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EupHorRBIA ATRO-PURPUREA. BLooD-FLOW- 
ERED SPURGE. 
SEK KKK KEK KKK KEKE KEK 
Class and Order. 
Monazc1a Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Evuruorsiacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum androgynum, 4—5-fidum, extus appendiculis 
glandulosis (petala, L., nectaria aliorum) : peripherici pedt- 
celli incerti numeri, singuli cum singulis staminibus articu- 
lati. Germen pedicellatum, centrale. Styli 3, bifidi. Cap- 
sula 3-cocca. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Evurnorsia atro-purpurea ; inermis, fruticosa, ramis apice 
foliosis, foliis lanceolatis integerrimis glaucis floralibus 
quaternis oblongis coloratis, umbella termimali sessili, 
radiis 4-fidis, bracteis duabus oblongo-latissimis colo- 
ratis basi connatis, involucri glandulis 4 retusis, ger- 
mine levi. 
Evrnoreia atro-purpurea. Willd. Enum. v. 1. p. 501. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 790. 
Of this extensive Genus (named in honour of EupHorsus, 
Physician to Jusa, King of Mauritania,) the different kinds 
of which are so remarkable for the copious acrid, milky 
Juice, in some constituting Caoutchouc, no less than two 
hundred and nine species are enumerated in SPRENGEL’s 
Syst. Veget.; and numerous undescribed ones are known 
to exist in our Herbarium. Many recommend themselves 
to cultivation by the strangeness of their forms, especially 
among the more succulent kinds, a few by the rich colours, 
not of the flowers indeed, but of the bracteas = floral 
eaves. 
