2 76 E UPHORBIA CEM. [c hap. 



82. Natural Order, EupJiorhiacece. — The Spurge Family. 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with unisexual flowers. Ovary 

 free, usually three-celled, with one or two ovules in each 

 cell. 



Type — Castor-oil Plant {Ricinus comnmnis). 



Fig. 169. Pistillate llower of 

 Ricinus comiininis. 



Fig. 170. Staminate flower 

 of same. 



An erect, smooth and glaucous, cultivated plant, some- 

 times tree-like ; with large alternate, peltate, palmately-lobed 

 leaves, and terminal, racemose panicles of monoecious 

 flowers ; the female flowers being above. 



