has a perennial root, bearing several flexuose branching stems, about a foot long.
1. Poincettia/JtrfcAerrima. GroA. in Bot. Mag. t. 3 4 9 3 ,
1. Acalypha rhombifolia? Schlecht. in Lin næa , 7. p . 382.
O r d . L X X V . U R T IC E Æ . J u s s .
I. Bo ehmeria elongata. Fisch.— Schlecht. in Linnæa, b .p . 81.
1. Ficus lancifolia ; foliis sublonge petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis tenui-acuminatis
integerrimis submembranaceis, fructibus solitariis vel ternis axillaribus globosis sessilibus
glabris.
O r d . L X X V L P IP E R A C E Æ . Kunth.
1. Fipev scabrifolium; fruticosum, ramis obtuse tetragonis pubescentibus, foliis su b coriaceis
brevi-petiolatis oblongo-ovatis brevi-acuminatis venosis u trin q u e scabris basi
inæqualibus, spicis brevi-pedunculatis elongatis cylindraceis folio brevioribus.
2. P. p a ten s : fruticosum, ramis divarieatis ad nodos geniculatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis
membranaceis acuminatis u trin q u e molliter pubescentibus nervosis basi acutis vix
inæqualibus, spicis brevi-pedunculatis cylindraceis folio dimidio brevioribus.
3. P . begoniæfolium ; glabe rrim um, ramis teretibus, foliis oblongo-ovatis membranaceis
nervosis acutiusculis basi valde inæqualibus u trin q u e ro tundatis, spicis elongatis cylindraceis
brevi-pedunculatis folium æquantibus.
O r d . L X X V I I . A M E N T A C EÆ . J u s s .
1. S)s\\x microphylla ; valde ramosa, foliis parvis p a tentibus sparsis sessilibus lineari-
lanceolatis acutis obscure serratis costatis enervibus glabriusculis ju n io rib u s sericeis,
stipulis minutis caducis, amentia coætaneis in ramulis terminalibus ovalibus parvis,