. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 9. SPURGE FAMILY. 461 I. Ricinus communis L. Castor-oil Plant. Castor-bean. Palma Christi. Fig. 2729. Ricinus communis L. Sp. PI. 1007. 1753. Stem erect, 3°-iS° tall, more or less branched, becoming tree-like in warm re- gions. Leaves nearly orbicular in outline, 4-2° broad, 6-ii-palmately-lobed and pel- tate, the lobes toothed, acute or acuminate; capsul
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 9. SPURGE FAMILY. 461 I. Ricinus communis L. Castor-oil Plant. Castor-bean. Palma Christi. Fig. 2729. Ricinus communis L. Sp. PI. 1007. 1753. Stem erect, 3°-iS° tall, more or less branched, becoming tree-like in warm re- gions. Leaves nearly orbicular in outline, 4-2° broad, 6-ii-palmately-lobed and pel- tate, the lobes toothed, acute or acuminate; capsule 6"-8" in diameter, usually spiny; sometimes smooth; seeds shining, smooth, black, variegated with white, or mottled with gray and brown markings. In waste places, escaped from cultivation. New Jersey to Florida and Texas. An impos- ing ornamental plant, and also of medicinal value. Widely naturalized in warm and trop- ical regions. Oil-plant. Mexico-seed. Stedfast. Man' 10. STILLINGIA Garden; L. Mant. i: 19, 126. 1767. Monoecious glabrous herbs or shrubs, with simple or branched stems, alternate or rarely opposite, entire or toothed leaves, often with 2 glands at the base, the flowers bracteolate, in terminal spikes, apetalous, the bractlcts 2-glandular. Staminate flowers several together in the axils of the bractlets, the calyx slightly 2-3-lobed; stamens 2-3, exserted. Pistillate flowers solitary in the axils of the lower bractlets; calyx 3-lobed, ovary 2-celled or 3-celled with a solitary ovule in each cavity; styles stout, somewhat united at the base. Capsule 2-lobed or 3-lobed, separating into 2 or 3 two-valved carpels. Seeds ovoid or subglobose. Embryo straight in the fleshy endosperm. [In honor of Dr. B. Stellingfleet, an English botanist] About 15 species, mostly of tropical America and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the follow- ing typical. I. Stillingia sylvatica L. Queen's De- light. Queen-root. Fig. 2730. Stillingia sylvatica L. Mant.
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