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Var. B. SUBPETIOLATA Boiss., Joc. cit—I have not been able to - 
recognize this form. 
Var. y. PANICULATA (Ell.) Boiss., Joc. cit. (Z. paniculata Ell, Sk. 
2:660.)— Leaves petiolulate, hairy at the petiole only, green above, 
paler beneath, ovate, 5.5 long, 3™ broad. Floral pedicels 3™" long, 
erect and sarcous appendages broadly oval, 1.6" long, 2” broad. 
EUPHORBIA COROLLATA AND FORMS. * 
Var. 8. ANGUSTIFOLIA EIll., Sk. 2:659.— Open and widely spread- 
ing, openly paniculate-branched above. Leaves sessile, linear, the 
margins revolute, dark green above, pale beneath, veins not evident, 
2-2.3™ long, 3™™ broad. Floral pedicels filiform, ascending, 3-7" 
long ; appendages, ascending, oval 1.4" long, 1.7" 
Var. ¢. molle, var. nov.— Hairy throughout, 25™ high; root fusi- 
form : stems erect, denuded below, branches unbelliform, short, with 
leaves as on the stems: leaves petiolate, green above, pale green or 
lurid beneath, soft downy both sides but especially beneath, oblong 
ovate, 3.5™ long, 1.6™ broad, inflorescence solitary at the bifurcations, 
peduncles sarcous, 1.3-2.5°™ long ; involucres large ; appendages broad 
and generally partially incised into more or less equal lobes 2.2" long, 
3-1™ broad. Alabama, Zarle & Baker no. 13 (1897 
Var. ¢. glauca, var. nov.— Glabrous, 35-45™ bight: stems denuded 
below, branches unbelliform, nude except a single leaf at the base: 
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