304 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



cells. Ovary superior, seated in a fleshy disk, 6-9 celled. 

 Style!. >S^/^»ia multifid, radiating. jPrwii baccate, 2-celled, 

 2-seeded. An evergreen shrub, with flowers in the axils of 

 the leaves. 



Genus I. CERATIOLA. 



Genus the same as the Order. 



1 C Ericoides. An evergreen shrub, with virgate branches, somewhat 

 verticillate when young, tomentose. Leaves linear, glabrous, rigid, with the 

 marmns revolute, verticillate, 3-4 in a whorl. Flowers axillary, sessile. 

 Scales of the calyx persistent, tomentose. Berries small, 2-seede(l. 

 T^ August — Sept. Dry soils. 4-8 ft. 



Order CXXXIV. EUPHORBIACEtE. 



Flowers monoecious, or dioecious. Perianth lobed, inferior, 

 frequently vvith gland^ilar or scaly apendages. Sterile flow- 

 ers. Stamens 1-12 or numerous. Fertile flowers. Ovary 

 1, superior, sessile or stiped, usually 3 -celled. Ovules solita- 

 ry, or i.vin, suspended. Styles usually 3, sometimes united. 

 I'ruil usually consisting of three dehiscent cells, separating 

 f.o.n the axis. Seed suspended. Herbaceous, or shrubby 

 plants, usually with milky juice. 



Genus I. PACHYSANDRA. 



Perianth 4-leaved. Stamens 4 Filaments sub-clavate. 

 Styles 3. Capsule ^-horned, 3-celled, cells 2-seeded. 



1 P Procumbens. Stem procumbent, and simple. Leaves alternate, pu- 

 bescent, crenate, toothed oval. Flowers in spikes, nearly radicle, the lower 

 ones fertile, the upper sterile, all bracteate. Perianth minute, ciliate. Cap- 

 sule finely pubescent. 



% June Mountains. 



Genus II. CROTON. 



Monoecious. Sterile florets. Perianth cylindrical, 5.too{h- 

 ed. Corolla 4-petaled, or none. Stamens 10-15. Fertile 

 flowers. Perianth 5 or many leaved, or none. Corolla 

 none. Styles 3-6, 2-cleft. Capsule 3-celled, with one seed 

 in each cell. 



1 C Maritimum. S'^ewi somewhat shrubby, erect, trichotomously divided, 

 wth the branches clothed with a stellular tomentum. Z-eaues oval, obtuse, 

 entire, subcordate, pale above, hoary beneath. Flowers in spikes, those of 

 the sterile florets many flowered, the fertile florets generally in pairs. Cap- 

 sule tomentose. 



% June — Oct. Drifting sands along the sea coast. 2-3 ft. 



2 C Argyranthemum. Stem somewhat shrubby. Leaves entire, obtuse, 

 obovate. Leaves entire, obtuse, obovate. Flowers numerous in short termi- 

 nal racemes. Perianth pedicillate, silvery. 



% July. Dry soils. 1-2 ft. 



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