EUPHORBIACEAE 801 
1. G. Lathyrus (L.) Haw. Stem Fey dm. tall: blades of the upper leaves 
lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3.5—12 cm. long: bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate: 
involueres 4-5 mm. long; lobes triangular, 
wr R-S 
MYRTLE-SPURGE. )-— Roadsides, cult. grounds, 
and Wyo cat various provinces, N. C. to 
hes ., W. Va., and Conn. Nat. of Ev.—Spr.— 
— Used r medicinally. The seeds yield an 
oil similar to castor 
2, G. floridanus (Chapm.) Small Stem 2- 
6 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear to narro ~~ 
lanceolate, 3-6 cm. long: bracts ovate 
lanceo : 
rpasse 
glands gros oni s edges: capsu 
8—10 mm. bro pabsiobese 6 or a 4 mm. b iue smooth.—Pine- 
lands, Coastal “Plain, M Fla. to Ala. and Ga.—Spr.— 
3. G. inundatus (Torr. Small. Stem 1-5 dm. tall: leaf- blades narrowly ob- 
lanceolate to linear, or slightly broadest above the middle, 3-10 cm. long: 
braets ovate to elliptic-lanceolate: Topps campanulate, 2-3 mm. long; lobes 
di: atia l toothed, about as high as the glands: capsu ule 6-7 mm. broad, 
eed subglobose or ovoid Chae, 3-3.5 mm. long, smooth. —Low pine- 
er Coastal Plain, W Fla. to Ala.—Spr. 
eel ka telephioides (Chapm.) Small. Stem 0. a 2 dm. tall: leaf-blades d! 
oadly spatulate, or oblan papa 2-5 em. long: braets ovate to deltoid: 
i olde e dly eam Ver ir t 2 mm. pee lobes half. orbicular, ea 
as high as the nm eapsule 7-8 mm. broad, granular: seed subglobose, about 
eb. ter. —Pinelands, near the coast, M Fla.— 
5. rlingtonii (A. Gray) Small. Stem 3-15 dm. tall: leaves few; blades 
dui dad to elliptic- reaS .5—10 em. long: bracts reniform to orbicular- 
iform: l 3—4 mm. long; lo peer | ovate or o toothed or often 
notched ; aude elliptie: mde ule 8.9 m broad, warty: seed ovoid-globose, 
3—4 mm. long.—Woods and ae Piedmont and M EE es, 
N. C. to N. J. (or N. Y.?).— fall. 
. G. commutatus (Engelm.) Small. Stem pep ioni dm. long: leaf- 
blades spatulate to e us ie of the upper ones somewhat 1 anceolate in 
G. commutatus erectus), 1 . long, with nates’ Ken -like bases; bracts 
reniform or ovate- reniform: ;involuere 2.5 mm. long; horns 1 mm. long or n nearly 
so: capsule 3.5-4 mm. broad, smooth: seed ovoid. fully 2 m m. long, d dd 
pitted.—( WO00D-SPURGE. wd and stream- -banks, various A RN Fla. 
Mo., Minn., and Pa. 
7. G. austrinus Small. Stem erect, 3—4 dm. tall: leaf-blades linear, mostly 
2-5 cm. long, acute or acuminate, very short- a bracts deltoid: involucre 
1-1.5 mm. long; horns about 0.5 mm. long: capsule 3-3.5 mm. oun. h: 
seed avid, nearly 2 mm. uh finely ‘reticulate. —Pinelands, W Fla. 
8. G. Peplus (un Haw. Stem erect, 1-3 dm. tall: leaf- nmo eor o 
obovate, 1-4 em. long: bracts ovate or triangular-ovate: involuer 1.5 m 
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