EUPHORBIACE^. (sPURGE FAMILY.) 735 



5-rayed umbel several times bifid. Leaves leatlieiT, glossy at upper 

 surface, pale at lower, glabrous or minutely hairy, somewhat petioled, 

 tapering at base, ovate-oUong to oblong, or elliptical, .02 to .04 long, the 

 umbellar ovate. Floral leaves connate in a h'oad, orbicular, retuse plate ; 

 horns of glands short, divergent; capsule ovate, .003 long, puberulent 

 or glabrous — April to June — Subalpine Lebanon ; Amanus, and 

 northward. 



40. E. (leuticiilata, Lam. % ^iq, 330 

 . o to . 5, glabrous ; stems thick, ascend- 

 ing, at length naked below, and 

 marked with scars of leaves, some- 

 times sparingly branched below um- 

 bel. Leaves sessile, fleshy, with thin, 

 scabrous, cartilaginous margin, obo- 

 vate-cuneate to rhombic- obovate, .04 to 

 .01 long, mucronate. Rays of umbel 

 5-7, twice 2-3-forked; umbellar and 

 floral leaves ellip)tical to orbicular-reni- 

 form; involucre hemispherical, red, 

 with glands .006 broad; lobes ovate, 

 ciliate ; glands purple, broader than 

 long, truncate, pectinate-dentate ; cap- 

 sule triquetrous-ovate, .01 long, ^rw?i- 

 m^^ai5&«.se, obsoletely grooved, carpels inflorescence of Euphorbia 

 keeled; seed oblong, .005 long, denticuiata. 



obtuse, tetragonal, icitli elevated, a?iastomosing -vermicular icrinMcs and 

 irregular p>its ; caruncle stipitate, conical, wrinkled-pitted, two-thii-ds 

 as long as seed — April and May — Stony hillsides ; middle to subalpine 

 zones of Amanus, Kurd Dagh, Akher Dagh, and northw\ard. 



41. E. biglantUilosa, Desf. 2^ .3 to .5, glabrous; stems thick, 

 erect, striate-sulcate, simple or sparingly branched below umbel. 

 Leaves sessile, fleshy, entire, lanceolate, .02 to. 05 long, pricldy -pointed ; 

 the upper cauline and umbellar oblong-ovate to ovate. Rays of umbel 

 numerous, 1-2-forked; floral leaves turning pbik, reniforni to rliombic- 

 ovate, and cordate-ovate, mucronate; involucre campanulate, j'unZ;, with 

 glands .005 broad, lobes large, ovate, ciliate-denticulate; glands 

 transversely oblong, horns thick, lobulated, lobules capitate; capsule 

 triquetrous-ovate, .000 to .008 long, ^j^^/z^-^rt^ grooved, carpels rounded; 

 seeds wdiite, oblong-tetragonal, smooth, caruncle depressed, lobulatc- 

 plicate — May and June — IMountains near Aintfd), and northward. 



2. BUXUS, L. Box. 



Flowers monoecious. Perigonium 1-bracted at base, sepals 4, in 

 unequal, alternating pairs, one outer and one inner. Staminate jioicers : 

 stamens 4, inserted on receptacle, opposite the sepals; anthers 2-celled, 

 with a thickened connective, pollen-grains not reticulate. Pistillatc- 

 Jloioers: sepals each with three scales at base; ovary 3-colled, cells 

 2-ovuled ; styles^, short, thick, toward tij) grooved and stigmatose at 

 inner face; capsule leathery, 3-beaked with persistent styles, 3-celled, 

 loculicidally 3-valved, valves 2-horned by the division of the styles, 

 cells 2-seeded ; seeds pendulous, albuminous — Shrubs, with leathery, 

 evergreen, opposite leaves, and flowers clustered in axils. 



