EUPHORBIACEAE 791 
ADENOROPIUM Pohl. Partly woody plants or herbs. Leaf-blades 
aed or lobed. Flowers monoecious, petaliferous, gee red or. purple. 
Staminate flower with 5 sepals, 5 small petals, and 8-10 stamens. Done. 
flower with a mainly 2~3-celled ovary. Fruit a capsule. UU atropha L. in part.] 
—About 85 species, mainly tropical. All year. 
Leaf-blades 3-5-lobed ; lobes toothed, glandular-ciliate : inflorescence pubescen 
1. A. Ps um: 
Leaf-blades 9-11-lobed; lobes entire or incised, eciliate: in- 
florescence glabrous. 2. A. multifidum. 
1. A. gossypiifolium (L.) Pohl. Shrub 5-11 dm. tall: leaf- blades palmately 
3—5-lobed, 8-15 em. wide, the lobes broad, shallowly toothed and glandular- 
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2, A. multifidum (L.) Pohl. Shrub 9-20 SU 
dm. tall: leaf-blades palmately 9—11-lobed, 
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22, JATROPHA L. Shrubs or herbs. Leaf-blades entire, or palmately 
lobed or parted. Flowers monoecious, apetalous. Staminate flower wit 
a 8 or 1 men istillate 
capsule. [Manihot Adans.]—About 80 spe- 
cies, South American. 
. Manihot L. Plants 9-16 dm. tall, 
sules ings. : 
Manihot OL. ) Karst.]—(Cassava.)—Road- 
sides, cult. grounds, and pinelands, Ever- 
glade Keys, Fla. and Florida Keys. Nat. of 
S. A. and eult—(W. I.)—The large root 
yields starch in the form of cassava-meal 
and tapio It contains a poison, however, which must be dissolved out before 
these prods are edible. 
23. RICINUS [Tourn.] L. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaf-blades peltate, 
palmately lobed. Flowers monoecious, apetalous. Staminate flower with 3-5 
