404: ETJPHORBIACEJE. (3 PURGE FAMILY.) 



20. E. COrdifolia, Ell. Smooth ; leaves petioled, oval or roundish, entire, 

 obtuse, cordate or truncate and oblique at the base ; stipules slender, deeply 

 parted into long capillary segments ; appendages of the glands conspicuous, 

 oblong or roundish, white; capsule smooth, acute-angled; seed 4-angled, smooth 

 and (Mil. — Sandy pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. — 

 July- Sept. — Stems G'- IS' long. Leaves 4''-G" long, pale green. 



21. E. polygonifolia, L. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; leaves oblong 

 or linear-oblong, entire, oblique, obtuse or slightly cordate at the base, petioled , 

 stipules by pairs, 2-3-parted ; glands of the involucre slightly margined by the 

 narrow appendages, rather shorter than the subulate obtuse lobes ; capsule 

 smooth, acute-angled ; seed large, obovate, not angled, smooth and even. — 

 Drifting sands along the coast, Florida, and northward. July -Oct — Stems 

 4'- 12' long. Leaves -},-' long. Involucres densely bearded within. Seed whitish. 



2. HIPPOMANE, L. 



Flowers monoecious, apetalous, in thick cylindrical spikes. Sterile flowers 

 clustered in the a>xil of a broad entire bract. Calyx top-shaped, 2-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 2, exserted : anther-cells separate. Fertile flower solitary at the base of 

 the spike. Calyx 3-parted, many-bracted. Ovary se?sile, 6 - "-celled. Style 

 short and thick: stigmas 6-7, acute, spreading. Fruit fleshy, of few woody 

 1-seeded indehiscent carpels. — A small tree, with milky poisonous juice, and 

 short and thick branches. Leaves alternate, stipulate, petioled, ovate, serrulate, 

 acute or acuminate, smooth, approximate at the summit of the branches. Peti- 

 oles biglandular at the apex. Spikes greenish. 



1. H. Mancinella, L. — South Florida. — Branches roughened with the 

 scars of the deciduous leaves. Leaves l'-2' long. Spikes 2' long, terminal, 



solitary. Clusters of flowers with a gland-like bract on each side. Fruit re- 

 sembles an apple. 



3. STILLINGIA, Card. 



Flowers monoecious, apetalous, spiked. Sterile flowers clustered, cup-shaped, 

 2-4-toothcd or crenate. Stamens 2 -3, exserted : anthers erect. Fertile flow- 

 ers few at the base of the spike. Calyx 3-lobed. Style short : stigmas 3, entire, 

 spreading. Capsule roundish, of three 1-celled 1-secdcd 2-valved carpel-.— 

 Smooth herbs, shrubs, or trees, with milky juice. Leaves alternate. Stipulate. 

 Bracts with a fleshy gland on each Bide. 



l. S. sylvatica, L. (Qukek's Delight ) Herbaceous ; stems clustered, 



ereel « r ascending from a thick woody root, umbcllatcly branched : leaves some- 

 what crowded, nearly sessile, thickish varying from linear lanceolate to obovate, 

 obtuse <>r acute, ercnate-serrulate ; spikes yellowish, terminal, and in the forks 

 of the stem, longer than the leaves ; glands cap-shaped , stamens 2 capsule 



roughish ; seed globose — Light dry Pofl, Florida to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward. A]> ril- Sept. — Stems 1°- 3° high Leaves 1' - 2' long. Spikes 2'-3 

 long. 



