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Excerpt from The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, and Their Allies, the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails, Vol. 5 The gum resin, or Euphorbium of the chemist, is procured from three species of Spurge growing in Africa and the Canary Islands. 1. Mercurialis (Mercury). - Stamens and pistils on different plants; perianth3-cleft to the base; barren flower with 9 or more stamens; fertile flower with 2 styles; ovary 2-lobed; capsule 2-celled, 2-seeded. Name in honor of the god Mercury, who is said to have discovered the virtues which were attributed to the plant. 2. Euphorbia (Spurge). - Perianth or involucres bellshaped, containing 12 or more barren flowers or stamens, and 1 fertile flower or pistil; ovary 3-lobed; style 3; stigmas 2-cleft; capsule 3-celled, 3-seeded. Name from Euphorbus, physician to Juba, king of Mauritania, he having first used the plant medicinally. 3. Buxus (Box). - Stamens and pistils in separate flowers on the same plant; perianth 4-cleft to the base; barren flower with 1 bract; stamens 4; fertile flower with 3 bracts; styles 3; capsule with 3 horns, 3-celled; cells 2-seeded. Name changed from pyxos, the Greek name for this tree. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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Stamens and 19581273 in separate flowers; periantfi of 3, 4, or more lobes, sometimes wanting; stamens varying in number and arrangement; ovary mostly 3-celled, with as many styles and stigmas fruit usually 3 - celled and 3-seeded. The description here given of the Order includes all the British genera; but many of the tropical genera are furnished with both sepals and petals. Our native species have herbaceous or woody stems, sometimes leafless, but usually With oppo site, alternate, or whorled leaves. They are mostly milky herbs, and of a highly corrosive, acrid, or narcotic character. Some of the exotic plants of the family yield the most deadly poisons. The Manchineel (hi po'mane' Mancinella), Whose shadow proves fatal to the sleeper; and the Manioc of the West Indies (jatmpfia.
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Stamens and 19581273 in separate flowers; periantfi of 3, 4, or more lobes, sometimes wanting; stamens varying in number and arrangement; ovary mostly 3-celled, with as many styles and stigmas fruit usually 3 - celled and 3-seeded. The description here given of the Order includes all the British genera; but many of the tropical genera are furnished with both sepals and petals. Our native species have herbaceous or woody stems, sometimes leafless, but usually With oppo site, alternate, or whorled leaves. They are mostly milky herbs, and of a highly corrosive, acrid, or narcotic character. Some of the exotic plants of the family yield the most deadly poisons. The Manchineel (hi po'mane' Mancinella), Whose shadow proves fatal to the sleeper; and the Manioc of the West Indies (jatmpfia.
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