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EUPHORBIA nypericiro.ia. 
Hypericum-leaved Spurge. 
MONOECIA maaan ste (DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA, Lina.) 
tT. Ono, KUPHORBIACE &. 
Gen. Cuar.—Flores masculi aloe ; femineus unicus, plerumque in eodem 
involucro monophyllo calyciformi octo vel decemdentato. Flores mas- 
culi pedicellati, nudi: Flos femineus pedicellatus, nudus, (rarissime pe- 
rianthio instructus). Styli tres, bifidi. Capsula tricocca, coccis mono- 
spermis. 
Euphorbia /ypericifolia ; erecta, glaberrima, foliis oppositis brevissime 
petiolatis oblongis acutiusculis serrulatis basi obliquis se 
corymbis axillaribus terminalibusque. 
E. hypericifolia, Livy. Amen. Acad. v. iii. p. 113. (excl. the syn. of Burm. 
Zeyl..—Wiup. Sp. Pl. vii. p. 895.—Arr. Hort. Kem. ed. 2. v. iii. p- 161. 
—Homs. et Kuntu, Nov. Gen. et Sp. vs ii. 
Tithymalus americanus, flosculis albis. Comm. Preis p- 60. t. 60. (fid- WiLLp). 
Whole plant perfectly glabrous. Root fibrous, annual (perennial? Humb-). 
Stem a foot or a foot and ahalf high, erect, rounded, dichotomous, slen- 
der, reddish-green, somewhat swoln at the joints. Leaves in rather dis- 
tant pairs, opposite, patent or deflexed, oblong rather obtuse, serrated, the 
unequal and semicordate, indistinctly marked with veins, of a deli- 
cate texture, and beautiful green colour. There are 2 ovate bifid stipules 
between each pair of leaves, sometimes bipartite. Corymbs axillary and 
terminal, pedunculated, crowded, furnished with a few small, opposite 
leaves. Partial stalks bracteated ; bracteas small, lanceolate, sometimes a 
little toothed. 
Involucres oblongo-turbinate, glabrous, obscurely striated, some terminating at 
the mouth in 4 rather large, petal-like, romaish pars white, patra tvth 
(Fig. 3). Others have only the 4 lanceolate, or ovato-lanceolate, erect, mem~ 
branaceous scales, wid os many Suen as ee PO 
These small ones are, however, sometimes terminated with a green gland, 
and have the rudiment of a white petal-like process beneath it (Fig- 2). 
The Involucre is within pubescent, sgn, aes 
