Fig 121. [Toothed Spurge. Euphorbia dentata] Michx.

Toothed Spurge. Euphorbia dentata Michx. Seeds ash colored, obovoid, or globose, inconspicuously four-angled, base obtuse, irregularly tuberculate, 1 mm. or more long. It thrives in the Botanic Garden and very likely may soon spread onto Michigan farms.


Fig 122. [Leafy Spurge. Euphorbia Esula] L.

Leafy Spurge. Euphorbia Esula L. Seeds dull, light drab colored, broad-oval, narrowed at one end, nearly circular in transverse section, 2.3 mm. long, not including a wrinkled bunch (caruncle) at the base, a dark vertical line (raphe) extending above one side opposite which is another ridge the color of the seed. Introduced from Europe.


Fig 123. [Euphorbia hirsuta] (Torr). Weigand.