338 FLORA OF JAMAICA Euphorbia 



Sloanc Herb. iii. 116, Ixxxii. 94! Wright \ Masson\ Swartzl Mac- 

 fadyenl Distin ; Kingston, Prior ! March \ Port Antonio, Millspaugh ; 

 Kingston, Lucea, Hitchcock ; Kingston, Glide \ Norbrook, Campbell \ 

 Hope grounds ; King's House ; Constant Spring to Bardowie. Harris ! Fl. 

 Jam. 6122, 6640, 6788, 9517, 12,111. Tropics and in some subtropical areas. 



Annual or perennial, -3 ft. bigb. Stems simple or sparingly branched. 

 Leaves ovate-rbomboid, "or oblong-lanceolate, minutely serrate, acute or 

 subobtuse, base very unequal and cuneate on one side, rounded on tbe 

 otber. Stipules minute. Cymes axillary, stalked, in a globular head, or 

 divided into two or three heads. Involucres very small, -7-1 mm. 1., 

 obconical ; lobes triangular, hairy ; glands erect, about as long as the 

 lobes, linear, apex semiglobular, somewhat concave ; appendage minute, 

 dorsal. Capsule 3-cornered-globular, 1-1 '2 mm. in. diam. Seed oblong, 

 sharply 4-angled, -8 mm. 1., transversely wrinkled. 



4. E. lasiocarpa Klotzsch in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix, Suppl. i. 

 414 (1843) ; stems erect, grey-pubescent ; leaves 1-4 cin. 1., grey- 

 pubescent or glabrate ; involucres cymose, hairy on outside ; 

 capsule densely puberulous ; seeds brownish red to ash colour.- 

 Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 23 ; Millsp. in Bot. Gaz. xxv. 17, 

 witli fig. ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 354. E. hypericifolia var. lasiocarpa 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 54 (1859) (excl. syn. Balb.). Chamaesyce 

 lasiocarpa Arthur in Torreya xi. 260 (1911) ; Millsp. in field 

 Columb. Mus. Bot. ii. 397. 



Macfadyen ! St. Andrew, Me Nab ! Kingston, Prior ! E-obertsfield ; 

 David's Hill ; Cinchona ; road to Constitution Hill ; Mount Pleasant, 

 Stony Hill, 1200 ft. ; Constant Spring to Bardowie, 800 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. 

 Jam. 5515, 8595, 9029, 11,136, 12,113. Florida, Central America, Peru. 



Annual, J-3 ft. high. Stems erect, branching, with somewhat long 

 internodes. Leaves oblong-elliptical to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, base 

 rounded or subcordate, denticulate, uppermost smaller and narrower. 

 Stipules to 1 mm. 1., triangular. Cymes terminal, densely corymbose, 

 with a pair of leaf-like bracts at base. Bracts 1-1-2 mm. 1., linear, acute. 

 Involucres 1*5 mm. 1., obconical-campanulate, hairy on outside; lobes 

 entire, narrowly triangular ; appendage of the glands white, somewhat 

 semicircular, with entire sinuate or slightly lobed margin broader than 

 the glands. Capsule ovate-roundish, 2 mm. in diam. Seeds elongated- 

 ovate, obtusely 4-angled, with distinct prominent wrinkles, 1-1 mm. 1. 



5. E. brasiliensis Lam. Encyc. ii. 423 (1786) ; stem erect, 

 much branched, flowering branches very slender ; leaves oblong 

 to linear-oblong, blunt, more or less serrulate, especially above, 

 8-3 cm. 1., those of the flowering branches narrow; cymes 

 terminal, lax, heads few, intermixed with linear bracts ; appen- 

 dages large, white ; capsule 2-2 2 mm. in diam. ; seeds black 

 with lighter angles and 2-3 transverse ridges. Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 24 (in part) ; Muell, Arg. in Fl. Bras. xi. pt. 2, 

 676 (in part); Millsp. in Field Columb. Mus. Bot. ii. 65, 159. 

 Chamsesyce brasiliensis Small Fl, S.E. U.S. 712 (1903); Millsp. 

 torn. cit. 302. 



Pasmore in Herb. Sloane clxii. 129 ! Me Nab ! Green Valley, 1800 ft. ; 

 Grove, St. Andrew ; road to Constitution Hill, 1500 ft. ; Constant Spring 



