EUPHORBIACEAE 713 
32. Chamaesyce Tracyi Small. Annual, somewhat pubescent. Stems simple below 
and erect, or branched at the base, the branches ascending. 1-5 dm. long, usually reddish, 
thinly canescent : leaf-blades oblong or slightly broadest above the middle, mostly 5-13 
mm. long, shallowly toothed near the apex, glabrous at maturity, short-petioled : involucres 
campanulate, about 1 mm. high, not split: glands transversely oblong, about 0.4 mm. 
broad ; appendages minute, undulate: capsules about as broad as long, barely 1.5 mm. 
high, slightly pubescent all over, but especially so below the middle: seeds 4-angled, 
oblong-ovoid, X seit 0.8 mm. long, some or all of the faces slightly wrinkled. 
In sandy soil, southern Mississippi. Summer. 
33. Chamaesyce humistràta ( Engelm. ) Small. Annual, light green, puberulent or 
sparingly pilose. Stems branched from the base, the branches slender, radiately spreading, 
prostrate or ascending, 1-3 dm. long: leaf-blades ovate-oblong or sometimes narrower, 4-10 
mm. long, serrulate at least above the middle, oblique, obtuse or subcordate at the base, 
short-petioled ; stipules at length fringed : involucres in lateral clusters, split on one side, 
1mm. long, faintly nerved : glands 4, disk-like ; appendagesnarrow, irregular, red or white : 
capsules depressed-globose, less than 2 mm. in diameter, its 3 lobes keeled : seeds oblong, 1 
um i papillose, ash-colored, obscurely transverse-wrinkled. [Euphorbia humistrata 
ngelm. 
In dry or sandy soil, Quebec to New York, Kansas and Mississippi. Summer and fall. 
34. Chamaesyce pergeména Small Biennial or perennial, glaucescent. Stems 
branched at the base, the branches slender, wire-like, 0.5-1.5 dm. long, glabrous or nearly 
$0, forking: leaf-blades parchment-like, oblong or ovate, very oblique, 3-6 mm. long, ob- 
tuse, serrulate, minutely pubescent on both sides, conspicuously inequilateral, cordate or 
subeordate at the base, short-petioled : involucres campanulate, 1.5 mm. high, minutely 
pubescent, with a split on one side through which the pedicel protrudes: glands trans- 
versely oblong, variable in size, about 0.5 mm. broad ; appendages white or pink, as long 
as the glands or longer, one much longer than the others, more or less uneven along the 
edges : capsules about 1 mm. high, minutely pubescent : seeds less than 1 mm. long, the faces 
transversely wrinkled. [Euphorbia pergemena Small.] 
In sand, peninsular Florida. Also in the West Indies. Spring to winter. 
35. Chamaesyce prostrata (Ait.) Small. Annual, more or less pubescent or gla- 
brate. Stems branched at the base, the branches prostrate, 0.5-2 dm. long, forking, com- 
monly very leafy: leaf-blades oval, obovate or oblong, often a little broadest above the 
middle, 4-6 mm. long, obtuse, sparingly serrulate at the apex, oblique at the base, mani- 
festly petioled : involucres turbinate, 0.5-0.7 mm. high: glands minute, 0.3 mm. broad ; 
appendages narrow : capsules 1 mm. high, somewhat broader, pubescent along the angles : 
seeds less than 1 mm. long, transversely wrinkled. [Euphorbia prostrata Ait] 
In sandy soil, Florida to Texas and Mexico. 
36. Chamaesyce málaca Small. Annual, pubescent. Stems branched at the base, 
the branches prostrate, closely and softly pubescent, especially when young, 2-5 dm. long, 
forked : leaf-blades broadly oblong, 1-1.5 cm. long, or shorter on the branchlets, obscurel 
toothed above the middle, mostly blunt, oblique at the base and very in uilateral, wit 
slender but short petioles: involucres turbinate-campanulate, fully 1 mm. high, minutely 
pubescent, longer than the peduncles: glands about 2 mm. broad ; appendages undulate, 
minute, very variable in size: capsules ovoid-globose, about 1.5 mm. high, sparingly 
meri seeds oblong-ovoid, fully 1 mm. long, sharply angled, with strong transverse 
rinkles. 
On plains and prairies, the Indian Territory to Louisiana and Texas. Summer and fall. 
37. Chamaesyce maculàta (L.) Small. Annual, dark green, puberulent or pilose. 
Stems branched at the base, the branches slender, radiately spreading, prostrate, 5-40 cm. 
long, often dark red : leaf-blades usually blotched, oblong or ovate-oblong, 4-16 mm. long, 
obtuse, more or less serrate, short-petioled, the base oblique, subcordate ; stipules a frin 
of bristles : involucres solitary in the axils, mostly 1 mm. long: glands 4, sip-shaped ; 
appendages narrow, white or red, erenulate: peduncles shorter than the involucres: cap- 
sules ovoid-globose, about 2 mm. in diameter, pubescent: seeds ovoid-oblong, less than 1 
mm. long, óbtusely angled, ash-colored, minutely pitted and inconspicuously transverse- 
wrinkled. [Euphorbia maculata L.] 
M Aa: S orth America, except the extreme north. Apparently introduced west of the Rocky 
38. Chamaesyce conférta Small. Annual, more or less villous. Stems branched at 
the base, the [son dm spreading and prostrate, 0. 5-2 dm. long, often forked, short-jointed : 
leaves approximate, clustered on short branchlets ; blades oblong to ovate, 3-6 mm. long, 
acutish or obtuse, serrate, paler and more densely pubescent beneath than above, truncate 
