Ко. 1145. 
EUPHORBIA IPECACUANHÆ. 
Class. Order. 
DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
A native of North America. It grows 
in dry sandy soil, from New Jersey to 
Carolina. The stem is very short, some- 
times buried in the sand. Pursh describes 
the root as the deepest of any perennial 
known, and says, he has followed it to the 
depth of six feet without any appearance 
of an end. 
It requires a little protection in this 
country, and may be preserved in a frame 
during the winter, potted in very sandy 
soil. We have not hitherto increased it. 
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