. 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 102nd meridian . g. Tithymalus Cyparissias (L.) Hill Cypress Spurge. Fig. 2761. Euphorbia Cyparissias L. Sp. PI. 461. 1753. T. Cyparissias Hill, Hort. Kew. 17^/4- 1/68 Perennial by horizontal rootstocks, bright green, glabrous. Stems mostK^ clustered, often growing in large patches, scaly below, leafy above, erect, I" high, or less, branched, the branches topped by many- rayed umbels; l
. 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 102nd meridian . g. Tithymalus Cyparissias (L.) Hill Cypress Spurge. Fig. 2761. Euphorbia Cyparissias L. Sp. PI. 461. 1753. T. Cyparissias Hill, Hort. Kew. 17^/4- 1/68 Perennial by horizontal rootstocks, bright green, glabrous. Stems mostK^ clustered, often growing in large patches, scaly below, leafy above, erect, I" high, or less, branched, the branches topped by many- rayed umbels; leaves linear, or almost filiform, those subtending the umbels whorled, the others alternate, sessile, 6-1' long, i"-lh" broad; involucres turbi- nate-campanulate, l" long, short-peduncled, with 4 unappendaged crescent-shaped glands; capsule sub- globose, li" in diameter, spreading, granular on the rounded lobes; seeds oblong, l" long, smooth. Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste places. Massachusetts to \'irginia and Colorado. Naturalized from Europe. Quack salver's spurge. Tree-or Irish-moss. Balsam. Garden-spurge. Graveyard-weed. Welcome-to- our-house. Kiss-me-Dick. Cj'press. Bonaparte's crown. Poisonous when eaten in quantities. Bracts yellowish. May-Sept. EUPHORBIACEAE. Vol. II. 8. Tith3nnalus lucidus (Waldst. & Kit.) Kl. & Garcke. Shining Spurge. Fig. 2760. ^_ Euphorbia lucida Waldst. & Kit. PI. Rar. Hung, i: /^ 54. fl- 34- 1802. V^ T. lucidus Kl. & Garcke, Abh. Akad. Berlin 1859: ^^ 66. Perennial by a horizontal rootstock, bright green, glabrous. Stems rather stout, usually clustered, erect or assurgent, 8'-2o' high, usu- ally very leafy, simple or branched, topped by a 4-7-rayed umbel; branches simple or forked; leaves, the whorl at the base of^ the umbel, alternate, linear or linear-oblong, i'-ii' long, 2"-6" broad, entire, mostly apiculate, ses- sile, revolute-margined, those subtending the umbel ovate,
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