EUPHORBIACE^E SPURGE FAMILY 



Euphorbia Cyparissias, L. 



Greenish and tan Spurge Cypress, 



Napoleon's Plume (local), 



May- June Bonaparte's Crown, 



Quack Salver's Grass, 

 Tree Moss, 

 Balsam, 

 Garden Spurge, 

 Kiss-me-Dick, 

 Welcome-to-our-House, 

 Graveyard Weed. 



Euphorbia: Euphorbus, physician to King Jubal. 

 Cyparissias: Latin for cypress; in allusion to the fact that 

 it was often planted in cemeteries. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: an escape, originally from cem- 

 eteries, to roadsides and gardens. 



THE PLANT: erect, six inches to twelve inches high; the 

 stem branched and scaly below, leafy above, hairless, with 

 a milky acid juice. 



THE LEAVES: opposite; those upholding the flower heads, 

 whorled; linear or almost threadlike; the floral leaves 

 heart-shaped; stemless; the margins entire, slightly rolled 

 backwards. 



THE FLOWERS: small, of two kinds, sterile and fertile, in 

 umbels, which have a tufted appearance, surrounded by a 

 cup-shaped involucre, which resembles a calyx or corolla. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



A tufted plant, in appearance somewhat like a miniature 

 cypress tree. The leaves are dark green, and with them 



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