404 EUPIIORniACEJE. (SrURGli FAMILY.) 



20. E. COrdifolia, KIl. Smooth ; Icuvcs petiolcd, oval or roundish, entire, 

 obtuse, cordiite or truncate and oblique nt 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 jiinc barrcns, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. — 

 July-Sept. — Stems C- 18' long. Leaves 4''-6" long, pale green. 



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

 or linear-oblong, entire, oblique, oittuse 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 oi)tuse 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 ^' long. Involucres densely bearded witluu. Seed whitidb. 



2. HIPPOMANE, L. 



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

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

 mens 2, ex.serted : anther-cells separate. Fertile flower solitary at the base of 

 the spike. Calyx 3-parted, many-braeted. Ovary sessile, 6 - 7-celled. Style 

 short and thick: stigmas 6-7, acute, spreading. Fruit fleshy, of few woody 

 1-secdcd 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' long. S|>ikes 2' long, terminal, 

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

 sembles an apple. 



3. STILLINGIA, Gard. 



Flowers monoecious, apetalous, spiked. Sterile flowers clustered, cup-shaped, 

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

 ers few at 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 mUky juice. Leaves alternate, stipulate. 

 Bracts with a fleshy gland on each side. 



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

 erect or ascending from a thick woody root, umbellately branched : leaves some- 

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

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

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

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

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

 long. 



