Obi>£B 112.— EUPHORBIACEiE. 629 



Out mast dolicate species. Lvs. 1 to 2 J" long and less, elegantly van^;ated. 

 Seeds minute, light brown. (E. hemiarioides Nutt.) 



2. STILLIN'GIA, Gard. (Named for Dr. Benjamin Stilling fleet.) 

 Flowers 5 , in a terminal, dense spike, apetalous ; 3 calyx cup-fonn, 

 lobed and crenulate ; stamens 2, filaments exserted, with short, 2-lobed 

 anthers ; ? calyx 3-lobed ; style trifid, with 3 diverging, simple stig- 

 mas; capsule 3-lobcd, 3-celled, 3-seeded. — Plants smooth, erect, with 

 alternate lvs. Fertile fls. at the base of the sterile spike. 



1 S. sylvdtica L. St. herbaceous or shrubby at base ; lvs. ovdl-ltmceolaie, cimeate 

 at the subsessile base, obtuse at apex, serrulate ; spike solitary, simple, with largo, 

 cup-shaped glands among the yellowish flowers. — It Sandy soils, Ta. to Fla. and 

 La. St. mostly simple, 18' to 3f high. Lvs. 2 to 3 to 4' long, thick, smooth. 

 Spike 2 to 3' long. May, Jn. 



2 S. ligustrina Mx. Shrubby, branching; lvs. lanceolate, tapering to both ends, 

 very entire, petiolate; staminate fls. short-pedicelled, 1 to each bract, with 2 

 glands. — In Ga. and Car., margins of streams. Plant G to 12f high. — Description 

 compiled from Michaux, Pursh and Nuttall. "Wo have not seen the plant. 



3 S. sebifera L. Tallow Tree. Arborescent, with very smooth branches, hs. 

 long-petiokd, rhomboiddl, acuminate, entire ; sterile fls. very small, many from each 

 invohiore; fruit stalked, large (6" diam.) for the genus. — Seacoast, S. Car., Ga. to 

 La. Tree 20 to 40f high. Lvs. as broad as long (2 to 4'), conspicuously pointed. 

 Petioles of equal length. § China. 



3. TRA^GIA, Plum. (From Tragus, an early German botanist.) 

 Flowers 8 ; corolla none ; J calyx 3-parted ; stamens 2 or 3, distinct ; 



2 calyx 5 to 6 to 8-parted, persistent ; style 3-cleft, stigmas 3 ; frnit 3- 

 lobed, 3-celled, separating into 3 bivalve, 1-seeded nutlets. — 11 Herbs 

 (or tropical shrubs), often climbing. Lvs. mostly alternate, pubescent, 

 stipulate. Fls. small, racemed. 



* Stem twinlnir. Loaves cordate, sharply serrate No. 1 



* titem erect. — Leaves subcordate at base, acutely serrate No. 2 



— Leaves cuneato or obtuse at base, obtusely serrate or entire Nos. 3, 4 



1 T. , macrocdrpa Willd. Reclining, much branched, its slender summits twin- 

 ing, sparsely hirsute; lvs. long-petiolate, cordate-ovate, acuminate, sharply ser- 

 rate; rac. much elongated; fr. large. — Hedges, copses, Ky. (Michaux) to La. 

 (Halo). Sts. 2 to 4f long. Lvs. large (1 to 3' long), exactly heart-shaped; Pr. 

 nearly half an inch diam. (T. cordata Mx.) 



2 T. urtioaefolia Mx. Erect, hirsute, sparingly branched ; lvs. ovate-lanceolate, 

 unequally and sharply serrate, subcordate or truncate at base, on short petioles'; 

 rac. axillary, elongated ; fr. very hairy ; sds. globular, very smooth, hollow. — S. 

 States, common. Plant I to 2f high. Lvs. 2 to 3' long, half to a fourth as wide. 

 Fruit 3" diam. May — Aug. (T. angustifolia Nutt) 



3 T. fireno L. Erect, branched, villous-pubescent ; lvs. obovate-oblong, varying to 

 lance-linear, cuneate at base, subsessile, coarsely few-toothed above, or entire; rac. 

 axillary, bracted, few or many-flowered ; fr. downy. — Dry grounds, Va. to Pla. 

 and Ala. A homely weed, 10 to 15' high, half shrubby, soft downy, and not (as 

 Linnseus supposed) stinging. Branches mostly simple. Lvs. 1' or more long. i'r. 

 downy, about 4" diam. 



/3. LINEARIS. Lvs. elongated, linear nearly or quite entire. — Ga. to Fla. Seeds 

 usually hollow as in all the varieties. (T. linearifolia Ell.) 



4 T. betonicsefolla Nutt. Much branched from a decumbent base, hairy ; lvs. 

 oval, obtuse at both ends, coarsely crenate-dentate, short-petioled ; stip. oval, con- 

 spicuous; fls. mostly solitary, opposite to the leaves, pedunculate. — Near N. 

 Orleans (Hale). Plant If high. Lvs. 1' or more long. 



4. ACAL'YPHA, L. Three-seeded Meecuey. (Gr. dKaXri<f>ri, the 

 nettle.) Flowers 8 ; corolla ; i very small, in short spikes; calyx 4- 



