DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Euphorbia. aac © 
** Fruticofa, inermes. 
(Caulis nec. dichotemus, nec umbelliferus, ) 
8. E. inermis fubglobofa multangularis. melofor= 
Melon Spurge. Mis, 
Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Fy. Maffin. 
Intred. 1774. 
Fl, May——-September. | Os; 
Descr. Caudex carnofus, fubglobofus, diametro tri- 
unciali, glaber, multiangulatus: porce 8, 10 vel - 
: plures, bafi. late, carinate: carine florigere, ci- 
catricibus pedunculorum glandulifque alternatim - 
notate.. Pedunculi cylindracei, craffitie pen- 
nz columbinz, articulati,; villis breviffimis ad- 
{perfi, plerumque primum trichotomi, dein dicho- 
tomi; raro fimplices. Braéfee ad divifuras pedun- 
culorum et ad bafin finguli floris oppofite, oblon- 
g®, acutiufculz, adprefiz, lineam longe. Calyx 
monophyllus, campanulatus, bracteis paulo longior, 
limbo quinquefido: /acinia ovate, obtufx, inflexe, 
concave. Petala 5, calyci inter lacinias inferta, 
fubrotundo-reniformia, obtufiffima, laciniis calycis . 
duplo majora, patentia, carnofa, Convexa, porisra- ks 
ris pertufa, viridia. Filementa viginti et quod ex~- 
currit, receptaculo inferta, calyce parum longiora, 
fubulata, villofa, Anthera fave, didymx. Piftil- 
um nullum, 
9-E. inermis imbricata, tuberculis foliololineari inftruc- Caput : 
tis, floribus fubpedunculatis, petalis palmatis, __ medufae ee 
~ Euphorbia Caput-medufe. Sp. pl. 648. rans 
* Tithymalus aizoides Africanus fimplici faugmate major. 
 Caule. Comm. pral.57. t. 7. 
Great Medufa’s-head Spurge, ae 
& faeries anacanthum, angufto- Polygoni. fal o eres 
Spentsge i B49: p+ 386. Ferd ie, 2 8 9. 3 
By K 4 Ct 
