Caulis suffruticosus, pennae corvinae crassitie, subtetragonus,
foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus confertim torosus, statim prope
basim ramosus, ramis semipedem longis, gracilibus, basi nudis
procumbentibus, apice dichotome-ramulosis, ramulis intricatis,
foliosis. Folia in ramulis opposita, 4-6 lineas dissita, decussantia,
petiolata, ovata, 6 lineas longa, 3 lineas lata, basi rotundata,
inaequilatera, latere inferiore productiore, apice brevissime
cuspidata, submucronulata., integerrima, glaberrima, coriaceo-rigida,
glaucescentia, marginibus subrevolutis purpurascentibus. Petioli
tetragoni, 1 lineam longi, glaberrimi, utrinque stipati stipula unam
lineam longa, ovata, acuminata, inciso serrata, persistente, post
foliorum lapsum indurata. Flores axillares terminalesque, grano
cannabino vix majores, solitarii. Pedicelli teretes, crassiusculi,
petiolo triplo v. quadruplo longiores, strictiusculi. Involucrum
subcampanulatum, apice breviter 4lobum, laete viride, appendicibus
glandulosis subrotundis, purpureis. Flores masculi plurimi,
brevissime pedicellati; filamentis albidis involucri limbum
subaequantibus, antheris subrotundis luteis. Flos femineus
longiuscule stipitatus, pedicello involucro duplo longiore, apice
incrassato, dilatato, demum reflexo. Capsula grani Piperis fere mole,
glaberrima, laevis.
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145. EUPHORBIA GLAUCA, caule fruticoso, foliis ad apices ramorum
confertis lanceolatis integerrimis glabris, umbella 4-6 radiata,
radiis simplicibus trichotomisque, foliis floralibus oppositis
ovali-acutis, involucris 4-5 fidis.
Euphorbia glauca _Forst. prodr. n._ 208. _Spreng. syst. III._ 790. _A
Rich. Fl. nov. Zeel. p._ 352.
_Ferd. Bauer Illustr. pl. Norfolk. t._ 166.