EUPHORBIA 



CC. Branches flesliij, a spine on each side of every 



leaf or leaf-scar^ in a few the leaf transformed 



into a third thorn between them. 

 D. Podaria (the projections bearing leaves and spines) 



distinct: branches cylindrical or obsoletely 



angled. 



8. splfindens, Bojer. Cro\vn of Thorns. Fig. 798. 

 Stems 3—4 ft. long, 3^-1 in. thick, covered with stout 

 spines almost an inch long, some-n-hat twining : 

 branches few : Its. few, on the young growth, obovate 

 to oblong-spatulate. thin, bright green, 1-2 in. long; in- 

 volucres in long-peduncled dichotomous cymes, near the 

 ends of the branches, each closely subtended by two 

 broadly ovate bright red bracts, filaments forked. Mada- 

 gascar, floweringall the vear. butniostly in winter. B.M. 

 2902. L.B.C. 18:17]3.-Coolli..use pbint. The red bracts, 

 with green leaves on the sinuous sjiiny stems, are strik- 

 ing. It can be trained into ornamental forms. 



9. neriifdlia, Linn. Arborescent or shrubby: stem, 

 obtusely 5-angled, 3-7 ft. or more high: the small mam- 

 miform podaria in rows, with short, dark colored, di- 

 vergent spines : branches numerous, bearing obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, thick Ivs., 3-5 in. long at the summit : 

 small, sessile cymes of greenish involucres in the up- 

 per axils. June, July. E. Indies. — Large Ivs. persistent 

 from autumn to spring. Cristate forms are in cult. 



. &Thom.(E.grandifdHa.na-K.). 

 rete : branches obsoletely 4-5 



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563 



angled ; spines f 

 obtuse or refuse. 

 duncled: capsule 



terminal, obovate-cuneate, 

 imall cymes axillary, pe- 



Gii- 



796. Euphoi 



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L fulgens 



11. mamilldsa, Lem. Low, cespitose: branches less 

 than an inch in diam. : podaria elongated, conical, in 5 

 spiral rows: Ivs. and spines small, soon deciduous. 

 DD. Podaria confluent into ribs: branches more or less 



acutely wing-angled. 

 E. Growths or branches S-angled (sometimes 4-angled, 

 especially on the main axis, and in E. alcicomis 

 flat). 



12. antign6rum, Linn. (E. Havaninsis, Hort.1 E. 

 Idctea, SoTt.i). Shrub, 8-10 ft. high : branches erect- 

 spreading, jointed; angles compressed, repand dentate, 

 the teeth 1 in. long; spines 1-3 lines long: Ivs. minute, 

 ovate-spatulate or rotund. India, and naturalized in 

 other places, notably the W. Indies, where it is used for 

 hedges. — Cristate forms are in the trade, as E. lactea 

 monstrosa? and E. Il'ift h. ii.^i.< rristata. 



13. gn^andicdmis, inilul. linticose: branches 3 in. 

 wide; angles broadly win-i ri. ,i,...ply lobed and sinuate; 

 spines large, 1-2 in. louu'. li^rlit colored. S. Afr. Neu- 



bert's Deutsche Garten Mag. 46:201. -A striking plant, 

 with the widest wings and longest spines of all. 



14. Hermentiina, Lem. A shrub, 3-4 ft. high, with 

 many non-jointed, erect branches, their edges repand- 

 dentate and broad, slightly concave faces, white-mar- 



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' angles c 



797. Euphorbia pulcherrima (Xl-5). 



bled when young ; spines 2-2J^ lines long : Ivs. lanceo- 

 late or lanee-spatulate, 3-5 in. long. Gabon river, W. 

 Afr.— Considered one of the best. . 



15. lictea, Haw. A shrub: branches erect; faces 1-3 

 in. wide, plano-convex, yellow and green striped; edges 

 subcompressed, repand dentate; spines 2-3 lines long. 

 East Indies. 



IG. grdndidens, Haw. Tree, 20-30 ft. high and as 

 much as 3 ft. in diam. : branches slender, }i-% in. 

 wide, numerous, erect-spreading, making a rounded 

 head in old plants ; faces almost plane ; angles deeply 

 lobed-dentate; spines .V5 lines long, slender: Ivs. very 

 small, triangular. S.Afr. G. P. II. 2i;:7'Jl .-E. alcicomis, 

 Hort., is probably a form of this wifli lint liian.-lies. 



17. triangularis, Hort. P.-ir. St. m ::-7 It. hiL'h, trian- 

 gular: numerous branches eri-rt, with .•■.iiv.x ftices dark 

 green ; the winged angles sharply toothed and short- 

 spined. S. Afr. 



EE. Growths or branches with 4 o 

 rarely S-angled. 



18. Canari^nsis, Linn. Shrub or tree, 12-20 ft. 

 with many 4-6-angled suberect 

 branches, as much as 3 in. thick, 

 from the base ; angles subentire; 

 spines 2 lines long, black : Ivs. al- 

 most none. Canary Islands. Gn. 

 53, p. 46. G.C. II. 20:629. 



19. virbsa, Willd. (E. cceruUs- 

 Cfiis. Haw.). A shrub as much as 

 15 ft. hiiili. much branched :branches 

 4-.'>- or sometimes 3-angled, 1 in. 

 tliic!^. ttseending ; angles lobed; 

 epidermis bluish; spines strong, 

 4-5 lines long, black. S. Afr. 



20. Abyssinica, Rausch. Stem 

 robust, 30-40 ft. high, 9-14 ft. in 

 greenhouses : branches few. 4-0 

 in. in diam., dark green; angles 

 5-8, obtuse but prominent ; edges 

 undulate; spines short, re- 

 curved : Ivs. minute, spat- 

 ulate. Abyssinia. Gn. 52, 

 p. 106. G."C. III. 20:497.- 

 Much resembles Cereiis 

 Peruvianus. 



21. Pf^rsdorffii, Hort. 

 Trunk round, VA-2% in. 

 thick, 9-ribbed, much 

 branched when old ; spines 

 large. 4-S lines long. 



22. candelibrum, Trem. & Klotzch. Tree, 20-30 ft. 

 high, with ahead 60-80 ft. in circumference: trunk short 

 and thick, densely branched : branches 3^-angled ; 



