. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 564 EUPHORBIA -See E. â ilH for some spines short. Trop. plants sold under this num 23. officininim, Linn. I thick, ,( ply - red, divergent( il,.\,.,l, I N. Afr. l,s7:,::!:;(i- Beaumeriana, Hook. & Coss., and E. echinus, Hook.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 564 EUPHORBIA -See E. â ilH for some spines short. Trop. plants sold under this num 23. officininim, Linn. I thick, ,( ply - red, divergent( il,.\,.,l, I N. Afr. l,s7:,::!:;(i- Beaumeriana, Hook. & Coss., and E. echinus, Hook. & Coss., are closely re- lated species from the same region. CCC. Branches with spines, if any, not stipular, but in the place of Ivs. or branches D. Spines not present. 24. Ciput-MeddBae, Linn. Medusa's Head. Stem short, obconical, fleshy: branches numerous from the apex, soon declined around the main stem with their ends erect, K in. or more in diam., 6-12 in. long, covered with depressed, keeled tubercles, each bearing a small, linear-lanceolate leaf ; glands of the involucre white, rather conspicuous, the outer lip palmatifid. S. Afr. 14 and rather rare. Var. mijor. Ait. (J?. Commelini, DC), is a large, erect, unbranched form, perhaps originating from branch cuttings. 25. melo!6rmis, Ait. Pig. 799. Globose or pyriform, 3-5 in. in diam., deeply 8-10-costate, the ribs obscurely tuberculate on the almost acute angles, the sides trans- versely dark and light green striped or wrinkled when old the few small h s and fls at the de- pressed ape\ the old forked branches of the inflorescence subpersis? tent but not spmose A few small branches simi- lar to the main stem usu- alh present S Afr C 5 4J6 A G 11 ibi -A ver\ interesting and rare plintinAmer Best grown onlv under glass Often mistaken for a cactus. formed of the sterile peduncles. 26. cerei!6rmis, Linn. (, Willd.). Erect,3 ft. or more high, little branched: branches erect, with 8-13 tuber
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