O B S E R V A T I O N S .
This plant, the moll beautiful o f its family, makes a very fine appearance in a hot-houfe; but being
rare hr this country it is ropimed to the m o l. choice colleffiops. Not that it is propagated with
much difficulty, for the feeds brought from jkmaiti, as well as thofe produced in'England, grow
readily. It probably might alio be increaled b y cuttings.
E X P L A N A T I O N O F T H E F I G U R E .
i. Calyx. - f i ' Abortive Stamina.
2 .2 . Petals. - “ 6. Germen.
3- Stamina. .................. 7. Stigmata.
4. Anthers. g. Fruit
All of the natural fize.
E U P H O R B I A punicea.
D O D È C A N D R I A Trigynia.
C h a r . E s s e n t . Corolla 4 - five 5 - petala, calyci infidens. Calyx monophyllus, ventri-
cofus. Capfula tricocca.
Se&io 6. Umbella quinquefida.
E u P H O R B I A umbella quinquefida: trifida, involucellis ovalibus acuminatis co-
loratis, capfulis glabris, foliis obovato-lanceolatis.
E. punicea. Sxoartz. Prod. 76 .' Aiton Hort. Kew. v . 2. 143.
A ngl. Scarlet Spurge.
In Jamaica, perparci tarnen, leg it vir generqfus Matthäus Wallen, qui Nobilìjfmo Marchioni de Rockingham
anno 1778 ipfam mifit ftirpem quam apud viduam Marchioniffim pulchre vidimus fiorentem &
depingi curavimus. ' ' % .
Ca U l i s hu mante altitudinis, fruticofus, fubcarnofus, laótefcens, teres, determinate ramofus.
Rami adfcendentes, terni : ramuli fubinde quaterni vel quini. Cortex lasvis, albidus, e cica-
tricibus foliorum jampridem deciduorum depreffo-pun&atus, vel ihaculatus.
Folia in fummitatibus ramulorum, coiiferta, fubfeiTilia, undique patentia, obovato-lanceolata,
obtufiufcula, mucronata, 1 asvia, opaca, atro-viridia, fubtus glaucefcentia ; junior a involuta,
prope umbellas colorata. Nervus principalis in omnibus fulva, in junioribus ad umbellas faspe
rubro quali maculatus. Stipula nulla:.
Umbella terminales, ere£be, quinquefida:, faspe fex vel ièptemfidae. Pedunculi fubclavati, glabri,
dichotomi. InvoluceUa bina vel terna, oppolìta, fub fingulum florem, ovalia, acuminata, vivi-
diflimè coccinea.
F lores folitarii, turbinati, flavefcentes, rubicundi.
Ca l yx monophyllus, ventricofus, quinque-dentatus, perfiftens.