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EUPHORBIACEJE. (SPURGE FAMILY.) 405 
x B, aquatica, n. sp. Shrubby ; stem single, erect from a fibrous spongy 
root, umbellately or alternately branched above, thickened near the base ; leaves 
lanceolate, mostly acute, tapering at each end, short-petioled, sharply serrulate, 
the uppermost yellowish; stipules bristly ; spikes mostly shorter than the leaves, 
terminal and in the forks of the stem; glands peltate; stamens 2; capsule 
smooth ; seeds globose, pitted, Kiiveryiscated. — Pine-barren ponds, Florida to 
South Caroli: May - Sept. — Stem 3°-6° high. Leaves 2'-4 long. 
3. S. ligustrina, Michx. Shrubby; branches alternate, slender; leaves 
petioled, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, mostly obtuse, narrowed at the base, 
entire; stipules ovate; spikes short, often by pairs, shorter than the leaves, lat- 
eral ind terminal; stamens 3; capsule and oval seed smooth. — River-swamps, 
Florida to North "Carolina, nud westward. May- Aug.— Shrub 6°- 129 high. 
Branches spreading. Leaves 1/-3! long. 
4. S. sebifera, Michx. Arborescent; leaves long-petioled, rhomboidal, 
acuminate, entire; spikes terminal, densely r sterile flowers pedicelled ; 
calyx 4-toothed; stamens 2; capsule roughish; seeds white. — Georgia and 
. South Carolina, near the coast; introduced from China. June and July. — A 
tree 209 — 40° high. 
4. EXCCICARIA, L. 
Flowers moneecious or diccious, apetalous. Sterile flowers i in cylindric 
spikes, sessile. - Calyx. 3-parted. Stamens 2-4, partly monadelphous : anthers 
pendulous. Fertile flowers few or solitary at the base of the sterile spike, sessile 
or peduncled. Calyx 3-sepalous; style 3-parted: stigmas’ entire, spreading. 
Capsule of three 1-celled, 1-seeded, 2-valved carpels. — Shrubs or trees, with 
milky juice, and alternate serrate or crenate leaves. 
1. E. lucida, Swartz. Smooth; leaves coriaceous, pctioled, biotin or 
oblong, obtuse or emarginate, crenate; fertile flowers solitary or by pairs, long- 
peduncled, nodding ; capsule round-angled, smooth, like the ovoid seed. — South 
Florida. — Tree 30° -40° high. Leaves 1/~1}/ long. 
5. ACALYPHA, L. 
Flowers moneecious, apetalous, in axillary and terminal spikes. ‘Staminate 
flowers clustered, minutely bracted. Calyx 4-parted, Stamens 8-16, with the 
filaments united at the base; anthers pendulous, Pistillate flowers at the base 
of the staminate ones, or on separate spikes, surrounded by a leafy toothed bract. 
Calyx 3-parted. Styles 3, many-cleft. Capsule roundish, of three 1-celled, 
l-seeded, 2-valved ng ere — Herbs, with watery juice, and alternate ire: 
. leaves. 
* Staminate and pistillate flowers on the same spike. 
- X A. Virginica, L. Annual, smoothish or hairy ; stem erect, branched 
. leaves thin, long-petioled, rhombic-ovate or oblong-ovate, acute, coa: 
, So obed ise, wit 1 Ee comm. — 
