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CXXII. EUPHORBIACE/E (bROWn). 



[Eup/torhia. 



Plant laxly leafy ; seeds faintly rugose 

 or nearly smooth .... 

 Gland-appendages conspicuous, petal- 

 like, often unequal, white or red. 

 Erect annuals, unbranched at the 

 basal pai't; leaves ^-1^ in. 

 long. 

 Young branches, ovary and capsule 

 glabrous ; styles i lin. long, with 

 thick clavate stigma* 

 Young branches, orsiry and capsule 

 puberulous; styles f-|^ lin. long, 

 with filiform stigmas 

 P«rennial8, much branched from the 

 base, prostrate or erect; leaves 

 ;!— ^ ill. long. 

 Involucre f-1^ lin. long, with 

 dark purple-brown glands and 

 white or red appendages. 

 Stems jiuberulous ; gland 



ai)pendages inconspicuous 

 Stems glabrous; gland appen- 

 dages very conspicuous 

 Involucre about -J- lin. long, with 

 greenish or yellowish glands 

 and white or red appendages. 

 Flowers axillary or axillary and 

 terminal on short axillary 

 branchlets ; ovary minutely 

 puberulous .... 

 Flowers in the forks of the 

 cymes or branches and termi- 

 nal; ovary glabrous 

 Leaves 1-4 times as long as broad, linear- 

 lanceolate, lanceolate, oblong, elliptic 

 or orbicular. 

 fBranches, both sides of the leaves and 

 capsule glabrous. 

 Leaves of each pair unequal, one 

 very distinctly larger than the 

 other (see also 28, E. seclusa) . 

 Leaves of each pair equal or nearly 

 equal in size. 

 Stipules 2 at each node, one on each 

 side of the stem, ovate, toothed 

 or fringed. 

 Leaves 4-9 lin. long, oblong or 



elliptic-oblong 

 Leaves lJ-2^ lin. long, elliptic 

 or suborbicular 

 Stipules more than 2 to a node, 

 entire or divided, all free or 

 those on the underside united 

 into one body, often minute 

 or incon«])icuous. 



30. E. arahica. 



31. E. lesJitmietisis. 



32. E. lapatensis. 



8. E. Kerstingii. 



9. E. zambesiana. 



28. E. seclusa. 



29. E. Eyhxii. 



27. E. incBquali*. 



6. E. glaucophylla. 

 26. E. serpens. 



