402 EUPHORBIACEX. (SPURGE FAMILY.) 
pine barrens, Middle Florida. June- Aug.— Stem 19 —29 high. Branches of 
the more sterile plants successively forking and widely spreading. Leaves 1!-9! 
long. i 
8. E. inundata, Torr. Smooth; stem erect, 3-branched or alternately 
branched from near the base, few-flowered ; leaves erect, lanceolate, entire, acute, 
sessile ; those of the branches oblong-ovate, clasping ; involucre long-peduneled, 
reddish, the pubescent lobes 3-toothed ; glands orbicular, peltate, entire ; capsules 
aeute-angled, smooth, like the globose seed.— Pine-barren swamps, Florida. 
April-June. — Stems 6/—12' high, from a thick woody root. Leaves 2-3! 
long. 
9., E. telephioides, n. sp. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; stem thick ; 
branches 3, short, forking; leaves of the stem large, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 
erect, with membranaceous margins; those of the branches small, ovate, clasp- 
ing ; involucre purple, slender-stalked, the lobes ovate, entire, ciliate, incurved ; 
glands peltate, roundish, entire; capsule acute-angled, smooth ; seeds smooth. — 
Low sandy pine barrens near the coast, West Florida. May and June. — Plant. 
light-green, 2! 5'high. Stem-leaves 2! - 3! long, often longer than the branches. 
Floral leaves 4" — 6! Jong. 
* * Stem erect, successively forking : leaves commonly opposite : involucres in the forks 
dark purple: glands 5, without appendages : perennials. 
10. E. Ipecacuanhse, L. Stems several from a long perpendicular root, 
slender, commonly forking from near the base ; leaves of the stem and branches 
similar, opposite, or the lowest rarely alternate, entire, obtuse, varying from lin- 
ear to round-obovate, short-petioled ; peduncles slender, mostly longer than the 
leaves ; involucre small ; capsule slender-stalked, nodding, round-angled ; seeds 
minutely pitted. — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. May 
and June. — Stem 2/— 12/ high. Leaves j'- V long. 
‘ll. E. nudicaulis, n. sp. Smooth; stems slender, forking above ; leaves 
minute (1" long), oval or obovate, the lowest alternate, those of the branches. 
opposite ; involucres minute, on short peduncles ; glands top-shaped. — Low pine 
barrens, near St. Joseph's, West Florida. June.— Stems 19 high. 
and seeds unknown. 
** Branches and leaves alternate: involucres terminal, clustered or single : glands 
without appendages. 
12. E. cyathophora, Jacq. Annual, smooth ; stem erect, branching from - 
the base ; branches elongated, leafy at the summit; leaves petioled, oblong, fid- 
dle-shaped, toothed or entire, the uppermost deep red at the base; involucreS — 
clustered, short-stalked, with 5 incised lobes and a single gland; capsule smooth; —- 
seeds globose, warty. — Var. graminifolia (E. graminifolia, Michz.) has the Wea o 
all linear and entire. — South Florida, and around dwellings, apparently intre ——— 
duced. May- Oct. — Stem 19 -29 high. Leaves 2! long. E 
