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Near Establiment, perhaps in river
bed.
5-13-32 Euforbia humbellata Prr. Knth 157; Bee.
417, Bon 281; Cote # 246 Fl & fr. Bridges, Pinejuged
Plant to Establiment.
5-13-32 Euforbia falcata L. Kn II 157, Bar 417, Bon 282
Cote # 238 Fl & fr. Cinnalls Estab to Bon v down river.
Two plants med. 11-15 in high (1 plant w/ st simple, the
other w/ 3 branches meanare) St reddish, unlabel
on lower half (remne), mid of scass evident. Lvs on
upper part dif oblancalete (almost rhombic) to 25 x9
mm., indent near top, long narrowd to base, acutely
apex, def 3-nerved. Bracts (expn upper
part infl) very like lfl (Bon), but hardly denticultate.
Numerous short fl-branles below the undel
make inf look elongated not broad v spreading.
Glands green mid of alveole points. Capsule
glabrous, about 2 1/2 mm long v egg shaped (are all
Cotes) much narrower at tip than in some E
hardly channeled. Seed 1.6mm long pink-brown
under its whitish exterior, 4 sided with frame
verse linear depressions (3 on the insides & 5 on
the outsides). But now befor Capsule splits (but
seed seem ripe) it shows small caruncle