EUPHORBIACEH. (SPURGE FAMILY.) 403 
$92. Leaves stipulate, all opposite: glands of the involucre 4: annuals, 
* Stems erect or ascending: seeds 4-angled, transversely rugose. 
14. E. hypericifolia, L. Smooth throughout; stem (3? - 1? high) erect ; 
branches alternate, 2-ranked; leaves (j'— 1' long) petioled, lanceolate-oblong, 
oblique and obtuse or acute at the base, equally serrulate on both margins ; 
stipules reflexed ; involucres in dense lateral long-peduncled cymose clusters ; 
appendages of the glands white, kidney-shaped ; capsules rather acutely angled, 
smooth ; seed minute, reddish. — South Florida. — Var. communis, Engelm. 
Stem often pubescent, ascending (19 - 13? high); oblong or lanceolate, obtuse 
or cordate at the base, often blotched with red, sharply serrate on the lower 
margin, entire below the middle on the upper; clusters terminal; appendages 
of the glands rounded, entire; capsule round-angled, smooth; seeds larger, 
nearly black. — Cultivated grounds, Florida, and northward. Aug. and Sept. 
15. E. pubentissima, Michx. “Perennial, erect, very pubescent; stem 
Somewhat dichotomous; leaves opposite, sessile, oval, slightly cordate, obtuse ; 
peduncles solitary ; interior segments of the involucre (glands) white." Mi- 
` chaur.— “Pine barrens in the middle districts of Georgia and Carolina. — 
Leaves nearly 1/ long. Flowers in the forks; peduncles nearly as long as the 
leaf" Elliott. (*) 
16. E. glabella, Swartz? iem sicul, smonfh,. Ascending, Pisiy 
branching or forking from the base, purple; leaves very numerous, somewhat 
fleshy, nearly sessile, oblong-ovate, cordate, acute, entire, with the margins inyo- - 
lute, the nppermost crowded ; involucres in dense terminal clusters ; glands pel- 
tate, orbicular, bordered by a white appendage; capsule smooth, acute-angled ; 
seed bluish, faintly rugose. — Sandy sea-shore, South Florida. — Stem 1? high. 
Leaves 3" — 5" Jong. Stipules fringed. 
I7. E. pilulifera, L. Pubescent; stem erect, forking from the base; 
leaves short-petioled, oblong-ovate, oblique, acute at each end, serrate; invo- 
lueres minute, in dense terminal short-stalked clusters ; glands without appen- 
dages; capsule acute-angled, hairy ; seeds faintly rugose. — South Florida.— 
Stem 4'—6' high. Leaves 5"— 8" long. 
* * Stems prostrate, diffuse: leaves small: involucres small and mostly aue io 
the summit of the branches. 
18. E. maculata, L. Pubescent; leaves oblong, serrate, isan at the 
base, petioled, often blotched with purple; stipules 2-parted; capsule acute- 
angled, hairy; appendages of the glands transversely oblong, white ; seed 4- 
angled, smooth, faintly wrinkled or pitted on the concave sides. (E. depressa, - 
Torr.) — Cultivated ground and waste places, very common. June ~ Oct. — 
Stems 6/ — 12! long. Leaves 3" - 4'! long, 
W E. insequilatera, Sonder. Smooth; hemi or obovate, oblique 
and acute or obtuse at the base, obscurely serrulate, petioled ; stipules ovate, 
entire or sparingly shortfringed ; appendages of the glands white, t e. 
oblong ; capsule smooth, acute-angled ; seed 44 " 
_ faintly wrinkled on the sides.— South Florida. er cil a 
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