at TRAVELS IN 
when I publiili an account of the new plants 
I colled ed in the courfe of my travels. 
I found alfo, in the fame neighbourhood, 
two new fpecies of euphorbia, engravings of 
which are annexed. The firft, which I call 
the meloa-rlbbed euphorbia, does not rife more 
than three or four inches from the ground, to 
which it adheres by a colledion of fibrous 
roots, iffuing from feveral tubercles difpofed in 
the manner of a crown. The ftem forms a 
flatted globe excavated at the fummit, and has 
libs like the apple which we call in France 
calville blanche. Thefe ribs are elevated, thick, 
and convex, have a greenifli colour, and are 
marked with brown tranfverfal bands. From 
the fummit of the ribs ifllie feveral little tufts 
of pedunculate flow^ers. 
I gave the name of the caterpillar-euphorbia 
to the fecond, becaufe, when I firft found it, 
I thought I faw on it feveral beautiful hairy 
caterpillars. The defcription of it in a few 
words is as follows : From a very large tube- 
rous root, which here and there throws out a 
few thready fibres, iffue feveral ftalks almoft of 
the length of the finger : they creep along the 
ground, are twifced, v/oody, deRitute of leaves, . 
and 
