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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Euphorbia 



Annual or perennial, 1-5-3 '5 din., and more, high. Brandies glabrous 

 or hairy at apex. Petiole very short. Stipules -5 mm. 1., triangular, 

 somewhat cut. Involucres obconical-campanulate, about 1 mm. 1., 

 glabrous; lobes triangular ; appendages roundish, entire (" seldom entire ?) 

 Millsp.). Capsule 3 -cornered -ovate -globular, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, 

 4-angled, 1-3 mm. 1. 



8. E. hyperieifolia L. Sp. PL 454 (1753); stem erect, simple 

 or branched; leaves irregularly elliptical to oblong, blunt to 

 rounded, serrulate (sometimes sparingly so), 1-3 5 cm. 1. ; cymes 

 axillary in racemose clusters with few or many involucres, 

 generally with two leaf -like bracts at apex of peduncle ; capsule 

 usually small, about 1 5 mm. in cliam. ; seeds reddish-brown to 



A, Part of flowering branch x 



B, Cyathium X 16. 



C, Cyathium cut open x 24. 



D, Stamen. 



E, Capsule X 10. 



Fig. 113. Euphorbia hyperieifolia L. 



F, Columella of capsule. 



G, Coccus with seed. 

 H, Seed. 



I, Ditto cut lengthwise. 



J, Diagram of partial inflorescence. 



(D, F-I much enlarged.) 



