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The herb has the smell of strawberries, but 

 is poisonous. The crushed leaves are used by 

 the ludians to catch fish by stupefying them. 



2. Hendecandra Esch. 



{Croton L.) 



Dioecious. 6 : flowers in racemes; peri- 

 gonium 5-cleft, with 5 glands opposite to the 

 lobes; stamens more than 5. 9 flowers: per- 

 igonium, 5 -cleft; glands 0; ovary 3 -celled; 

 styles 3, each 4-parted; capsule 3-coccous, 

 each coccus 2-valved. 



1. H. PEOCUMBENS Esch. {Cvoton Californi- 

 ci/5 Mull. Arg.) — 21. Common in sandy soil. 

 Summer. Drastic poison. 



3. Euphorbia L. Spurge. 



Monoecious. Androgynous. Flowers um- 

 bellate. Involucre campanulate. S : flowers, 

 perigonium 0; monandrous, stipitate; brac- 

 teate. $ : flower solitary in the center of the 

 umbel; perigonium dentate or 0; ovary 3- 

 celled; styles 3, each 2-cleft. 



1. E. OCELLATA Dur. & Hilg. Glands of 

 the involucre petaloid; leaves all opposite, en- 

 tire. — 0. Sonoma. Millbrae. Summer. 



2. E. SERPYLLIFOLIA Pers. Glands of the 

 involucre with a narrow, white margin; leaves 

 all opposite; base oblique; apex denticulate. 

 0. — Marin County. Summer. 



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