. 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 i6. SPURGE FAMILY. 475 II. Tithymalus Peplus (L.) Hill. Petty Spurge. Fig. 2763. Euphorbia Peplus L. Sp. PI. 456. 1753. Tithymalus Peplus Hill, Hort. Kew. 172/3. 1768. Annual, glabrous. Stem rather slender, erect or nearly so, 4'-i2' high, simple or branched, topped by a 3-5- rayed umbel; stem-leaves scattered, oblong or obovate, 4'-ii' long, obtuse or re
. 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 i6. SPURGE FAMILY. 475 II. Tithymalus Peplus (L.) Hill. Petty Spurge. Fig. 2763. Euphorbia Peplus L. Sp. PI. 456. 1753. Tithymalus Peplus Hill, Hort. Kew. 172/3. 1768. Annual, glabrous. Stem rather slender, erect or nearly so, 4'-i2' high, simple or branched, topped by a 3-5- rayed umbel; stem-leaves scattered, oblong or obovate, 4'-ii' long, obtuse or retuse, entire, crisped, narrowed into a slender petiole; those at the base of the umbel whorled; bracts opposite, ovate or triangular-ovate, apiculate, sessile; involucres campanulate, almost ses- sile, less than i" long, bearing 4 crescent-shaped unap- pendaged glands prolonged into slender horns; capsule globose-ovoid, i"-i4" in diameter, slightly nodding, smooth, the lobes 2-keeled; seeds oblong or oblong- ovoid, whitish, nearly terete, marked with 1-4 series of pits. In waste places, New Brunswick to western New York, Wisconsin, Iowa, New Jersey. Pennsylvania and West Vir- ginia. Bermuda, Jamaica. Adventive from Europe. Devil's- milk. Seven sisters. Wartweed. June-Sept. 12. Tithymalus commutatus (Engelm.) Kl. Fig. Tinted 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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