EvpJiorhia,'] EUPiiORBiACE^ (Brown), 239 



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Main stem with a flattened 

 or depressed tubercn- 

 late central area desti- 

 tute of branches : 

 Peduncles 4-9 lin. long ; 

 involucre 2?J-3J lin, 



in diam (HO) inelegans. 



Peduncles 1 J-5 lin. long ; 

 involucre 2-2^ lin. 



in diam (1*^S) crassipes. 



tfPeduncles deciduous, never persisting after 1 season : 

 Leaves lJ-6 in. long; stem simple, globose to 



cylindric, l|-3 in. thick (84) bupleurifolia, 



Leaves mostly §-lJ in. long: 



Stem cylindric, unbranched (always ?), G-12 in. 



high ; glands of the sessile involucre entire ... ( 85 ) clandestina. 



Stern subglobose, with 2-3 series of branches lJ-3 

 in. long ; glands of the shortly jieduneulate 

 involucre Avith 2-3 shoit teeth on the outer 

 margin ,, (86) Davyi, 



Leaves less or not more than J in. long, deciduoiis : 

 Main stem or body of the plant with a large (or 

 small in 88, E. hasutica) flat or depressed 



tuberculate central area destitute of branches 

 at the top (181, E. par t-i mamma, Boiss., and 

 1S2, E. procumhenSf Mill., may belong here) : 

 Leaves usually 2-6 lin. long, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate : 

 Glands of the involucre with processes branch- 

 ing at their tips ; ovary pubescent ... ( 87 ) ramiglans. 



Glands subentire or with small teeth or 



crenations : 

 Peduncles 0-1 lin. long ; ovary glabrous, 



with styles l-li lin. long ( ^3 ) gatbergensis. 



Peduncles 1-9 lin. long : 



Glands whitish-green, represented as long 



as broad ; styles with slender tij^s ... (94) pugniformis. 



Glands yellow or greenish-yellow, some- 

 times changing to red; styles with 



very broad tips : 

 Outer series of branches mostly less 



than IJ in. long; ovaiy puberulous ( 97 ) Flanagani. 



Outer series of branches mostly 2 in. 

 or more long : 

 Pranohfts 4-6 lin. thick, full grown 

 always radiately spreading ; 

 ovary pubescent ( ^^ ) passa, 



Branches 2^-3 lin. thick, full grown 



at first erect, finally radiately 



spreading ; ovary glabrous or 



thinly hairy : 

 Peduncles 4-9 lin. long .'.. ... ( 9S ) Frankaiae. 



Peduncles 1-3 J lin. long ( 99 ) Woodii. 



Leaves J-IJ lin. long, lanceolate to elhptic: 

 Branches" 2-8 in. long and ^-1 in, thick ; 

 involucre l'i'2i lin. in diam.. with brown 

 glands (^2) esculenta. 



