40-4 EUrilORBIACEiE. (spurge family.) 



20. E. cordifolia, Ell. Smooth ; leaves petiole J, 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 <>'- IS' long. Leaves 4"-C" long, pale green. 



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

 or linear-oblong, entire, oblique, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, petioled; 

 Btipules 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, obovatc, not angled, smooth and even. — 

 Drifting sands along the coast, Florida, and northward. July-Oct. — Stems 

 4'- 12' long. Leaves V long. Involucres densely bearded within. Seed whitish. 



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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, 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 

 1 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 l'-2' lonir. Spikes 2' long, terminal, 

 Bolitary. Clusters of flowers with a gland-like bract on each side. Fruit re- 

 sembles an apple. 



3. STILLINGIA, Gard. 



Flower?; monoecious, apetalous, spiked. Sterile flowers clustered, cup-shaped, 

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

 rat the base of the spike. Calyx 3-lobed. Style short : stigmas 3, entire, 

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



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



Bracts with a fleshy gland on each side. 



l. S. sylvatica, L. (Queen's Delight ) Herbaceous ; stemB clustered, 

 ereel or ascending from a thick woody root, umbellate!] branched : leaves BOtne- 

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

 obtuse or acute, crenate-serrulate ; -pike- yellowish, terminal, and in the forks 

 of the -i' in, longer than the leaves) glands cup-shaped; Btamens 2, capsule 

 roughi ■ —tight dry soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 



ward. April-8ept — Stems 1°- 8° high. Leaves 1'- 2' long. Spikes 3' -3 

 long. 



