404 EUPHORBIACEZ., (SPURGE FAMILY.) 
20. E. cordifolia, Ell. Smooth; leaves petioled, oval or roundish, entire, 
obtuse, cordate or truncate and oblique at the base ; stipules slender, deeply 
parted into long capillary segments; appendages of the glands conspicuous, 
oblong or roundish, white ; capsule smooth, acute-angled ; seed 4-angled, smooth 
and even.— Sandy pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. — 
July - Sept. — Stems 6’-18’ long. Leaves 4' — 6/! long, pale green. 
21. E. polygonifolia, L. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; leaves oblong 
or linear-oblong, entire, oblique, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, petioled ; 
stipules by pairs, 2-3-parted ; glands of the involucre slightly margined by the 
narrow appendages, rather shorter than the subulate obtuse lobes; capsule 
smooth, acute-angled ; seed large, obovate, not angled, smooth and even.— 
Drifting sands along the coast, Florida, and northward. July - Oct. — Stems 
4/-12'long. Leaves j'long. Involucres densely bearded within. Seed whitish. 
2. HIPPOMANE, L. 
Flowers monecious, apetalous, in thick cylindrical spikes. Sterile flowers 
clustered in the axil of a broad entire bract. Calyx top-shaped, 2-lobed.. Sta- 
mens 2, exserted : anther-cells separate. Fertile flower solitary at the base of 
the spike. Calyx 3-parted, many-bracted. Ovary sessile, 6- 7-celled. Style 
short and thick : stigmas 6-7, acute, spreading. Fruit fleshy, of few woody 
l-seeded indehiscent carpels.— A small tree, with milky poisonous juice, and 
short and thick branches. Leaves alternate, stipulate, petioled, ovate, serrulate, 
acute or acuminate, smooth, approximate at the summit of the branches. Peti- 
oles biglandular at the apex. Spikes greenish. 
1. H. Mancinella, L.— South Florida.— Branches roughened with the 
scars of the deciduous leaves. Leaves 1/— 2 long. Spikes 2! long, term 
solitary. Clusters of flowers with a gland-like bract on each side. Fruit re- 
sembles an apple. 
3. STILLINGIA, Gard. 
Flowers moneecious, apetalous, spiked. Sterile flowers clustered, cup-shaped, 
2-4-toothed or crenate. Stamens 2-3, exserted: anthers erect. Fertile flow- 
v ers few af the base of the spike. Calyx 3-lobed. Style short: stigmas 3, entire, 
Spreading. Capsule roundish, of three 1-celled 1-seeded 2-valved carpels-— — 
. Smooth herbs, shrubs, or trees, with milky juice. Leaves alternate, stipulate. 
_ Bracts with a fleshy gland on each side. 
a 5 . _ S. sylvatica, L. (QuEEn’s Deticut) Herbaceous ; stems clustered, 
erect or ascending from a thick woody root, umbellately branched ; leaves nod 
what crowded, nearly sessile, thickish, varying from linear-lanceolate to obo e" 
icute, erenate-serrulate; spikes yellowish, terminal, and in the to! 
than the leaves; glands cup-shaped ; stamens 2; CP 
e. — Light dry soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west 
ns 1°~$° high. Leaves 1/-2'long. Sp 
