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IIAB. Salt marsh ditches. July. ©. Submerged, 

 stemfllif. ; leav. entire ; fl. inconspic. 



527. EUPHORBIA. Spurge. Euphorbiacect. 



\. TZ.hypericifolia: smooth, branched, erect-spreading; 

 branches divaricate; leaves opposite, serrate, oval- 

 oblong, subfalcate, on very short petioles; corymbs 

 terminal and axillary. 

 HAB. Fields and dry soils. July — Aug. © . Very 

 smooth, 12 — 18 in. high ; leav. spot. 



& ? hirsuta : stem slender, hairy ; leaves oblong, 

 smooth, serrulate. 

 HAB. Sandy soils. Aug. Much branch., 8 — 12 

 in. high ; stem purp. 



!. E. maculata : stem procumbent, spreading flat on 

 the ground, much branched, hairy ; leaves oppo- 

 site, oval or oblong, serrulate, oblique at the base, 

 on short petioles, smooth above, hairy and pale 

 beneath ; flowers solitary, axillary, much shorter 

 than the leaves. 

 HAB. Sandy fields. July— Oct. ©. St em 6—12 

 m. long; fl. appearing fascic. 



*>. E. polygonifolia : procumbent, divaricate, very 

 smooth, succulent ; leaves oblong and linear- 

 lanceolate, entire, obtuse at the base, sometimes 

 subcordate ; flowers solitary in the forks of the 

 stem; stipules simple. 

 IIAB. Sea shore. July— Sept. U. Stem 8 in. 

 long; stip. subul. ; fl. minute. 



1. E. Ipecacuanha : procumbent or suberect, very 

 smooth ; leaves opposite obovate and lanceolate ; 

 peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, elongated. 

 HAB. Pine barrens. May— June. 1|. Root ta- 

 pering, very long ; leav. variable, cllipt., obovate, 

 or linear, (in young plants broad.) 



5. E. corallata : umbel 5-cleft, 3-cleft, and dichoto- 

 mous ; floral and cauline leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 alternate dentures of the involucrum petaloid, ob 

 ovate. 

 HAD. Fields, kc. June. U- Stem 1—2 ft. 

 high, erect, sub simp. ; fl. conspic. 

 E . portulaccoides: erect, leaves entire, oval, re 



