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_ EUPHORBIALS. 86 SPURGEWORTS. 
Curcas. Adanson. 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5. Stamens 8-10, 
equal, united, Styles forked. 
Capsule 3-coccous, with 1 seed in each cell. 
1, C. purgans Adanson. Jatropha Curcas Linneus. 
—(Puysic Nut.) Fig. 129 
y CLS Leaves long-stalked, broadly 
date, angular, roundish; 
nicles terminal or axillary, 
in cymes. 
Habitat. West Indies, 
son. Acrid oi 
— chronic rheuma- 
tism. Milky ju 
dyes linen black. 
THE MENISPERMAL ALLIANCE (V. K., p. 297.) 
Patural Orders of Menispermats, 
PNutmegs (Myristicac ee. . 1 ae 
a valvate cup, ew.) Albumen ruminated. Sepals united 
fMenispermays (Meni. istin 
eta a ( ‘spermacew.) Albumen solid. Sepals dis 
Fig. 129.—Leaf of Curcas Purgans, 
