20 4 



EUPHORBIACE^E. 



[CLASS 



distance below the anther of each staminate flower indi- 

 cates the point where the filament joins the pedicel. At 



FIG. 139. Dicoccous fruit of 

 Perennial Mercury, the peri- 

 carp of one carpel partially 

 removed so as to show the 

 seed. 



FIG. 140. Longitudinal secti Dn 

 of albuminous seed of same, 

 The radicle is superior. 



this node, in an allied genus, a partial perianth is 

 developed. 



FIG. 141 Involucre of Spurge, boidered by four horned "glands," and 

 containing numerous male flowers and one female. The pedicel of the 

 latter is curved over the side of the involucre. 



OBSERVE the milky juice of the Spurges (Euphorbia), 

 which is dangerously poisonous in some species, and is 



