EUPHOEBIACEAE. 



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1. Chamaesyce buxifolia (Lam.) 

 J. K. Small. Coast Spurge. (Fig. 234.) 

 Perennial, glabrous, somewhat fleshy. 

 Stems erect or decumbent, 8'-2° long, 

 branching, leafy, with long or short 

 internodes; leaf -blades ovate to broadly 

 oblong or cuneate near the base of the 

 stem, rather fleshy, 4"-6" long, obtuse 

 or acutish, involute, rounded or subeor- 

 date, nearly sessile; involucres campanu- 

 late, about I" high, as long as the pe- 

 duncles or shorter; glands transversely 

 oblong; appendages consisting of mere 

 ■whitish borders; capsules li" broad, 

 glabrous, the angles sharp ; seeds globose- 

 ovoid. [Euphorbiu 'buxifolia Lam.] 



Common on sea beaches and coastal 

 rocks, rarely occurring on rocks inland, as 

 on Abbot's Cliff. Native. Florida and the 

 West ■ Indies. Flowers nearly throughout 

 the year. 



2. Chamaesyce Blodgettii (Engelm.) 

 J. K. Sjnall. Blodgett's Spurge. (Fig. 

 235.) Glabrous or nearly so, branched 

 at the base, the branches few or numer- 

 ous, 4'-16' long, usually prostrate ; leaves 

 oblong or nearly so, lV'-5" long, minutely 

 crehate near the apex, oblique at the 

 base, manifestly petioled; involucres 

 campanulate, less than i" high, short- 

 peduncled; glands minute, elevated; ap- 

 pendages irregular, white or slightly col- 

 ored; capsules I" high, about as broad, 

 glabrous, the angles rather sharp; seeds 

 about i" long, gray, 4-angled, the faces 

 faintly transversely wrinkled. [Euphor- 

 hia Blodgettii Engelm.; E. bcnnudiana 

 Millsp.] 



Common in rocky and sandy soil. 

 Native. Florida. Bahamas, Cuba. .Tamaic.a. 

 Flowers nearly throughout the year. This 

 like other usually prostrate spocies of the 

 genus, sometimes has ascending or nearly 

 erect stems. 



