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radiate, radiis 2-tum 3-fidis, foliis plus minus carnosis e basi sessili 
orbiculatis cuneatis obtusis apiculatis integris. Involucris breviter tur- 
L i oes ries! : 11 ae : As mt) at 
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tenuissmus translucidis et laxis, lobis incurvis truncato-spatulatis, ad 
EUPHORBIA NELSONII. 
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apice fimbriatis, ad sinus minor et erectis, glandulis 4, bicornatis quintus, 
pseudolobis columnaro-fimbriatis in sinus involucris substitutere. 
Stylis recurviis as apice in lobis claveo-stigmatosis bifurcatis. Capsulz 
profunde trisulcatz coccis dorso-rotundato laevis. Semine laevis ciner- 
eus vel virido-cinereus, ovato in sectio triangulo-subsphaerico 1.7" long, 
1.2™™ Jat., linea dorsalis notatis, caruncula conica tenuissima depressa. 
Ad Corpus Christi in ditione Texas. A. A. Heller, m. Martius, 
1894, num. 1509. Folius ramulosis, 1.7 long., 6" lat., fol. radiis 
6-8"™" long. et lat. Habitus £. Peple, sed. prox. £. multicaule. 
Symboli in herb. C. F. M., et herb. U. S. Nat. Mus., num. 213 et 921. 
EvupHorsia Hirsuta (Torr.) Wiegand.—In raising this form of 
£. Preslii Guss.? to a species in Bor. Gaz. 24: 49-52. p/. 3. (Britt. & 
Brown Illustr. Flora N. A. 3:518, fig. 2347@), Mr. K. M. Wiegand 
resurrects an old specific name, and adds one more synonym to the 
unfortunate American relative of that puzzling triune (?) Aypericifolia- 
