SPURGE FAMILY. 287 
. PHORADEN’DRON, Nutt. Mistier 
(Greek, phor, a po and dendron, free j By aipores they steal their food ‘ah the trees they 
upon.) 
Flowers diecious, usually val under each short and fleshy pe or 
e, and sunk in the joint. Calyx Faas 3- Aiea A 2-4-) lo 
Srastsare Tite: th a sessile anther at the base lobe, cused 
. Stigma sessile. Berry globular, ponies th a gummy viscid 
pup. Stem and branches jointed ; flowers greenish, in short axi 
1. P. flav ns, Nuit. Leaves elliptic-obovate, obtuse, somewhat 
longer ia nor eps in their axils, somewhat petioled, velcwiieacaiel 5 
berries pearly-white 
YELLOWISH japan Mistletoe. False Mistletoe. 
Stem 9 nches high, terete, much os branches ry Leaves 34-112 
inch ens: - Eas bene: ath, smooth, fi fleshy ’ i at b t 
thickish terete petiole 1-2 lines in length. owers small. 
Branches of trees ; New Jersey, South and tweet, April. 
Obs. 'This well-known parasite, feeding as it does " be expense of 
trees upon which it fastens itself, is in some places t as to 
be injurious to valuable forest trees. In some parts of the West it proves 
very troublesome. Doct. Short writes that the severe byes of the few 
years just past had killed it out in Kentucky ; but that now it is again 
overrunning the Elms, Hickories, Wild Cherries, &e., of that region. * 
Orper LXIII. EUPHORBIA’CEZ. (Srurce Fammy.) 
ly with an acrid milky juice, mostly simple leaves, with small and deciduous 
ne, and various, usually moncecious or ( saan flowers ; the fruit of 2-3 or 
several ™ net ded pods un nit ed around a centra 1 axis, pected when ripe. Seed sus- 
pended ; in fleshy albumen. Sti 2-30r m sit in wl boa: ked. Calyx usually 
valvate in the bud, sometimes wanting. Petals scan’ 
This large and varied — yet ntially natural Fanily——o apres upwards by 100 
esse 
essing 1S, OF 
esting. Of these may be mentioned, the Croton Tiglium, L., which yields the powerhal 
Croton Oil or Oil of Tiglium,—the Jatropha Manihot, L., which og the Cassava 
~and Tapioca,—the Crozophora tinctoria, Juss., yielding Turnsol,—the Siphonia elastica, 
Pers., affording the true Caoaichens or Gum elastic,—the Buxus sempervirens, L.; peels 
‘the beautiful Box-wood,—the Hura crepitans, L., or curious box tree, &e., 
li RUPE Bid, te Srunes. 
{Named after Euphorbus, b f Mauritania.} 
Flowers moneecious, in neladed in a cup-shaped 4—5-lobed involucre re- 
sembling a calyx or corolla, with glands at its sinuses. 
numerous, lining the base of the involucre, each from the axil of a little 
and consisting of a si n 
globular, se; . Prstiiate Ft. solitary, in the middle of Be tivohe: 
Se ei ig slong euiicd, ae ae 3- 
celled ovary ; elas 3, bifid. Capsule separating into : 3 carpels which 
