. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 486 ANGIOSPERMS Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae).—The Spurge family con- tains many species, many of which are tropical. The flowers are commonly small, hypogynous, and unisexual. The perianth is usually simple and sometimes absent. The stamens range from one to many, and the pistil is composed of three united carpels {Fig. 433). The plants usually contain a milky juice, which in many species is poisonous. A few of them are common weeds, usually growing prostrate in gardens and truck Fig. 433. — Flowers and fruit of the Flowering Spurge (Euph
. Botany for agricultural students . Botany. 486 ANGIOSPERMS Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae).—The Spurge family con- tains many species, many of which are tropical. The flowers are commonly small, hypogynous, and unisexual. The perianth is usually simple and sometimes absent. The stamens range from one to many, and the pistil is composed of three united carpels {Fig. 433). The plants usually contain a milky juice, which in many species is poisonous. A few of them are common weeds, usually growing prostrate in gardens and truck Fig. 433. — Flowers and fruit of the Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata). At the right, a por- tion of a plant in flower; above, at the left, a flower cluster consisting of one pistillate flower and a number of staminate flowers enclosed by an in- volucre (i) bearing appendages resembling petals; at the right of the flower cluster, a single stami- nate flower with anther at a; below, at the left, a flower cluster with staminate flowers removed to show the pistillate flower; below, at the right, a pistillate flower in fruit, showing the ovary (c), the stigma (s), and the involucre (i). In part after Bergen and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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