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Monecia. MOoONANDRIA. 
MOoONOCHLAMYDEX. EUPHORBIACES. 
EUPHORBIA. (Spvrer.) 
Generic Character. See page 69. 
iuUPHORBIA HELIOscoPia. Sun Spurge. Well known 
to country people from its milky juice, which is said to 
destroy warts ; growing abundantly in waste and also cul- 
tivated ground. The umbel of green flowers has five 
principal branches, the bracteas, or large leaves under the 
blossom, are membranaceous, and the edges finely cut at 
the upper part. 
Evupnorpia Exicua. Dwarf Spurge. A small species 
frequent in corn-fields in a light soil. The umbel has only 
three principal branches, leaves long and narrow. It is not 
above six inches high, branched at the base. If one species 
of this genus be discovered, the rest will be easily known, 
the general characteristics being alike. 
