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EUPHORBIA corinirotia. 
Shumac-leaved Spurge. 
MONCCIA MONANDRIA (Dopecanpria Trieynta, Linn.) —Nat. Orv. 
EUPHORBIACE, Juss. " 
Gen. Cuar.—Flores masculi plurimi : Femineus unicus; plerumque in eo- 
dem involucro monophyllo, calyciformi, octo- vel decem-dentato. Flores 
masculi pedicellati, nudi. Flos foemineus pedicellatus, nudus, perianthio 
instructus. Styli tres, bifidi. Capsula tricocca, coccis monospermis. 
Div. xxx. Dichotome (Umbella bifida aut nulla).—W, 
Euphorbia cotinifolia; fruticosa inermis, foliis ternis longe' petiolatis sub- 
rotundo-ovatis obtusis glabris, floribus terminalibus axillaribusque 
ternis. 
E. cotinifolia, Linn. Ameen. Acad. v. iii. p. 112.—Wi.ip. Sp. Pl. v. ii. p- 892- 
—Art. Hort. Kem. ed. 2. v. iii. p. 160.—Hums. et Kuntu, Nov. Gen. v. ii. 
p. 46. 
Tithymalus arboreus curassavicus, cotinifolio. Szpa, Thes. v. i. p. 75. t. 46. 
f, 4, 
Stem shrubby ; in our stoves 4 or 5 feet high, but, in its native country, at- 
taining, according to Humsotpr, a height of 15 or 20 feet; abound- 
ing in a highly acrid, milky juice. Branches ternate, slender, flexible, 
lish. Leaves ternate, placed upon slender footstalks, which exceed 
the leaves in length, rotundato-ovate, rounded, and very obtuse both at 
bling 
the leaves (one from each axil), pedicellated. The pedicel has, general- 
i acuminate bracteas, and, within these, abortive 
nvolucre 
ed, didymous Anther; and one central fe 
men, globular, obscurely 3-lobed ; its Style very short ; Stigmas 3, bi- 
partite. 
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