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^.Frutex V/^ pedalis, (No. 2018.) vel 3-pe<lalis (No. 2019.)" ramosis- 
simus, ramis ramulisque sparsis, patentibiis, terttibns, juiiioribus dense rufo- 
tomentosis. Folia cutiter semipolliceiu longa, patentiu, saepe couiplicata, 
inari2;iue plana, in petiolum 1-1% lin. longum cuueuto -attenuata, subtus cum 
petiolo tomento Jeu&o albulo-nifo vestita, supra parcius tomentosa, obscure 
viridia. Capitula in ramulls terniinalia, solitana, breviter peduncnlata, siib- 
niitant^^, miilto minora (juarti congenermn, virginea globosa, pisiim minus 
magnitudine vix acqnantia. Fo//o/« involiirri aequilonga, 5 exteriora lanceo- 
lata, atiita; siibherb.tcea, subtus fulvescenti -tomentosa, interiora lineari-lan- 
ccolata, obtusa, colorata, rosea (ex sice). 
EUPHORBIACEAE Juss. 
(Auctore J. F. Klotzsch.) 
-ft 
. Tribus Euphorbieae Bartling. Endlichcr gen. pi. 
pag. 1108. 
EUPHORBIA Linn. Endl. gen. pi. n. 5T66. 
1. Eapliorbia pancifolia KL suffrutirosa, erecta, caole 
tereti, glabro, leviter sulcato; ramis inferioribus verticilla- 
tis, quaternis aut seiiis apicc foliiferis, siiperioribus oppf 
sitis, floriferis; foliis oppositis, exstipulatiSj linearibus? iD" 
tegerrimis, glabris, basi attenuatis; floribus axillariljus, so- 
litariis, subsessilibus; capsula subglobosa, glabra, caly*^^ 
sexfido, persistente instnicta. 
Tn deprpssis madidis uuibrosisque ad fluvium Canning prope praedium ru.'^ticnin 
Haddington (Perth) 2. No\. 1839. Herb. Prciss. No. 1208. 
„Frutex 12 -16 -pedalis, gracilis, lactescens, ramis pendulis". Caulu 
cylindricus, glaber, inferne lignosus, paliide-fuscus, nitidus, superue ramis- 
que herbaceiis, leviter sulcatus. Internodia ad caulein 3-4 unc, ad ranms 
2-3 unc longa. fo/irt opposita, exstipulata, linearia, glabra, obtusa, versus 
basin aUenuata,intf'gernnui, 1-I'A lin. lata, 10-14 Tm. longa. Floreji> 
axillares solitarii, subsessiles. Involucrum semiglobosum, glabrum onther>s- 
qne purpureum, tridentatum, glandulis tribus sessilibus, patelliformibus in- 
structtim, basi bracteis squainiformibus, scariosis, atrofuscis, brevibiis, ii*" 
bricatis vestitnm. Ovarium snbglobosum, trigonum, pedicellatum, nutans, 
labrum, cafyce persistente, obtuse, sexfido, inargine scarioso insiructmii- 
tyli tres, breves, erecti, bifidi, atro-purpurei. 
. Enpliorbia Peplns X. Sp. pi. pag. 653. Roeper Enum- 
Euphoib. pag. 67. n. 25. 
In cultis iosQiae Rotenest. Probabiliter advecta. Aug. 1839. Herb. Preis^'- 
No. 1207. 
