5«8 



APPENDIX. 



[Vol. hi. 



liiict filaments; pistillate llowers solitary, with a 5-6-lobed calyx, minute petals or these 

 wanting; ovary .vcelleil; styles stout, 2-cleft or 2partc(l; ovules 2 in each cavity. Capsules 

 dry, separating into 3 2-valved carpels. Seed somewhat curved, rugose; endosperm fleshy; 

 embryo curved. [l'"rom the Greek for I'ortulaca] 

 .\hout 11) specie;, of wide geognipliic distribution. 



1. Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Miill. Arg. Northern Andrachiie. 



(Fig. 2289a.) 



Lefidanlhus phyllanlhoides Null. Trans. .\m. 



Philos. Soc. 5: 175. 1S37. 

 Andrachne phyllanlhoides Miill. .'Vrg. in DC. 



Prodr. 1$: 435. As synonym. 1862. 



A straggling much branched shrub, i°-3° tall, 

 with glabrous lustrous branches and minutely 

 pubescent twigs. Leaves numerous, the blades 

 obovate or oval, 4"-9" long, rctuse or obtuse 

 at the apex, often mucronulate, bright green, 

 paler beneath than above, short-petioled; pedi- 

 cels filiform, 3"-io" long, glabrous; caly.x-seg- 

 mentsoblong-obovate,;'4"-i/^"loug,spreading; 

 petals of two kinds, those of the staminate flow- 

 ers narrowly obovate, or oblong-obovate, 3-5- 

 toothed, greenish-yellow, those of the pistillate 

 flowers smaller, broadly obovate, entire; capsule 

 subglobose, rather fleshy until mature. 



On rocky barrens, Missouri to Arkansas and 

 Te.\as. Summer. 



[Vol. 2: p. 363.] 3a. Croton Lindheimeri- 



anus Scheele. L,iiidheimer's Croton. 



(Fig. 2292a.) 



Ciolon l,hidheiine>ianus Scheele, Mnnaea, 25:580. 1S52. 



Somewhat shrubby, whitish-tomentose. Stems 

 erect, 4'-i5' tall, sometimes diffusely branched; leaves 

 rather numerous, the blades ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 yi'-2' long, obtuse or acutish, green above, undulate; 

 petioles almost % as long as the blades or shorter; 

 pedicels i"-3" long, recurving; calyx slightly accres- 

 cent, its segments oblong or elliptic-oblong, becoming 

 2" long, slightly keeled in age; petals pubescent; 

 capsules oval, ^"-i]4." long, 3-celled, tomeutose, 

 truncate-obtuse at both ends, drooping; seeds oblong- 

 elliptic, nearly 2" long. 



In dry soil, Kansas to Texas and New Mexico. Summer. 



[Vol. 2: p. 373.] 8a. Euphorbia hirsuta 



(Torr. ) Wiegand. Hairy Spurge. 



(Fig. 2314a.) 



/i.hypcyici/olia \Ar .h i rsula torr .Vl.ti .!k. Mid.St.331. 1826. 

 Euphorbia hirsula Wiegand, Bot. Ga/. 24: 51. 1897. 

 Euphorbia Ra/mest/tti Greene, Pittonia. 3: 207. 1897. 



Annual, more or less hirsute. Stems branched at the 

 base, the branches prostrate or decumbent, 2'-io'long, 

 dichotomous, zigzag; leaves ovate oblong, 4"-S" 

 long, acutish, serrulate nearlj- to the oblique base, pale 

 Ijeneath; petioles about Yz" long; stipules lacerate; 

 leduncles surpassing the petioles; involucres funnel- 

 form, Yi" high, glabrous, bettriiig 4 slulketl stiurrr- 

 ^haped dark-hroivn glands, each subtended by -■-■liite 

 I renate affendngcs ; capsule about \" in diameter, 

 bro.ider than long, glabrous, retuse at the apex, its 

 angles obtuse; seed slightly more than Yi" loDfi. 4- 

 angled, black with a white coating, its faces even or 

 slightly wrinkled. 



In sandy of gravelly soil, Quebec and Ontario to Con- 

 necticut, New York and Pennsylvania. June-Sept. 



