STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SPURGE FAMILY EUPHORBIACEAE. 



Plants usually pervaded by an acrid, milky juice; flowers too difficult to understand 

 by any one not well trained; 4,000 species with wide distribution. Croton, Poinsettia, 

 Ricinus are ornamental; a few are weeds. 



Fig. 133 (119). 



Three-Seeded Mercury. Acalypha Virginica L. An erect, dark green or purplish 

 annual, 20-60 cm. tall; leaves mostly ovate, coarsely serrate; flowers monoecious, in- 

 conspicuous; the plant has a weedy aspect. 



A native widely distributed in open places. 



