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denticulate; stipules small, reddish, linear; cymes in the uppermost axils and ter- 
minal, subsessile, corymbose-capitate, dense; involucre sparsely hairy without, 
densely hairy within; lobes triangular-lanceolate; glands substipitate, orbiculate, 
with a white obovate-oblong appendage much wider than themselves; style bifid, 
young capsule hairy. 
Type specimen, collected in Guam by Gaudichaud, in the herbarium of De Candolle. 
Stem 30 em. high; leaves 18 mm. long, 8 to 10 mm. wide; branches of the cymes 
provided with linear leaves. The plant is rarely smooth. It is closely allied to 
Euphorbia sinensis (Euphorbia serrulata Reinw. not Thuill.), but its involucre is 
smaller than in that species. 
REFERENCES: 
Euphorbia gaudichaudii Boiss. Cent. Kuph. 7. 1860. 
Euphorbia hirta. ASTHMA HERB. 
LocAL NAMEs.—Golondrina (Guam); Batabotonis (Philippines). 
An annual hispid weed with acute leaves, minute flowers, and small round fruit. 
Stem 15 to 30 em. high, decumbent, ascending or erect, cylindrical, rather stout, with 
more or less copious spreading, crisped, bristly hair; leaves opposite, 18 to 37 mm. 
long, on very short petioles, lanceolate-oblong, very unequal-sided, acute or subacute, 
serrate, sparingly hairy on both surfaces, pale glaucous, sometimes pinkish, with promi- 
nent veins beneath; stipules pectinate, soon falling; flower heads minute, numerous, 
shortly stalked, crowded in small rounded pedunculate axillary cymes; involucre very 
small, glands obscure or absent; capsule minute, adpressed-hairy, the lobes keeled; 
seods ovoid-trigonous, transversely wrinkled, bright light brown. 
Common in cultivated ground and in waste places. Flowers greenish, blooming 
constantly. A plant widely spread in the Tropics. It has been used asa remedy for 
bronchitis and asthma, and in Australia it is known as ‘ Queensland asthma herb.” 
REFERENCES: 
Kuphorbia hirta L. Sp. PL Ls 454. 1753. 
Euphorbia pilulifera La. Sp. Pl 1: 454. 1798. 
Euphorbia hirta has place priority. 
Euphorbia pilulifera. Same as Huphorbic hirta. 
Euphorbiaceae. SPURGE FAMILY. 
This family is represented in Guam by the genera Glochidion, Phylanthus, 
Echinus, Acalypha, Ricinus, Aleurites, Jatropha, Manihot, Phyllaurea, Excoecaria, 
and Euphorbia. 
Excoecaria agallocha. BLINDING TREE. MILKY MANGROVE. 
Family Euphorbiaceae. 
Local NAmes.—Buta-buta, Alipata (Philippines); Siak (Visayan); Sinu-gaga 
(Fiji); River poisonous tree, Blind-your-eyes ( Australia). 
An evergreen tree with glossy, oblong leaves, spikes of small green flowers and 
acrid, milky sap, growing in mangrove swamps or near the seabeach. Flowers usu- 
ally monoecious, the female flowers, few in number, growing at the base of the spikes; 
both sexes without disk or petals; calyx 3-parted; male flowers without rudimentary 
ovary; stamens 2 or 3, anthers free; female flowers with 3-celled ovary; style undi- 
vided; floral bracts densely imbricated. 
When the tree is cut or bruised the milky juice flows copiously from the wound 
and soon hardens like rubber. It is so acrid that it will blister the skin and is almost 
blinding if it gets into the eyes. The smoke of the burning wood is also very irritat- 
ing; in Fiji it is thought to be a remedy for leprosy, The wood is white, soft, and 
spongy. In India fishing floats are sometimes made from the roots. 
REFERENCES: 
Exrcoecaria agallocha Stickman, Herb. Amb, 1794; Amoen. Acad. 4: 122, 1 
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Excoecaria cammettia. Same as Lecoecaria aygallocha, 
