XLI. EUPH0R131ACE.E. 



1. EUrnOEBTA (Spurge) SEEIES. 



Various dcseriptious have been given of the flower of the 

 Euphorbias' (fig. 143-1 5"2). According to the earliest it is 

 regular, herinaphrodite and pentauierous. The receptacle, varied in 



Euj^hnrhia Laflnjris. 



Fig. 143. Florit'ei-ou.s and fructiferous Lranch (^). 



Fig. Ho. Diagram. 



form, would, in this case, bear a perianth surrounding an indefinite 

 number of stamens, after Avhicli its organic summit would be 

 elongated into a column sujiporting the gyuoeceum. The gamosc- 

 palous calyx, in the form of a bell or a more or less deep sac, is cut 



1 Euphorbia L. Gen. 243. — J. Oen. 38c5. — 

 Lamk. Did. ii. 412 ; Suppl. ii. 607; III. t. 411. 

 — TuKi'. in Diet. Sc. Xat. Atl. t. 275. — A. Juss. 

 liuphorb. (^De Eiiphorhiaceanim Gen. Mid. Ear. 

 rut. Teiitamcii, Paris [1824], in-4).— Spach, 

 Suit, a Biiffuii, ii. S30.— Endl. Gen. n. 5766.— 

 H.'Bn. Euphorb. {Etiulr r/eiicr«le du yronpe dcs 

 EuplMrli'-cca, Paris [1858], in-8), 4, 46, 280, 

 t. 1, 2. — Luiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. sect. ii. 7; 

 Iron. Eiip/iorl). (1S62), in-4..— Bakeii, Fl. Mauri/. 

 302.— Tit/ii/nialiis T. /«.«<. 85, t. 18.— AnANs. 

 Eain. dc.1 PI. ii. 355. — G.KUTN. Friict. ii. 115, t. 



107. — Euphorbiiim IsN. in Mini. Ac. So. Par. 

 (1720), 324 (incl. : Adennjiefalum Kl. et GiicKE. 

 Alecliiroctonuni Schltl. AnisophiiUitm Haw. 

 Anthacantlia Lem. Artlirullianniim Kl. et Gkcke. 

 AI/ii/nialii.tllwY. Darliilanllie.1 Haw. I)v-hrophijl- 

 him Ki,. et Gucke. Exitln Haw. Eiimecant/iif Ki,. 

 et GitcKE. EnphorbioKtrnm Kl. et GiicKE. Gulur- 

 rUaiiH Haw. Kcrasehna Haw. Lcptupns Kl. et. 

 Gkcke. (nee DeNE.), Mediisea Haw. Petalnma 

 Kai'IN. Poinsettia GiiAU. Stericjmanthe Kl. et 

 Gbcke. Stjnadcninni Boiss. TitltifinalopH^t Kl. 

 Treixia Haw. Tiiehcruslirjnia Kl. et (iutici:.). 



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