EUPHORBIACEAE 797 
D n 15 mm. wide, pu ent: seed n nearly 1 . long, black b cod “the 
pale posted On ILK-PUR iu )—Roadsides, E pue waste Da and 
irc along d various provinces, nearly throughout U. SB. 
fall or all yea 
26. C. Mathewsii Small. Br — € prostrate, copiously loosely pubescent: 
leaf-blades broadly linear-elliptic to vm de , 1-1.5 em. long, with à black-purple 
blotch o and scattered hairs beneath: i onc. campanulate, slightly over 
appendages pale, very narrow, is ual, uneven: eapsule about 1.5 
. broad, pubescent: seed less than 1 mm. long. dccus. beaches, opposite 
Miami, Fla.— All y 
27. QC. n Small. Branches villous: leaf-blades ie ay to ovate: invo- 
ded: L5- 2 mm. long, villous; gland-appendages red or magenta, 2 of them 
pet pared meh ‘larger than the othe rs, toothed: capsule less than 1.5 mm. 
broad, m pubescent: seed less than : mm. long, coarsely wrinkled.—Pine- 
lands, Rverglade Keys, pen. Fla.—All yea 
C. adenoptera (Bertol) Small. Branches elosely villous: leaf-blades 
elliptic or ovate-elliptic: involucres 1-1.5 mm. long, finely pubescent; gland- 
appendages white = T petaloid, 2 of d much larger than the glands: 
capsule about 1.5 m road, p densely pecan’: seed about 1 mm. long, finely 
wrinkled. Sud S Fla. —Sp 
C. hirta (L.) Millsp. E closely pubescent: leaf-blades elliptic to 
enc -lanceolate, or somewhat t a pecu often prominently blotched: invo- 
lueres mostly in axillary clusters, 1 mm. long or less, minutely pubescent; gland- 
Rea ia bu HR A LP ule fully 1 mm. broad, finely pubescent: 
seed abou [C. pilulifera E Suiail] Hammocks, roadsides, an 
cult. ee “Coastal 5 Plain, Fla. io "Tex —(W. I., . €. A., S. A.) —All year. 
. 80. C. gemella (Lag.) Small. Similar to C. hirta but smaller, and with more 
closely prostrate branches: leaf-blades elliptic to e lanceolate, mostly 
evenly green: involucres mostly in terminal clusters, a . long, finely . 
pubescent: gland-appendages white, narrower than ie onda: capsule fully 
long. } 
LC. 
procumbens (Boiss.) Small j— DF eult. grounds, roadsides, and pu ste- 
places, pen. Fla. Ed the Keys.—(W. I., Mez., C. A., S. A.) —AM y 
EPADENA Raf. Annual or biennial herbs, often topped by an 
abel- Leaf-blades entire. Involueres in rather dense cymes, each with 5 con- 
MEA pides glands. Capsule pu- 
escent. Seed led or tuberculate. 
e ichrophyllum EL & Gareke.]—About 4 
species, North American.—EUPHORBIAS.— * 
URGES 
1. L. marginata eder Nieuwl Plant 3- 
11 p tall: blades of the upper leaves 
obovate to ovate, likes the bracts white- 
margined and conspicuous: involucre-glands 
with white appendages: capsule strigillose: 
seed 3-4 m 
—(SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN. )—Dry soil and 
waste-places, various pe Ga. to N. C. T 
and W; native from Tex. t M., nt., í 
and Minn.—Spr.-fall b Pus ‘cultivated a iie Bun effect of the 
massed doliage which suggested the popular na 
