The lactescent plants belong chiefly to the three families of the euphorbiaceae, the urticeae, and the apocineae.
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The euphorbiaceae assume the form of colossal trees, constituting a considerable part of its strange and luxuriant forest growth.
3
The similarity of certain xerophilous Euphorbiaceae to Cactaceae is a ready illustration of this phenomenon.
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Ricinus Borboniensis (Euphorbiaceae).-Seedswere purchased under the above name-probablya variety of the common castor-oil plant.
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As a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, the sap is mildly irritating, but that is the extent of it.
Uso de euphorbias em inglês
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On and around the graves are planted tree euphorbias and other species of that family.
2
These, and any other weary-looking euphorbias can be tidied up now by cutting out the flowering stalks.
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A word of caution about euphorbias: the milky sap that pours from the cut stems is highly irritant.
4
Wear gloves and long sleeves as euphorbias produce a toxic milky sap that when cut, will burn skin.
5
The country rose from the river in a long gentle slope grown with low brush and scattered candlestick euphorbias.
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In the savannas the most characteristic trees are the monkey bread tree or baobab (Adanisonia digitata), doom palm (Hyphaene) and euphorbias.
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Such hard-working species are plentiful, but at this season it is the euphorbias, or spurges, that are toiling away in the spring garden.
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Euphorbias, in Europe mere shrubs, were here smooth-limbed trees, with large flowers.
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The Euphorbias were all in flower, but this thing had none.
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There were scattered, at wide intervals, the Palafoxia linearis, Atriplex, Encelia farinosa, Daleas, Euphorbias, and a Simsia, described by Dr. Torrey as a new species.