Euphorbia Ipecacuanha. 
filamenta receptaculo inserta, medio articulata, diverso tempore erumpentia; anthere didyme. 
Palez aut squamule (petala dans.) staminibus interjectz, definite aut sxpiis indefinitz, simplices 
ant sepits ramosz vel fimbriate. Germen inter stamina centrale stipitatum 3-gonum; styli 3; 
stigmata 6. Capsula stipite reflexo extra calicem nutans 3-cocca, 3-sperma. 
Juss. Gen. Plant. p. 385. 
‘Nat. Ord. Lin. Tricocce. 
Classis Dodecandria. Ordo Trigynia: Lin, Syst. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf,inflated,-somewhat. coloured, with four, in some instances, 
five, marginal teeth, permanent. Cor. Petals, or Nectaries, four, sometimes five, turbinate, gib- 
bous, thick, abrupt, unequal in situation, alternate with the teeth of the calyx, inserted into its 
margin by their claws, permanent, bearing plenty of honey. Stam. Filaments numerous, 12 or 
more, thread-shaped, jointed, longer than the corolla, inserted into the receptacle, coming to ma- 
turity at different periods, separated by bristly scales: anthers roundish, of two distinct lobes. 
Pist. Germen superior, roundish, three-sided, elevated on a stalk above the margin of the calix; 
styles three, cloven; stigmas-obtuse. Peric:Capsule ‘stalked; roundish, three-lobed, of three _ 
cells, and three valves which separate elastically. Seeds solitary, roundish. 
Obs. The petals or nectaries are for the most part four, in some flowers five, which often happens 
on the same plant, such flowers being furnished with stamens only, without a pistil, and coming 
forth earlier than the pest. In many the petals:are glandular, in others crescent-shaped, or tooth- 
ed; in some-few thin and membranous 5. ee ane Reese 
_ of the ealix« The capsule is eithersmooth, or hairy, or warty. 
Ess. Ch. Calix of one leaf, inflated, inferior: Nectaries four or five, inserted into the calix. Cap- 
sule stalked, three-lobed. Ency. 
Eiveuonsta Ipecacuanha, perennis, procumbens, pumila, glabra : foliis oppositis, sessilibus, obovalibus, ob- 
longisve, integris: pedunculis solitariis, 1-floris, elongatis. Mich. Fl. Bor. Am. 
SYNONYMA. 
Ti. flore. ere ae apicibus - flavis, vebeuigin Silaenitiiudas Gron. Virg. 
