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KuPHORBIA COROLLATA. WHuITE-FLOWERED 
SPURGE. 
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Class and Order. 
Monazcia Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Euruorsiscez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum androgynum, 4—5-fidum, extus appendiculis 
glandulosis (petala L. nectaria aliorum). Peripherici: pe- 
dicelli incerti numeri, singuli cum singulis staminibus arti- 
culati. Germen pedicellatum, centrale: styli 3, 2-fidi. 
Capsula 3-cocca. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Evpnorsia corollata; erecta, umbella ramis primariis sub- 
quinque repetitim dichotomis, bracteis foliisque ellip- 
tico-lanceolatis obtusis subtus hirsutulis, involucri 
glandulis late ovalibus appendicibus corollatis (albis), 
floribus subdioicis. 
Evpnoreia corollata. Linn. Amen. Acad. ». 3. p. 122. 
Sp. Pl. p. 659. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 916. Pursh, 
Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 607. Elliott, Carol. v. 2. p. 559. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 798. 
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Descr. Stems about a foot high, nearly simple, rounded, 
glabrous. Leaves an inch or more long, scattered, varying 
much in shape, linear, obovato-lanceolate, or, generally, 
etween elliptic and lanceolate, always sessile, very obtuse, 
rather dark green, glabrous above, somewhat pilose be- 
heath, the margin quite entire. Umbel of about five rays 
:" Principal branches, which are several times dichotomous, 
bearing opposite bractee at the base of the forkings, which 
“re similar to the leaves, only smaller. Beneath the —— 
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