516 M0K0EC1A MONANDHIA 



hairy petioles 4 to 6 or 8 inches long. Flotcer large, solitary, in the fork of fh« 

 petioles, mostly concealed under dead leaves, on a | iibescent^c/t/nr/e an inch to 

 an inch and half in length. Perianth a dark purplish-brown, woolly externally, 

 3-partod to the ovary, the segments lanceolate, or lance-oblong, with a slender 

 acumination, the margins mostly revolutc,and very often the segments themseWes 

 reflexed. Capsule ovoid, woolly, crowned with the persistent perianth- tegmenta, 

 Bab. Rich woodlands: frequent. Ft. May. /V.June. 



Obs. The fleshy root, or rhizoma, is strongly aromatic, and is Said to possess 

 medicinal properties. Two or three other species are found in the U. States, in 

 the South. 



CLASS XlXa MONOECIA. 



Order 1. llonaudria. 



414. EUPHORBIA. L. Nutt. Gen. 773. 

 [Named after Euphorbus, an ancient Greek Physician.] 



Flowers naked, in involucrate heads, or clusters. Involucre monophyl- 

 lous, subcampanulate, with 5 pctaloid segments, which have externally 

 5 gland-like teeth, alternating with them. Stajiinate Fl. numerous, 

 each consisting of an anther with its filament articulated in the middle. 

 Pistillate Fl. solitary, central; ovary pedicellate; styles 3, bifid. 

 Capsule 3-lobed, 3-cclled; cells 1 -seeded, bursting clastically on the 

 back. 



Herbaceous, or fruticose : lactescent; leaves mostly simple, opposite and nip. 

 *lar, or alternate and naked, sometimes wanting ; flowers axillary, or BUtttitnl ei- 

 •-iate. Kat. Ord. 88. Lindl. Euphorbiacbjb. 



f Leaves opposite. # Flowers -axillary. 



1. E. iitprricifolta, L. Stem nearly erect, smoothish ; branches 

 spreading; leaves oval-oblong, subfalcate, serrate; corymbs terminal ; 

 capsules smooth, Beck, Bot. p. 312. 



Hypericum-lkavei* Euphorbia. Vulgo — Eyebright* Spurge. 

 t'Root annual. Stem 9 to 18 inches high, rather slender and leaning, with numer- 

 ous and somewhat dichotomous spreading branches, smoothish, often purple, the 

 branches mostly pubescent on one side. Leaves half an inch to an inch or inch 

 and quarter long, and 1 eighth to near half an inch wide,opposito, obliquely otate- 

 oblong, or subfalcate, rather obtuse, sharply serrate, nearly entire towards the 

 base on the rounded or convex side, more or less pilose with longish fine hairs, 

 3-nerved, linear-dotted, often stained with blotches along the midrib; petioles 

 scarcely a line in length. Heads of florets axillary and dichotomal, pedicellate, 

 forming small corymbose clusters; at the extremities of the branches ; petaloid 

 segments of the involucre white, or purple edged with white, minute. Capsule 

 small, smooth, often tinged with dark purple. 

 Hob. Pastures; roadsides, &.c frequent. Fl. July-Sept. Fr. Sept-Octo. 



2. E. maculata, L? Stem prostrate, much branched, hairy ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, serrulate, oblique at base ; flowers in lateral and terminal 

 leafy clusters ; capsule hairy. Beck, Bot. p. 312. 



JB, deprewa. EU. Sk. 2. />. 665. Florul. Cestr. p. 103. 



