. 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 7. SPURGE FAMILY. 459 I. Tragia urens L. Eastern Tragia. Fig- 2724. Tragia urens L, Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1391. 1763. Tragia innociia Walt. Fl. Car. 220. 1788. Perennial, dull green, pilose or hirsute. Stem slender, erect, 4'-i5' tall, branched; leaves obovate or ovate to linear, entire, un- dulate or toothed, mostly obtuse at the apex, narrowed or subcordate at
. 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 7. SPURGE FAMILY. 459 I. Tragia urens L. Eastern Tragia. Fig- 2724. Tragia urens L, Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1391. 1763. Tragia innociia Walt. Fl. Car. 220. 1788. Perennial, dull green, pilose or hirsute. Stem slender, erect, 4'-i5' tall, branched; leaves obovate or ovate to linear, entire, un- dulate or toothed, mostly obtuse at the apex, narrowed or subcordate at base, short-petioled or sessile, s"-2' long; flowers in terminal or lateral spike-like racemes often 4' long; stam- inate flowers with a 4-lobed calyx and 2 stamens; pistillate flowers several at the base of the racemes, with a S-6-lobed calyx; cap- sule short-pedicelled, much depressed, 4"-S" in diameter, sparingly pubescent; seeds sub- globose, 2" long, smooth. In sandy soil, Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. 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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