180 Euphorbiaceae. 



3, biGdi, interdiim Lasi connati. Stig-matn suLcylindrica 

 vcl apice incrassata. Capsula tricocca; coccis 1-spermis, 

 bivalvibus; axi ccutrali persistente. lutcg^umentum duplex; 

 exterins crustaccuni, frag^ile; interins tenuissimc membra- 

 naceiim, cbalaza instrnctum, quac hilo opposita. Ilerbae^ 

 sujp'uiiccs, frutices vel arbores lactescentes. Folia sparsa 

 vel opposita, Jloralia saepe verticillata, stipulata vel ex- 

 stipulata, integra, integerrima, serrata cel denticulata. Irt' 

 volucra in rainis Jloriferis dichotomis alaria et terminalia^ 

 his plerumque in apice caulis umbellato - congestis. 



*) Exstipulatae. Processus membranacei sub involu- 

 cri g^landulis nulli. Semina caruncula arillari instructa. 



c) Glandulac involucri cotj ledonesquc embryonis sub- 

 orbiculatae. 



1. Eiipliorbia helioscopia Linn. Spec. 658. Hayne, Arz- 

 neigeic. 2. t. 20. Schkuhr, Handh. 2. t. 129. Flor. Dan. 



t. 725. Engl. Bot. t. 883. Rocper. Euph. 59. t. 2. 

 Koch. Synops. 627. 



Annua; erecta; glabra; raniis caulcm terminantibus 

 quinis, rarius ternis vel quateruis, dichotomis; foliis cau- 

 linis sparsis, scssilibus, obovato-cuncatis, apicc rotunda- 

 tis, subretusis, apiccm versns serratis, mcmbranaceis; ra- 

 meis siniilibus; glandulis involucri transvcrsc cllipticis, 

 integris: capsulis lacvibus, glabris; scminibus subrotun- 

 ,do-ovatis, favoso-reticulalis, opacis, fuscis. 



In cultis, pag^is rndcratisque copiosissimc. 

 Floret aestate. 



2. EupliorbiapalustrisL/ww.^S/jec.^^^. Flor.Dan. t. 866. 



Hayne, Arzneigew. 2. t. 23. Roep. Euph. 62. 



Koch. Synops. 629. 



Perennis; erecta; glabra; ramis floriferis sparsis; su- 



perioribus subverticillato-congestis, apicc dichotomis; fo- 



liis sparsis, scssilibus, lanceolatis, acutis vel obtusis, in- 



tc^errimis subdcnticnlatisve, membranaceis; floralibus el- 



