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EUPHORBIA VARIEGATA. PYE-BALLED 
SPURGE. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
DopecaANDRIA TRIGYNIA® 
Guin Charaffer. : 
Grr. 4-  5-petala, calyei infidens, Cal. a-phyllus ventricofus. 
Cap/. tricocca. ; in? aa 
Specific CharaGer. 
EUPHORBIA variegata ; (herbacea dichotoma) foliis ovalibus 
integerrimis undulatis glabris, pedunculis axillaribus uni- 
floris, petalis orbiculatis, capfulis labris, caule hirto. 
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All the parts of this hitherto unnoticed plant are fmooth, 
except the ftem, which is hairy. <A few of the lower leaves 
are plain, but as foon as the flowers begin, though they pre- 
ferve the fame form, take on an appearance of brattes, the 
margins being furrounded with a band, which, like the petals, 
is perfe&tly white, and becomes broader and broader towards 
the extremity of the branch, till the uppermoft leaves are all 
white except a narrow line along the midrib. The ftyles are 
united half-way up, then become bifid and revolute with obtufe 
ftigmas. The filaments alfo are bifid. yee 
This fpecies approaches to nudiffora, but differs effentially in 
having folitary flowers ; befides that, the petals and every part 
of the fruétification are larger, while the plant itfelf is much 
~ {maller. 
It is an annual; propagated by feeds only. Native of Upper — 
Louifiana. Introduced by Mr. Nutra. 
Our drawing was taken laft September, at Meffis, Lrz and 
Kennepy’s, Hammerfmith, : 
