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The herb has the smell of strawberries, but 

 is poisonous. The crushed leaves are used by 

 the Indians to catch fish by stupefying them. 



2. Hendecandra Each. 

 (Croton L.) 



Dioecious. 5 : flowers in racemes; peri- 

 goniuin 5-cleft, with 5 glands opposite to the 

 lobes; stamens more than 5. ? flowers: per- 

 igonium, 5-cleft; glands 0; ovary 3 -celled; 

 styles 3, each 4-parted; capsule 3-coccous, 

 each coccus 2-valved. 



1. H. PEOCUMBENS Esch. (Croton Calif orni- 

 cus Mull. Arg.) 1. Common in sandy soil. 

 Summer. Drastic poison. 



3. Euphorbia L- SPURGE. 



Monoecious. Androgynous. Flowers um- 

 bellate. Involucre campanulate. 6 : flowers, 

 perigonium 0; inonandrous, stipitate; brac- 

 teate. $ : flower solitary in the center of the 

 umbel; perigonium dentate or 0; ovary 3- 

 celled; styles 3, each 2-cleft. 



1. E. OCELLATA Dur. & Hilg. Glands of 

 tke involucre petaloid; leaves all opposite, en- 

 tire. 0. Sonoma. Millbrae. Summer. 



2. E. SERPYLLIFOLIA Pers. Glands of the 

 involucre with a narrow, white margin; leaves 

 all opposite; base oblique; apex denticulate. 

 0. Marin County. Summer. 



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