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EvpHorBIA BUPLEURIFOLIA. HArRe’s-Ear- 
LEAVED SPURGE. 
- SIG, SIZ SRC SIG, SK SI SIC SCL Sd Sd SIC. SEK Sid SCL KZ SCS, I, 
Class and Order. 
Monazcc1a Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—EvurHorsiaces. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum androgynum 4—5-fidum, extus appendiculis 
glandulosis rotundatis v. bicornibus. Flores apetalis mas- 
culi peripherici. Pedicelli incerti numeri, singuli cum sin- 
vulis staminibus articulati. Anthere biloculares loculis 
discretis, sursum dehiscentibus. Germen pedicellatum cen- 
trale. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. tricocea. Cocci bivalves. 
Sem. albuminosa. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Evrnorsia bupleurifolia ; caule bulbiformi tuberculato- 
areolato, foliis terminalibus fasciculatis lanceolatis in 
petiolum attenuatis, pedunculis axillaribus monoce- 
phalis, involueri universalis foliolis subrotundatis basi 
coadunatis. 
Evrnorsia bupleurifolia. Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. v. 1. p. 55. 
t. 106.- Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 787. 
Among the many curious forms of this extensive and 
‘varied Genus which exist in Southern Africa, the present is, 
perhaps, the most remarkable, having a thick, succulent, 
bulbiform stem, marked all over with the scars occasioned 
by the falling away of the old leaves, giving a reticulated 
appearance to the surface, the areole constituting tubercles, 
which are umbilicated in the centre. The whole foliage 
arises from the extremity of the stem. The Glasgow Bo- 
tanic Garden is indebted for its first possession of this plant 
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