XXXII. 
BEUPHORBIA OFFICINARUM. 
Officinal Euphorbium, or Spurge. 
Synoyyms.—Euphorbia tenella planta, Zod. Icon., ii. t. 25. Euphorbium, Raié 
Hist., 872. Euphorbium polygonum spinosum cerei effigie, Isn. Act. Acad, Scien., 
n. iy. t. 10, p. 385, 1720. Euphorbia officinarum, Lin. Sp. Pl., 647; Plench. 
Tcon., t. 365. 
Forrran Namzs.—Fr.: Euphorbe. Jtal. and Span.: Euforbio. Germ.: Eu- 
‘phorbien-harz, Wolfsmilch. Dut.: Euphorbium. Swed. : Preustkida. Dan. : 
Euphorbium gummi. . drab.; Ahalnafsah, Fasfryun. Tam.: Shadry kulliepaal. 
Nat. Order, Tricocem, Linn.; Evruors1e, Juss.—Monaicis, 
Monanpria. 
Grex. Cuar.—Flowers collected in monecious heads, surrounded by an 
involucrum, consisting of one leaf with five divisions, which have exter- 
nally five glands alternating with them, Males naked, monandrous, 
articulated, with their pedicle surrounding the female, which is in the 
centre. Females naked, solitary, Ovarium stalked. Stigmas three- 
forked. Fruit hanging out of the involucrum, consisting of three cells, 
bursting at the back with elasticity, and each containing one suspended 
seed (Lindley). : 
Sprc. Cuar.—Aculeated, naked, many-angled. Prickles in pairs, spread- 
ing, equal. 
Hisrory.—This plant is the Acdgov. expoghiov of Dioscorides 
(lib. iii. cap. 96), and is supposed to derive its name from 
Euphorbus, the physician of Juba, king of Mauritania and 
Numidia. Euphorbus was brother to Musa, physician to 
Augustus Cesar. © Cesar raised a statue to Musa. Juba named 
Fig. 1, The corolla. 2. The germen and pistils. 
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