Euphorbia EUPHORBIACE^] 339 



to Bardowie, 800 ft.; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5457, 6840, 9035, 12,112; near 

 Kingston, 500 ft. Clute\ near Port Antonio, Milhjtaufjli. Bahamas, West 

 Indies, tropical continental America. 



Annual, glabrous, 8-14 inches high. Leaves subsessile. Stipules short, 

 ciliate, triangular, somewhat truncate, broad in outline. Involucres about 

 1'5 mm. 1., campanulate, glabrous on the outside; lobes triangular- 

 lanceolate, ciliate ; appendages obovate-roundish or transversely elliptical. 

 Cocci slightly keeled. Seed ovoid-4-angled. 



6. E. nirurioides rmnb. nov. ; stems erector ascending, veil. 

 woody ; leaves obovate to oblong, obtuse, serrulate, especially at 

 tlif upper third: stipules deltoid, thick, margin glandular- 

 dotted, *8-'9mm. 1. ; cymes terminal, dense; appendages white 

 or pink, roundish ; seeds blackish with yellowish angles, with 

 a few indistinct and incomplete ridges. Chamfvsyce nirurioklr- 

 MiUsp. in Field Colnmb. Mu*. Bot. ii. 394 (1914). Type in Field 

 Mus. Herb. 



Malvern, Britton, 1186 ! 



Annual; plants low, glabrous ; branches 5-10 cm. 1. Leaves 3-nerved. 

 Petiole very short. Involucres long-stalked, campanulate, glabrous ; lobes 

 elongate-triangular, ciliate at apex; glands waxen, roundish, cupped; 

 appendages thrice the diameter of the glands, entire or mostly so. Capsule 

 glabrous; cocci rounded. Seeds triangular- ovoid, 1 mm. 1., -8 mm. br. 



Near E. brasiliensis, from which it is readily distinguished by its 

 yellowish seed-angles, glandular-dotted stipules, and a striking resemblance 

 in habit to Pliyllantlius Niruri. 



The description is taken from Millspaugh. We have seen only a small 

 portion of Dr. Britton's original specimen presented by him to Herb. 

 AFus. Brit. 



7. E. hyssopifolia L. Syst. cd. 10, 1018 (1759) & Sp. PL 

 cd. 2, 651 : stem erect, simple or branched, somewhat flexuose, 

 branches spreading and somewhat dichotomous, flowering 

 branches very slender ; leaves narrowly oblong, blunt, almost 

 ligulate, mostly entire, sometimes sparingly toothed, 13 cm. 1. : 

 smaller (becoming bracts) on flowering branches ; cymes mostly 

 terminal, lax ; appendages large, white (or pink) ; capsule 

 2-2 5 mm. in diam. ; seeds olive-green, with few very incon- 

 spicuous transverse ridges. Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 3 ">.". E. dieho- 

 toma &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 235. E. hypericifolia L. var. hyssopi- 

 folia Grisel. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 54 (1859). E. brasiliensis Lain. v;n. 

 hyssopifolia Bo!, in DC. Prodr. xv. j>t. 2, iM- (1862); Fawc. Fl. 

 PI. Jam. 31. Chamsesyce hyssopifolia SinaH Bull. N.Y. Bot. 

 G<inl. Hi. 429 (190-1) i Fl. S.E. U.S. cd. 2, 1349 j Milhp. in 

 Field <'nlirml>. Mus. Bot. ii. .'>97. Browm-'s specimen, the type, 

 is in Herb. Linn. 



Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 130! Brirm'\ Kingston, Prior \ Green 

 Valley, 1800 ft.; Grove, St. Andrew; road to Constitution Hill, 1500 ft.; 

 Harris*. Fl. Jam. 5457, 6840, 9035. Cuba, fa. of Pines, 1 lispuni.'hi, Porto 

 Rico, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Grenada, ('urarao, Florida, tropical 

 continental America. 



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