have been the produft of the roots of this plant ; but this is 

 very doubtful. The name of Ipecacuanha appears to have been 

 applied to feveral different plants which have no botanical 

 affinity, merely becaufe they were ufed to excite vomiting, for 

 which purpofe Clayton remarks that this fpecies of Spurge 

 was fomctimes ralhly exhibited in America, efpecially by the 

 inhabitants of the North. At prefent we ufe but one kind of 

 Ipecacuanha, which is certainly not obtained from this or any 

 other fpecies of Euphorbia. 



We are informed by Michaux, that the leaves of this plant 

 vary much in form, being obovate, oblong, or fometimes quite 

 linear. Often too it is found buried in the fand, growing with 

 crowded (terns, and appearing to be leaflefs. 



Flowers in June. Is quite hardy. Propagated by dividing 

 its roots. Likes a gravelly dry foil. 



