EUPHORBIA

(Lat.), n. f. Ua-fo2rb'ia-as. Named for Euphorbus, physician to King Juba, of Mauretania. Fr., euphorbe. Ger., Wolfs milch. Devil's- (or wolf's-) milk, gum-thistle, spurge; of Linnaeus, a genus of the Euphorbiece, all species of which have a milky juice. The Euphorbia ceca (Fr., euphorbia cees; Ger., Euphorbiaceen), or spurge worts, are: Of St.-Hilaire, R. Brown, and others, a family or order of monochlamydeous dicotyledons, made by Lindley the type of his euphorbial alliance (Euphorbia les) of dichinous exogens; of Endlicher, a family (order) of the Tricoccce, including the Euphorbiece, Hippomanepe, Sapiece, Acalyphece, Crotonece (Ricinece, Phyllanthece, and Buceae, Buxinece, or Buxacece); of Bentham and Hooker, a family or order comprising the Euphorbiece, Stenolobiece, Buxece, Phyllanthece, Gfaleariece, and Crotoneae.; of H. Baillon (who considers the E. as having the greatest affinities with the Malvaceae), an order comprising two grand groups, the E. with one ovule, and the E. with two ovules, the first group com-. prising the Euphorbiece, Ricinece, Jatrophece, Crotoneae, and Exccecarieoe, the second comprising the Dichapetalece, Phyllanthece, and Callitrichece. The E. comprise over 200 known genera, Euphorbia, Hura, Mercurial is, Acalypha, Siphon i a, Ricinus, etc. An acrid stimulant and poisonous principle pervades the whole odor, but it is volatile, and is easily expelled by neat. The Euphorbia les of Lindley (1833) are an alliance of Syncarpce, including the Euphorbiacece, Stackhousiece, Fouquieracece, Celastrinoe, and Malpighiacece, and (in 1847) an alliance of diclinous exogens (Exogence diclince), comprising the Euphorbiacece, Scepacece, Callitrichacece, Empe.tracece, and Nepenthacece. The Euphorbiece are: 1. Of Sprengel, an order of the Tricoccce; of Ju ieu (1832), a tribe of the Euphorbiacece; of Reichenbach, a division of the Rutacece, including Euphorbia, Pedilanthus, Acalyphia, Croton, Jatrophra, etc., or (Reichenbach) the Callitrichnce, Tithymalece, Hippomaneae, Acalypece, Ricinece, Phyllanthece, and Bixece, or subsequently the E. genuince (including the Callitrichinece, Tithymalece, and Ricinece), Crotonece, and Buxece. 2. Of Blume, Brongniart, Ju ieu (1847), Battling, and others, the Tithymalece of Reichenbach. 3. Of Baillon, a series of euphorbiaceous plants, comprising Euphorbia and Pedilanthus; of Bentham and Hooker, a tribe of the Euphorbiacece, including Euphorbia, Pedilanthus, Synadenium, Cali/cope plus, and An tho stem a. The Euphorbiidece of Baillon are a division of the one-ovuled Euphorbiacece. [B, 19, 34, 42, 43, 121, 170, 173, 180, 275 (a, 24).] E. a cum in at a. A variety of E. falcata. [a, 24.] E. aleppica. Ger., dichtbebldtterte Wolfs milch. Of Linnaeus, a species found in southeastern Europe and the East. In the Levant it is used as a purge. Probably the iv 6pftiov StvSpov of Dioscorides. [B, 180 (a, 24).] E. amygdaloides. Ger., mandelblcittrige Wolfs milch. 1. Of Duby, the E. esula (1st def.). 2. Of Linnaeus, a species found in southern and central Europe, having properties similar to those of E. cypari ias and E. esula. The root was formerly used in southern France in intermittent fevers. [B, 173, 180 (a, 24).] E. anacampseroides. The Pedilanthus padifolius. [B, 173 (a, 24).] E. antiquoruiii. Fr., euphorbe des anciens. Ger., Wolfs milch tier Alten. Malay, schadida-call i. Triangular spurge; the fv 6ppi.ov SivSpov of Dioscorides; a species found in Egypt, Arabia, and the East Indies, supposed by some to be the plant from which the ancients derived euphorbium. In the East Indies the corrosive juice which flows from the branches is used externally in rheumatism and for toothache; a plaster (also containing asafcetida) made from the roots is applied to the abdomen as a vermifuge, the root-bark fur-.__ purgati. _. [B, 180 (a, 24).J E. arborea. A species indigenous to southern Africa, the milky juice of which is used for poisoning arrows. [B, 185 (a, 24).] E. arvensig. A species growing m middle and southern Europe, and in North Africa, [a, 24.] E. Atolo. A species found in the Maldive Islands, where it is used in baths for gastralgia and as an application to sores. [B, 180 (a. 24).] E. balsam if aKias of Dioscorides: a species used as a caustic externally, internally in intestinal obstruction, dropsy, and intermittent fevers. The 'milk is used on the Italian A, ape; A, at; A, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch", loch (Scottish); [s. 774]