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EUPHORBIA JACQUINIFLORA. JACQUINIA- 
FLOWERED E\UPHORBIA, OF SPURGE. 
Class and Order. 
Monaecra Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Eupnorsiacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum androgynum 4—5-fidum, extus appendiculis 
glandulosis (petala, Z. nectaria, aliorum). Peripherici: 
pedicelli incerti numeri, singuli cum singulis staminibus 
articulati. Germen pedicellatum, centrale: Styli 3, 2-fidi. 
Capsula 3-cocca. Spreng. 
: Specific Character and Synonym. 
Evupnorsia jacquiniflora ; dioica? fruticosa, foliis deflexis 
longe petiolatis lato-lanceolatis, racemis axillaribus— 
paucifloris, involucri lobis 5 obcordatis coccineis basi — 
glandulosis cum squamis rotundatis serratis luteis in- 
ternis alternantibus. 3 
I regret to know nothing more of the history of this ve 
singular and handsome frutescent Eupnorsia, than that it 
was sent from the Berlin Botanic Garden under the appro- 
priate name here retained, and that it flowers in the stove 
of the Glasgow Garden during the winter months. The 
fine rich red of the spreading lobes of the involucre contrast 
admirably with the full and bright green of the foliage. 
Descr. Our plant is a shrub, four to five feet high, with 
the stem slender, branching only above, and there only 
leafy. Leaves all pendent, broadly lanceolate, entire, acute, — 
somewhat membranaceous, penninerved, upon long foot- 
stalks. From the axils of the upper leaves arise the short 
racemes of few flowers (or rather involucres,) each pedicel 
with a small ovate bractea at the base. Involucre pe a 
short, 
