Simmondsia
(named in memory of T. W. Simmonds, botanist and explorer, who accompanied Lord Seaforth to the West Indies, and who died in 1805). SYN. Brocchia. ORD. Euphorbiaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, hardy, evergreen, much-branched shrub. A compost of rich, light loam, and a little peat, is best suited to its requirements. Propagation may be effected by cuttings.
S. californica (Californian). fl. green, dioecious, apetalous, inconspicuous; males in sub-globose, sessile or very shortly pedunculate clusters, solitary or sessile beneath a small bract; females solitary, on short and usually nodding pedicels. Mature nuts resembling an acorn in size and shape. l. opposite, sub-sessile, entire, coriaceous, penniveined. California.