MONOECIA— MONANDRIA. Euphorbia. 63 



well answering in characters to our portlancUca, which seems 

 confined to the shores of Britain. 



6. E. paralia. Sea Spurge. 



Umbel about five-branched, forked. Bracteas heart-kid- 

 ney-shaped. Leaves imbricated upwards, concave. Nec- 

 taries five. Capsule nearly smooth. 



E. paralia. Fi.Br.b\^. Engl. Bot. v.3. t. 195. 



E. Paralias. Linn. Sp. Pl.6b7. fVilld. v. 2. 9 12. Jacn. Hort. Vind. 

 i;.2.88. M88. 



Tithymalusparalius. Rail Syn. 3\2. Dod.Pe}npt.370.f,f.' Bauh. 

 Hist. U.S. p. 2. 674./. G75. Ger. Em. 498./. Matth. ra/gr. v. 2. 

 590./. Camer. Epit. 9G2./. Dalech. Hist. 1 647./. Lob. Ic. 

 354./ 



On the sandy sea coast in many places, but not very common. 



Perennial. August, September. 



Root woody and tough, sending up several flowering stems about 

 a foot high 5 with others of humbler growth, clothed with 

 leaves only. The whole herb is smooth and glaucous, whitish 

 when dry. Leaves on all the stems very numerous, imbri- 

 cated upwards, in several rows, elliptic-oblong, varying in 

 breadth, sessile, concave, entire j convex at the back. ' VmbeL 

 of from 4 to 6 forked branches. Bracteas heart-shaped, or 

 somewhat kidney-shaped. Nect. 5, of a roundish crescent- 

 shape, with short points. Caps, externally roughish, or wrinkled. 

 Seeds brown, smooth. 



7. E./ie/ios'co/na. Sun Spurge. CominonWart-wort. 



Umbel ot^five three-cleft, then forked, branches. Bracteas 

 and leaves obovate, serrated. Nectaries four, undivided. 

 Capsule smooth. 



E. helioscopia. Linn. Sp. PL 658. ff'illd. r. 2. 9 1 1. Fl. Br. 5 1 6. 



Engl. Bot. V. 13. t. 883. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. t. 'dti. Hook. Scot. 



148. E/ir/i. PL Of. 345. 

 Tithymalus n. 1050. Hull. Hist. v. 2. 10. 

 T. helioscopius. Raii Sijn.3\3. Matth. Talgr. v. 2.59 l.f, not f,oo(\. 



Camer. Epit. 963./ Fuchs. Hist.Sll.f. /c.468./. Ger. L'm. 498. 

 / Dalech. Hist. 1648./ Dod. Pempt. 371./ 

 Esula vulgaris. Trag. Hist. 294./ 



A common weed in cultivated ground. 



Annual. Juli/, August. 



Root tapering. Ihrh smooth, of a full grass c:reen, abounding 

 with milk, which is used by rustics to tkstroy warts, wheni e 

 the name Wart-wort, usually corrupted into Kat-weed. Yet 

 HuUer says this juice is rather salt than acrid. On the con- 



