Fig. 4. 
Euphorbia Ipecacuanha. 249 
TABLE XVIII. 
Represents an entire plant of the crimson variety (E. 
Ipecac.) with a portion of the root. The specimen from 
which this figure was drawn (taken in May) had a root of 
the thickness of the lowest part, five and an half feet 
long. Where the stems are red, they appeared above 
the sand. 3 : 
A portion of a specimen of the green variety, also culled in 
May. 
A leaf of the variety, fig. 4, from the advanced plant. 
Ditto of the variety fig. 2. 
The variety with lanceolate leaves. 
A flower with its peduncle. — 
The same with fruit. 
