Euphorbia EUPlinuu.uJKJ-: 341 



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\-2. E. Oerstediana Jt<,;*. /// DC.Pm*],-. xv. ^t. i', .".'J 

 herbs ; stems hollow-jointed, constricted at joints : lea\<'> 

 alternate but opposite or ternate at ends of branehes ; stipules 

 rudimentary : cymes terminal, eorymbo-" ; -lands L', with two 

 lips the outer with only a narrow ed^e free: ilie appendage 

 equalling the inner lip; seeds marninillose-tiiberculat'' in longi- 

 tudinal lines. Url>. Si/ml. Ant. r. .'i ( .i;.5 iV vi, 90. Poinsettia 

 Oerstediana Klotzxcli <! <I'II,-<-/,T /",/ Mun<it*l>. Al-<><1. Bcrl. 1*59, 

 253 (name only) & /// Abh. Afoul. JJerl. is:,!), lo;| (I860). 

 E. geniculata E^/ers Flor. St. Croix <0 Vinj. Isl. 93 (1879) ; K< te 

 Bull 1S93, 274; (non Ort<'<,}. 



Cane River valley; Castleton grounds; Jftinixl Fl. Jam. 1U,OC7, 

 1:2,075. St. Thomas, St. Cruz, Martinique, St. Vincent, Barbados, 

 Grenada, Tobago, Central America (fide Oersted). 



Plant, 12-15 inches high. Leaves 3 '5-7 '5 cm. 1., 1-5-4 cm. br., 

 oblong-elliptical, or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes somewhat 

 acuminate, puberulous beneath; petiole generally '5-2' 5 cm. L, uppernio-t 

 often shorter. Involucres long-stalked, narrowly carnpanulate, glabrous ; 

 lobes truncate with a comb-like fringe. Capsule minutely puberulous. 

 Seeds ellipsoidal, 2 - 5 mm. 1. 



13. E. nudiflora Jacq. CoU. Hi. 180 (1789) A: Jr. liar. t. 17'.- ; 

 shrub with jointed branches; leaves in whorls of 3 or ?. 

 sometimes opposite ; stipules gland-like ; cymes terminal and 

 axillary, clichotomous ; seeds irregularly wrinkled-tubercled.- 

 Grixrb. FL Br. W. Ind. 52 ; Boiss. in DC. Pro.lr. xv. >t. '2. 61. 

 E. graminea Sw. Ols. Bot. 196 (1791) (11011 Jacq.). E. trichotoma, 

 foliis Arc. Jjrowne Hixt. Jam. 235. 



Brougliton \ Swartz ; Baticroft \ Bertcro ; Wilson ; Liguanea Hills, 

 Priori March; Hope River, Eggersl Gordon Town, Clutc\ Windward 

 Road, Faiucettl Berwick, Harris I Fl. Jam. 5106. St. Vincent. Colombia. 



Shrub 6-10 ft. high. BrancJilcts 3-2-forked. Leaves 3-5 cm. 1. aud 

 longer, ovate or ovate-oblong, or elliptical, sometimes oblanceolate, apex 

 blunt, base rounded or blunt, lighter and sparingly puberulous beneath, 



ecially on midrib and nerves; petiole -5-1 cm. 1. Involucres 10 16 in 

 a cyme, pedicellate, puberulous, hemispherical; lobes obovate-spathulate, 

 fringed ; glands 5, 2-lipped, green, transversely oblong, inner lip shorter 

 than the other; appendage broader than the gland, white, crenate-dentate. 

 Capsule glabrous, long stalked, 3'5 mm. 1. Seed 3 mm. 1. 



V>. Glands of th<- involucre without a petaloid appendaL. 



14. E. heterophylla L. S+>. /'/. 453 (17;~>:;) ; erect r a 

 annual or biennial herbaepmis weed: Iea\e.>of various shapes, 

 lower leaves alternate, upjiormost opjio^ite or whorled with a red 

 blotcli at the base; bracts also red: stipules gland-like j cymes 

 terminal, coi-ymbose ; glands cup-^hapi-d. solitary. -- Hut. //'</./. 

 765 ; Qriseb. Fl Hr. \V. I,,d. : I : R.;**. in 1>C. Prodr. xv.pt. _. 

 7l' : MH I-/!. An/, in Fl. 7;/-/x. a. \>i . 2, ti'.i."> : Url>. ,S////*. Ant. iv. 

 357. Millxj,. nt /'///(/ Cl",nl>. .!/">. /'"/. it. <!. L62, I'), inermis 



