EUPHOR BIA PUNICEA. 
CRIMSON-FLOWERED EUPHORBIA. 
EXOGENZ, oR DICOTYLEDONE. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant a 
NATURAL ORDER, EUPHORBIACE. 
erg aia) Artificial divisions DODECANDRIA, 
oF eee to which TRIGYNIA, 
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GENUS. Heras: Linnevs. Involucrum androgynum 4-5-fidum, ex 
tus appendiculis glandulosis, (Petala Linnei, Nectaria aliorum.) FLores mas- 
culi peripherici: pedicelli incerti numeri,s inguli cum singulis staminibus ar- 
ticulati. GERMEN 2 ae ma centrale. pe 3, 2-fidi. Capsvxa 3-cocea. 
SprenceL: Species Plantarum, Vol. I, p 
SPECIES. Evrsorsta punicea. Swarrz: — mbella sub-5-fida, radi 
3-fidis, bracteis splendide puniceis oblongis acutis, appendiculis es 
cotyloideis, foliis spathulatis subtus glaucis. Spreneex: Species Plantarum, 
Vol. TIT i: 
CHARACTER OF THE Genus, EvpHorsia. InvoLucreE androgyn- 
ous, 4-5 cleft, externally furnished with glandular appendages. Those 
pedicels which are arranged around the central one, are variable in 
number, each bearing a single stamen, with which it is articulated. 
Ovary pedicellate, central. Stynes 3, each 2-cleft. Capsuxe form- 
ed of three cocci. 
Descriprion or THE Species, Evpnorsia punicea. STEM 
woody, in the native country attaining 15 to 20 feet in height, branch- 
ing near the top; branches smooth, dichotomous, spreading, swollen 
at the points of bifurcation, and bearing towards their summits leaves 
which are crowded, almost sessile, oval, lanceolate, somewhat acute, or 
pointed, of a deep green above, glaucous beneath, often of a red co- 
lour at their base. INFLORESCENCE of about 5 moneceous pedicellate 
capitula, arranged as an umbel. PrpiceLs pubescent bearing 2 large 
bractee arranged like partial involucres a little below each capitulum. 
These bractex are sessile, oblong, somewhat acuminate, of a rich crim- 
son colour; they are more or less abortive on the innermost pedicel, 
and are sometimes all crowded together in the form of a general invo- 
lucrum, when the part of the pedicel below them is not well developed, 
(see Botanical Magazine, Vol. 45, PI. 1961). The true involucres 
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en TO THE DissEcTIONs. 
1, The invol ith its B ‘i dages, 2, A staminiferous flower. 3, The ovary. 
