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Euphorbia hirsuta (Torr.) Wiegand (hairy). 



Frequent or common. Sandy soil along roadsides and in 

 waste places. July — Sept. 



Euphorbia maculata L. (spotted). 

 Milk Purslane. 



Frequent. Sandy fields, roadsides and waste places. 

 July — Sept. 



Euphorbia marginata Pursh (having a distinct border). 



Snow-on-the-Mountain. 



Rare. Waste ground: Bridgeport (Fames). Aug. — 

 Sept. Adventive from the West. 



Often cultivated for ornament. 



Euphorbia corollata L. (having a corolla) . 

 Flowering Spurge. 



Rare. Fields and waste ground: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. 

 Rogers), Milford (Eames), Oxford (Harger). May — Aug. 

 Adventive from the South or West. 



The root is medicinal. 



Euphorbia Ipecacuanhae L. (Brazilian Indian name). 

 Wild Ipecac. Ipecac Spurge. 



Rare. There is in the Herbarium of the Boston Natural 

 History Society a specimen of this plant collected at East 

 Windsor by Dr. M. M. Reed. It has no date, but from what 

 is known of Dr. Reed it must have been collected between 

 1825 and 1830; not otherwise reported from the state. 

 May — Oct. 



The root is medicinal. All species of spurge yield a very 

 acrid, milky juice which is irritant to the skin. Domestic 

 animals are sometimes poisoned by eating these plants, and the 

 milk of such animals is also rendered poisonous. 



Euphorbia Esula L. (Pre-Linnean name for certain species of 

 spurge). 

 Faitour's Grass. Leafy Spurge. 



Rare. Fields and waste ground : New London (Graves), 

 Manchester (A. W. Driggs), Norwalk (G. P. Ells). May — 

 June. Adventive from Europe. 



