290 z WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
-+the undivided portion nearly orbicular , petioles 346 inches long, with a gland at apex, 
and sometimes 1, 2 or 3 near the base : icea eapnalee in soah leaf, embracing the stem, 
illate ? 
Pistils jean gh . c 
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Sato Extensively cultivated in the south and west, and even as as far 
has New Jersey, for fg —- ble medicine, Castor-oil, which is 
afforded by its seeds. In climate it is an annual, but in 
countries it is perennial, poe fies a small tree 30 —40 feet in 
Often seen in Looe, and anvaedas as an ornamental plant. - ye 9 ° 
Fe. 183. Summit of the Spurge-nettle sleet stimulosa), with 
flowers above and the fertile ones in the a f the leayes below. 
