EUPHORBIACEAE EUPHORBIA 

 Euphorbia Lathyris L. Myrtle Spurge 



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A glabrous annual or biennial, simple below, branched above, from 2-3 

 feet high; leaves thick, linear or oblong, scattered, the upper lanceolate 



Fig. 335. Snow on the mountain (Euphor- 

 bia tnarginata) : a, whole plant, one-third nat- 

 ural size; b, seed capsule, natural size. Cul- 

 tivated in old gardens. (Chesnut, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr.) 



or linear-lanceolate; inflorescence umbel-like, bearing 4 crescent-shaped glands, 

 prolonged into horns ; seeds oblong-ovoid, terete, usually wrinkled. 



Distribution. In waste places. New Jersey to North Carolina, Iowa, and 

 California. Native to Europe. 



Euphorbia Ipecacuanhae L. Wild Ipecac 



Perennial from 5-10 inches high; long perpendicular root; entire, smooth 

 leaves, varying from obovate or oblong to narrowly linear, nearly sessile; in- 

 volucres long peduncled and 5 transversely elliptical or oblong green glands; 

 seeds smooth, ovate, white, pitted, and obscurely 4-sided. 



Distribution. In sandy soil from Connecticut to Indiana and Florida. 



