EUPIIOKBiACEAE. 



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1. Chamaesyce buxifolia (Lam.) 

 J. K. Small. COAST SPURGE. (Fig. 234.) 

 Perennial, glabrous, somewhat fleshy. 

 Stems erect or decumbent, 8 '-2 long, 

 branching, leafy, with long or short 

 internodes; leaf -blades ovate to broadly 

 oblong or cuneate near the base of the 

 stem, rather fleshy, 4"-6" long, obtuse 

 or acutish, involute, rounded or subcor- 

 date, nearly sessile; involucres campanu- 

 late, about f" high, as long as the pe- 

 duncles or shorter; glands transversely 

 oblong; appendages consisting of mere 

 whitish borders; capsules 1-J" broad, 

 glabrous, the angles sharp ; seeds globose- 

 ovoid. [Euphorbia buxifolia Lam.] 



Common on sea beaches and coastal 

 rocks, rarely occurring on rocks inland, as 

 on Abbot's Cliff. Native. Florida and the 

 West Indies. Flowers nearly throughout 

 the year. 



2. Chamaesyce Blodgettii (Engelm.) 

 J. K. Small. BLODGETT'S SPURGE. (Fig. 

 235.) Glabrous or nearly so, branched 

 at the base, the branches few or numer- 

 ous, 4'-16' long, usually prostrate ; leaves 

 oblong or nearly so, 1 J"-5" long, minutely 

 crenate near the apex, oblique at the 

 base, manifestly petioled; involucres 

 campamilate, less than \" high, short- 

 peduncled; glands minute, elevated; ap- 

 pendages irregular, white or slightly col- 

 ored ; capsules 5" high, about as broad, 

 glabrous, the angles rather sharp; seeds 

 about V' long, gray, 4-angled, the faces 

 faintly transversely wrinkled. [Euphor- 

 bia Blodgettii Engelm. ; E. bermudiana 

 Millsp.] ' 



Common in rocky and sandy soil. 

 Native. Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica. 

 Flowers nearly throughout the year. This 

 like other usually prostrate species of the 

 genus, sometimes has ascending or nearly 

 erect stems. 



