404 eupuorbiace.t;. (spurge family.) 



20. E. COrdifolia, Ell. Smootli ; leaves pctiolcd, ov;il or rotimli.sh, entire, 

 obtuse, cordate or truncate and olilique at the base ; stipules slender, deeply 

 parted into lonj; capillary segments ; appendages of the glands conspicuous, 

 oblong or roundish, white; capsule smooth, acute-angled; seed 4-angled, smooth 

 and even. — Sandy ])inc barrens, Florida to Soutli ('arolina, and westward. — 

 July-Sept. — Stems C- 18' long. Leaves 4''-G" long, pale green. 



21. E. polygonifolia, L. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; leaves oblong 

 or linear-oblong, entire, oblique, obtuse or slightly cord.ite at the base, ))etioled ; 

 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 .<;ands along the coast, Florida, and northward. July -Oct — Stems 

 4'- 12' long. Leaves ^' long. Involucres densely bearded witliiu. Seed whitish. 



2. HIPPOMANE, L. 



Flowers monoecious, apetalous, in thick cylindrical spikes. Sterile flowers 

 clustered in the axil of a broad entire bract. Calyx top-shaped, 2-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 2, cx.serted : anther-cells scjiarate. Fertile Hower 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. Frnit fleshy, of few woody 

 1-seeded indehiscent carpels. — A small tree, with milky poisonous juice, and 

 short and thick branches. Leaves alternate, stipulate, pctioUd, ovate, serrulate, 

 acute or acuminate, smooth, approximate at the summit of the branches. Peti- 

 oles biglandular at tlio apex. Spikes greenish. 



1. n. Mancinella, L. — South Florida. — Branches roughened with the 

 scars of the deciduous leaves. Leaves l'-2' long. Sjiikcs 2' long, terminal, 

 solitary. Clusters of flowers with a gland-like bract ou each side. Fruit re- 

 Bcmbies an apple. 



3. STILLINGIA, Card. 



Flowers monoccions, apetalous, spiked. Sterile flowers clustered, cnp-shnpcd, 

 2-4-toothed or creiiate. Stamens 2 -3, exserted : anthers erect. Fertile flow- 

 ers few at the base of the spike. Calyx 3-Iobed. Style short : stigmas 3, entire, 

 spreading. Capsule roundish, of three 1 -celled 1 seeded 2valved carpels. — 

 Smooth herbs, shrubs, or trees, with milky juice. Leaves alternate, stipulate. 

 Bracts with a fleshy gland on each side. 



1. S. sylvatica, L. (Qitkkn's Dklight ) Herbaceous ; stems clustered, 

 erect or ascending fioni a thick woody root, umbeliati'ly iManehid : leaves some- 

 what crowded, nearly sessile, thickish varying from linear lanceolate to obovate, 

 obtuse or a<iiti', civnatc-serriihite ; spikes yellowish, tcrniiiial. and m the forks 

 of the stem, longer than the leaves ; glands cup-shaped , stamens 2 . capsulo 

 roughish ; seed globose. — Light dry f^oil, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward. i\])ril-Sei)t. — Stems lo-a" high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. Spikcd2'-3' 

 Ion''. 



