398 EUPHORBIACEAR. (Claoxylon. 
bifid. Seeds reddish, ovoid, obtusely angled, transversely wrinkled. 
E. _— ook. & ies l, c. — For other synonyms see DC. Prod. |. ¢. 
mmon weed in gardens and cultivaied fields, probably of early introduction. 
The a is widely dispersed over most tropical regions. 
Another allied and widely spread weed, on thymifolia, L., diffuse, smaller and more 
slender, the opposite leaves only 2—4” lon , has also appeared of late in gardens of 
Honolulu, with Chinese plants. 
B. Tithymalus. 
79. E, Peplus, L. — DC. Prod. 1. ¢. p. 141. — A glabrous erect annual, 
1/e—1 ft. high, the stem dividing macacaganed into 3 branches, each of 
which biftinedtes again. Leaves thin, 6—9 long, obovate, obtuse or 
retuse, entire, the wid scattering and petiolate, the upper ones opposite, 
subsessile. Stipules none. Flower-heads in terminal, open, leafy cymes. 
Invyol. small, sity 4 or 5 semilunar 2-horned glan ain: the lobes ovate, 
fimbriate. Capsule smooth, inclined. Seeds white, cartncalate: hexagonal, 
the 2 inner faces with a depressed furrow, the uter ones each with 
ms 
2 or 4 pits. — LE. helioscopia, Mann, Suto, no. 
Hawaii! in the upper woods of Kona and on the Central iy oe A common European 
weed which has found its way into N. Am nd various other coun pide 
i ders are E. heterophylla, L., which fasion 3 any } the upper 
arts of Nuwan ahu, e not met with since, and EF. pl Ghar which 
showed itself in gardens of Hon u before my departure. Both a 1 annua 
ous ering branches, the lowest leaves alternate and the stipules gland-lik 
ol. with a single stipitate gland a —7F bria uberculate, in 
E. writs ase me of the t ree runni t at re 
e tu rests. They 
American Section Poinsettia, to w h belongs also ned cultivated E. peered ek Willd., 
rancor for the large scarlet or Phen floral leay 
CLAOXYLON, A. Juss. 
Flowers dioecious or rarely monoecious, in spikes or racemes. Perianth 
calyx-like, without petals. Male fl. Calyx of 3 or 4 segments, valvate 
in the bud. Stamens Rear central upon an el een seria 
the base, entire, dea. plumose inside. Capsule not muricate, 
divided into 2-yalyed cocci. — Trees or shrubs. ace alternate, un- 
divided, stipulate. Spikes or racemes axillary, loo 
A considerable eh sea spread over the tropical regions of the Old World and Australia 
fromi the W. coast of Africa Gcuek Madagascar and Tuk Mabe into Polynesia ee 
the Hawaiian Tslds. 
1. C. Sandwicense, Mueller Argov. in Linnaea, XXXIV, 165, and in DC. 
Prod. XV, Sect. I, p. 780. — A small soft- wooded tree or shrub, 10---12 ft. 
high, with pale spreading branches, the youngest shoots tomentose but 
soon glabrate, Leaves obovate- oblong, 4—7‘ < 2—3‘, on petioles of 1—2’, 
shortly acuminate or obtuse , crenato-serrate with callous uncinate teeth, 
