An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . toward maturity, becoming exserted andnodding on its little stalk. (Fig. 1. pi. 88.) EuphorbiaFlowers solitary, at leaf-axils Phyllanthus I. PHYLLANTHUS, , witli wiry stems and altcrnat*, entire leaves. Staminate andpistillate flowers separate, but on tlie same plant without flower 4- to 6-parted. Stamens usually 3, the lilaments more or lessuiiit<il. Capsule globe-formed. P. carolinensis, Walt. (
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . toward maturity, becoming exserted andnodding on its little stalk. (Fig. 1. pi. 88.) EuphorbiaFlowers solitary, at leaf-axils Phyllanthus I. PHYLLANTHUS, , witli wiry stems and altcrnat*, entire leaves. Staminate andpistillate flowers separate, but on tlie same plant without flower 4- to 6-parted. Stamens usually 3, the lilaments more or lessuiiit<il. Capsule globe-formed. P. carolinensis, Walt. (Fig. G, pi. 87.) Carolina , 4 to 20 in. high. Leaves oblong or pear-shaped, J to f in. lobes G, linear. Stamens and styles each, 3. Gravelly soil, easternPenna., west and south. May-Oct. 2. CROTON, L. IncoiL-^jficuous weeds. Leaves, in our species, alternate. Flowers oftwo kinds on tlie same ilower stalk, the upper bearing stamens, thelower pistils. Calyx of staminate flowers of 5 sepals. Petals usuallyrudimentary. Stamens 5 or more. Pistillate flowers, calyx 5 to 10sepals. Petals wanting. Ovary of 3 cells, each with one seed. SPURGE FAMILY. Plate 871. Acalypha ostryaefolia. 2. A. virginica. 3. A. gracilens. 4. Crotonopslslinearis. 5. Croton capitatus 6. Pliyllantlius caroliiiensis. 376 EUPHORBIACEAE C. capitatus, IMiclix. (Fig. 5, pi. 87.) Capitate Croton. Stemdensely woolly, leaves woolly on both sides, oblong-lance-sliaped withthe base rounded or heart-shaped. Clusters of inconspicuous staminateflowers just above the more dilated group of pistillate ilowers. Tiiesestaminate flowers have 5 small petals and 10 or more stamens. Pistillate(lowers in a rounded group. Only in southern part of our area. May-October. 3. CROTONOPSIS, Michx. Herbs, with silky but shining leaves, leaves alternate (opposite in ourspecies). Calyx 5-parted. Petals, none. Stamens 5. Flowers in loosebranching clusters, staminate above. C. linearis, Michx. (Fig. 4, pi. 87.) Crot
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