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Virginiea. 
Caroliniana. 
MONOECIA, MONADELPHIA. 
_369. ACALYPHA. Gen. pl. 1461. (Euphorbie.) 
Masc. Calix 3 or 4-parted. Corolla none. 
Stamina 8 to 16. Kem. Styles 3, bifid. 
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Capsule 3-grained, 3-celled, 3-seeded.— 
Nutt. 
1. A. feminine flowers at the base of the masculine 
spike; involucres ovate, acuminate, dentated ; 
leaves on short petioles; oblong-lanceolate, 
remote, obtuse-serrated.—Wilid. and Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. phyt. t. 99. f. 4. 
Virgiman Three-seeded Mercury. 
An ordinary looking plant, found abundantly in all cultivated 
grounds, old fields, and on road-sides. Flowers inconspicuous, 
Annual. June to September. 
2, A. feminine flowers at the base of the masculine 
spike; involucres cordate-dentated; leaves on 
long petioles, subrhomboid-ovate, serrated, very 
entire at the base.—Willd. and Wait. 
Carolinian Three-seeded Mercury. 
This species resembles No. 1, so closely, that most students 
would confound them with each other. The greater breadth 
of the leaves and the much longer petioles in the present spe- 
cies than in No. 1, will sufficiently discriminate them. Both 
species are occasionally found with leaves of dingy crimson 
colour. In similar places with No. 1; also common. Perennial. 
July. 
370. EUPHORBIA. Gen. pl. 823. (Eufordie.) 
Involucrum caliciform, § to 10-toothed, ex- 
terior alternate dentures glanduloid or pe- 
taloid. Stamina indefinite, 12 or more, 
rarely less; feminine flower central, naked, 
solitary, stipitated. Styles 3, bifid. 

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