Order III. 
DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
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6692 Prickly elliptical obtuse furrowed. Prickles subsolitary, Peduncles 3-flowered 
6693 Warts very large green downy at end. Spines about 4 strong black at end 
6694 Simple rounded obovate with warts woolly at end [than the rest 
6695 Columnar, Warts small numerous with many small spines between. Two spines in each cluster longer 
** Unarmed. 
6606 Unarmed globose with many angles 
6^ Unarmed imbricated. Warts with one leaf, Flowers somewhat stalked, Divisions palmate 
6698 Stem closely tessellated with warts upwards thickly branched 
6699 Unarmed imbricated with warts bearing a linear leaf 
6700 Unarmed with round procumbent branches. Warts 4-cornered 
6701 Unarmed imbricated. Warts with a roundish leaflet, Fl. term, solitary sessile with palmate segments 
6702 Unarmed imbricated. Warts with a lanceolate leaflet, Fl. stalked with entire segments 
6703 Unarmed imbricated capitate. Warts rhomboid with lanceolate stalked leaves, Segm. of flower entire 
6704 Unarmed half naked shrubby filiform flaccid. Leaves alternate 
6705 Warts large imbricated hooked at end : the upper having an oval leaflet at length withering 
6706 Unarmed warted. Warts with a deciduous leaf, Pedunc. solitary or 3 terminal 1-flowered 
6707 Unarmed naked leafless branched. Branches square, Fl. solitary terminal 
6708 Unarmed shrubby upright, Head terminal. Leaves lanceolate smooth glaucous 
6709 Unarmed half naked shrubby filiform erect. Branches spi-eading regularly clustered 
§ 2. Stem uniform, shrubby y upright. Flowers scattered or aggregate, not in umbels. 
6710 Unarmed, Leaves lanceolate clustered entire. Umbel terminal sessile, Invol. connate colored 
6711 Unarmed shrubby upright. Umbel 5-fid term. Invol. oblong. Leaves lane, smooth 
6712 Unarmed shrubby. Leaves oblong alternate distichous, Bractes persistent 
6713 Unarm.ed shrubby naked, Branches rounded effuse dependent jointed 
6714 Umbel multifid dichotomous, Invol. subcordate : the first 3-leaved 
6715 Unarmed, Leaves panduriform ovate, Fl. term, suberect, Invol. colored 
6716 Villous, Leaves with long stalks alternate broadly ovate repand-toothed, Stem erect striated 
6717 Leaves opp. minute stalked obovate entire, Two glands on the stem at the base of petioles 
6718 Unarmed shrubby. Leaves ovate entire, Cyme axillary naked 
671y Leaves opp. subcordate stalked emarginate entire. Stem shrubby 
6720 Stalks whorled longer than the orbicular leaf, Fl. solitary. Stem unarmed naked 
6721 Leaves scattered lanceolate acute smooth, Pedunc. dichotomous. Caps, muricate 
6722 Unarmed shrubby. Leaves scattered lane, mucron. Fl. solitary term, with a 3-leaved invol. Caps, muricate 
6723 Leaves oval entire wavy edged with white. Caps, smooth. Stem hairy 
6724 Dichotomous, Leaves ovate serrate acute villous, Fl. solitary. Upper dichotomies cymose 
\ 3. Dichotomous, herbaceous. Flowers solitary or aggregate, not umbelled. 
6725 Unarmed branched. Leaves subcordate entire shorter than their stalk, Fl. solitary 
6726 Dwarf hairy, Leaves opp. oval toothed. Flowers clustered at the end of branches 
6727 Dichotomous, Leaves serrate oval-obl. smooth, Corymbs terminal. Branches divaricate 
6728 Dichotomous, Leaves ovate obi. acute at each end smooth stalked entire. Capsules smooth 
6729 Dichotomous, Leaves oval obsol. serrated, Pedunc. axill. 3-flowered, Stems diffuse smooth 
6730 Dichotomous diffuse, Lvs. obov. oblique somewhat cord, at base toothletted at end, Pedunc. 1-fl. axillary 
6731 Dichotomous, Leaves serrate oblong hairy, Fl. axill. solitary. Branches spreading 
6732 Dichotomous, Leaves ovate hairy stalked entire, Pedunc. axill. 1-fi. Caps, smooth 
6733 Dichotomous, Leaves serrate oval oblong, Pedunc. 2-headed axillary. Stem erect 
6734 Dichotomous, Leaves subcrenate linear, Fl. fascicled term. Stem erect 
6735 Dichotomous, Leaves serrate oval-obl. Heads axill. clustered subsessile, Stems procumbent 
6736 Dichotomous, Leaves crenulate roundish smooth, Fl. solitary axill. Stems procumbent 
6737 Dichotomous, Leaves entire half cordate, Fl. solitary axillary. Stems procumbent 
6738 Leaves opp. entire lanceolate obtuse, Fl. solitary axillary, Stems procumbent 
6739 Dichotomous, Leaves entire lanceolate. Peduncles axillary 1-fl. as long as leaves. Stem erect 
6740 Branches alternate dichotomous channelled filiform. Leaves ovate stalked pubescent 
\ 4. Flowers umbelled with an involucre. 
* Umbel trifid. 
6741 Dichotomous, Invol. ovate. Leaves entire obovate stalked 
6742 Dichotomous, Invol. subcordate mucronate. Leaves lanceol. obtuse 
6743 Dichotomous, Invol. lanceolate. Leaves linear 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
times in a many-flowered head, but more often dichotomous, trichotoraous, or even tetrachotomous, with 
single flowers between the divisions at the base and in the forkings ; having bractes in number the same with 
tne peduncles, formnig a sort of involucre. The juice of every species of Spurge is so acrid that it corrodes 
and ulcerates the body wherever it is applied ; so that it is seldom used internally. Externally it is dropped 
on warts or corns to remove them, and in the hollow of a decayed tooth, to remove the pain by destroying 
^® 'tubbed behind the ears to give relief in the tooth-ache by blistering, 
i^. olhcmarum, and also antiquorum and canariensis. furnish the Euphorbium of the Materia Medica, In 
tne lower regions of Mount Atlas, the inhabitants collect the concreted gum resin, which they call furbiune, 
m^iv^ • ■ ^* obtained by making slight incisions in the branches of the plant with a knife, from v/hich 
a milk-Uke juice exudes, and forms into tears of an oblong or roundish form. The quantity vielded is so 
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