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12. E. Oerstediana Boiss. in DG.Prodr. xv. j)t. 2, 59 (1862); 

 herbs ; stems liollow-jointed, constricted at joints ; leaves 

 alternate but opposite or ternate at ends of branches ; stipules 

 rudimentary ; cymes terminal, corymbose ; glands 2, with two 

 lips — the outer with only a narrow edge free ; the appendage 

 equalling the inner lip ; seeds mammillose-tuberculate in longi- 

 tudinal lines.— f7r6. Symh. Ant. v. 393 & vi. 90. Poinsettia 

 Oerstediana Klotzsch d; Garcke in Monatsh. AJcacl. Berl. 1859, 

 253 (name only) & in Ahh. Ahad. Berl. 1859, 103 (1860). 

 E. geniculata Egijers Flor. St. Croix & Virg. Isl. 93 (1879) ; Kew 

 Bull. 1893, 274; (non Ortega). 



Cane River valley ; Castleton grounds ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 10,067, 

 12,075. — St. Thomas, St. Cruz, Martinique, St. Vincent, Barbados, 

 Grenada, Tobago, Central America (fide Oersted). 



Plant, 12-15 inches high. Leaves 3-5-7*5 cm. 1., 1*5-4 cm. br., 

 oblong-elliptical, or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes somewhat 

 acuminate, puberulous beneath; petiole generally •5-2*5 cm. 1., uppermost 

 often shorter. Involucres long-stalked, narrowly campanulate, glabrous ; 

 lobes truncate with a comb-like fringe. Capsule minutely puberulous. 

 Seeds ellipsoidal, 2*5 mm. 1. 



13. E. nudiflora Jacq. Coll. Hi. 180 (1789) & Ic. Bar. t 479 : 

 shrub with jointed branches ; leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, 

 sometimes opposite ; stipules gland-like ; cymes terminal and 

 axillary, dichotomous ; seeds irregularly wrinkled-tubercled.^ — ■ 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 52 ; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 61. 

 E. graminea Sw. Obs. Bat. 196 (1791) (non Jacq.). E. trichotoma, 

 foliis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 235. 



Broughton 1 Swartz ; Bancroft ! Bertero ; Wilson ; Liguanea Hills, 

 Priori March; Hope River, Eggersl Gordon Town, Glutei Windward 

 Road, Fawcett 1 Berwick, Harris I PI. Jam. 5106. — St. Vincent, Colombia. 



Shrub 6-10 ft. high, Branchlets 3-2-forked. Leaves 3-5 cm. 1. and 

 longer, ovate or ovate-oblong, or elliptical, sometimes oblanceolate, apex 

 blunt, base rounded or blunt, lighter and sparingly puberulous beneath, 

 especially on midrib and nerves; petiole "5-1 cm. 1. Involucres 10-16 in 

 a cyme, pedicellate, puberulous, hemispherical ; lobes obovate-spathulate, 

 fringed ; glands 5, 2-lipped, green, transversely oblong, inner lip shorter 

 than the other; appendage broader than the gland, white, crenate-dentate. 

 Capsule glabrous, long stalked, 3*5 mm. 1. Seed 3 mm. 1. 



B. Glands of the involucre without a petaloid appendage. 



14. E. hetepophylla L. Sp. PI. 453 (1753); erect or ascending 

 annual or biennial herbaceous weed ; leaves of various shapes, 

 lower leaves alternate, uppermost opposite or whorled with a red 

 blotch at the base ; bracts also red ; stipules gland-like ; cymes 

 terminal, corymbose ; glands cup-shaped, solitary. — Bot. Beg. t. 

 765 ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 54 ; Boiss. in BC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 

 72 ; Muell. Arg. in Fl. Bras. xi. pt. 2, 695 ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 

 357. Milhp. in Field Columb. Mas. Bot. it. 64, 162. E. inermis 



