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The herb has the smell of strawberries, but 
is poisonous. The crushed leaves are used by 
the Indians to catch fish by stupefying them. 
2. Hendecandra Esch. 
(Croton L.) 
Diecious. ¢: flowers in racemes; peri- 
gonium 5-cleft, with 5 glands opposite to the 
lobes; stamens more than 5. flowers: per- 
igonium, 5-cleft; glands 0; ovary 3- celled; 
styles 3, each 4-parted; capsule 3-coccous, 
each coccus 2-valved. 
1. H. procumpens Esch. (Croton Californi- 
cus Mull. Arg.)—2¢. Common in sandy soil. 
Summer. Drastic poison. 
8. Euphorbia L.  Srunez. 
Moneecious. Androgynous. Flowers um- 
bellate. Involucre campanulate. ¢: flowers, 
perigonium 0; monandrous, stipitate; brac- 
teate. 2: flower solitary in the center of the 
umbel; perigonium dentate or 0; ovary 3- 
celled; styles 3, each 2-cleft. 
1. E. ocstzata Dur. & Hilg. Glands of 
the involucre petaloid; leaves all opposite, en- 
tire—@®. Sonoma. Millbrae. Summer. 
2. E. SERPYLLIFOLIA Pers. Glands of the 
involucre with a narrow, white margin; leaves 
all opposite; base oblique; apex denticulate. 
©.—Marin County. Summer. 
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