60 EUPHORBIACEAE. 



pistillate flowers 2-6 at base of raceme, usually short-peclicelled : sepals oblong- 

 spatulate, with sessile or short-stipitate marginal glands: styles 3, palmately 

 4-parted, or twice 2-parted: capsules globose, 4-5 mm. high. 

 Sandy soil or waste places, Key West. (Cont.) 



2. C. linearis Jacq. Shrub 6-20 dm. tall: leaf -blades narrowly linear, 4-7 cm. 

 long, obtuse, dark-green and smooth above, yellowish-pubescent beneath: 

 racemes 4-8 cm. long or longer: sepals 5-6, triangular: petals spatulate, sur- 

 passing the sepals, obtuse, ciliate : stamens about 15 : pistillate racemes 4-5 cm. 

 long, frequently exceeded by the leaves: sepals narrow, acuminate: capsules 

 subglobose, 5 mm. high, yellowish-floccose : seeds broadly oblong, about 3 

 mm. long. 



Pinelands and coastal sand-dunes, E. Keys and F. Keys. (IF. /.) 



3. C. Fergusonii Small. Shrub 4-12 dm. tall: leaf -blades narrowly oblong to 

 broadly linear, 3-6 cm. long, blunt, entire, white-pubescent beneath, the upper 

 surface channeled and green but minutely stellate: staminate flowers 12-25 in 

 stout interrupted racemes 3-5 em. long: sepals deltoid, acute: petals spatulate, 

 2.5-3 mm. long, surpassing the sepals, ciliate: stamens about 15: pistillate 

 flowers about 6, in racemes 2-3 cm. long: capsules subglobose, about 5 mm. 

 long: seeds 3.5-4 mm. long. 



Pinelands, E. Keys. 



7. GYMNANTHES Sw. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire or toothed. 

 Flowers, monoecious or rarely dioecious, apetalous. Staminate flowers with a 

 rudimentary or obsolete calyx and 2 or 3 stamens. Pistillate flowers with a 

 rudimentary calyx and a 3-celled ovary. Fruit a capsule. 



1. G. lucida Sw. Shrub, or tree becoming 10 m. tall: leaf -blades cuneate to 

 oblong- spatulate, or nearly oblong, 4-10 cm. long, undulate or obscurely 

 toothed near the apex: spikes shorter than the leaves: capsules depressed, 

 about 1 cm. wide: seeds ovoid, 6-8 mm. long. CRABWOOD. 

 Hammocks, E. Keys and F. Keys. (W. I.) Fall. 



8. SEBASTIANA Muell. Arg. Shrubs or rarely herbs. Leaf-blades 

 entire or barely smoothed. Flowers monoecious, apetalous. Staminate flowers 

 with a calyx of 3-5 sepals and 2 or 3, or rarely 4, stamens. Pistillate flowers 

 with 3 sepals and a 3-celled ovary. Fruit a dry capsule. 



1. S. ligustrina (Michx.) Muell. Arg. Shrub 1-4 m. tall: leaf -blades oblong, 

 elliptic or oval, 3-8 em. long: spikes shorter than the leaves: capsules depressed, 

 nearly 1 cm. broad: seeds subglobose, about 4 mm. long. 



Swamps and river-banks, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) Spr. 



9. SAPIUM P. Br. Shrubs or trees. Leaf-blades entire or sparingly 

 row. Flowers monoecious, in narrow spike-like panicles, apetalous. Staminate 

 flowers with 2 or 3 sepals and 2 or 3 stamens. Pistillate flowers with 2 or 3 

 sepals and a 2- or 3-celled ovary. Fruit a dry capsule. 



1. S. glandulosum (L.) Morong. Small tree or shrub, resembling a willow: 

 leaf -blades acute, 16 cm. long, serrulate, short-petioled : capsules about 1 cm. 

 broad : seeds 6-7 mm. long. MILK-TREE. 



Roadsides and waste places, w. Fla. Nat. of S. Am. (W. I.) Spr. 



10. STILLINGIA Garden. Shrubs or herbs. Leaf-blades entire or 

 toothed. Flowers monoecious, apetalous. Staminate flowers with 2 or 3 sepals 

 and 2 or 3 stamens. Pistillate flowers with 3 sepals and a 2- or 3-celled ovary. 

 Fruit a capsule. QUEEN 'S-DELIGHT. QUEEN-ROOT. 



