( 2902 ) ated 
KurHorsta sPLENDENs. Snowy Rep- 
FLOWERED SPuRGE. 
a Class and Order. 
Monacia Monanprts. 
( Nat. Ord.—Evrnorsraces. ) 
< Generic Character. 
Involucrum androgynum 4—5-fidum, extus appendiculis, 
glandulosis (petala Z. nectaria aliorum) : peripherici pedi- 
celli incerti numeri, singuli cum singulis staminibus articu- 
lati. _Germen pedicellatum, centrale: sétyli 3, 2-fidi. Cap- 
sula 3-cocca. Spr. 3 ved 
Specific Character cand Synonym. 
Evrnoretra * splendens; fruticosa, aculeis validis numero- 
Sissimis, foliis oblongo-spathulatis mucronatis, bracteis 
suborbiculatis mucronatis basi unitis concavis, invo- 
lucrum includente, filamentis furcatis. 
Evpxorsia splendens. Bojer MSS. 
i= ; 5? : ee 
‘es 1 
=a 
Descr. Stem perennial, much branched, clot 
‘ _with 
_ humerous long and strong, straight aculei, upright and 
dark-purplish at the extremity of the branches, the rest pale r 
roader at the base and horizontal. Leaves alternate, at- 
tenuated at the base, so that the whole is nearly spathulate, 
scarcely fleshy, mucronated at the point, witha midrib, and 
Several lateral parallel veins, bright green, the older ones - 
More or less coloured, very patent, entire, glabrous on both 
Sides. Peduncles axillary, jointed in the middle, and there 
furnished with two small bracteas, upwards agers f 
divid 
I 
——. 
ki * EvQopior of Dioscorrpss, so called after Evrronsvs, a physician of JuBa, 
ytd Mauritania, who first made known the medical properties of this Genus 
Plants, reese ag: ae : 
