EUPHORBIACE^E 



heart-shaped at the base; short petioled; entire; stipules 

 an inconspicuous fringe of short bristles. 



THE FLOWERS: solitary in the axils, minute. 

 THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



A wheel-shaped rosette of bright green, forked stems, 

 tinged with red, lying flat on the beach sand, that is 

 Seaside Spurge. To the brightness of the leaves and stems 

 is due the cheer of the plant, and not, certainly, to the 

 insignificant whitish-green flowers, which are less than one- 

 tenth of an inch long. 



Two other members of the Spurge Family have been 

 reported. 



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