MONOECIA— MONANDRIA. Euphorbia. 63 



well answering in characters to our portlandica, which seems 

 confined to the shores of Britain. 



6. 'Et. par alia. Sea Spurge. 



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

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

 taries five. Capsule nearly smooth. 



E. paralia. Fl. Br. 516. Engl. Bot.v. 3. t. 195. 



E. Paralias. Linn. Sp. PI. 657. fVilld. v. 2. 912. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 



V. 2.88.t. 188. 

 Tithvmalus paralius. Rait Syn. 312. Dod. Pempt.370.f,f. Bauh. 



Hist. V. 3. p. 2. 674./. 675. Ger. Em. 498./. Matth. Valgr.v. 2. 



590./ Corner. Epit. 902. f. Dalech. Hist. lG47.f. 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 j 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 3 convex at the back. Umbel 

 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. ^. helioscopia. Sun Spurge. Common Wart-wort. 



Umbel of five three-cleft, then forked, branches. Bracteas 

 and leaves obovate, serrated. Nectaries four, undivided. 

 Capsule smooth. 



E. helioscopia. Linn. Sp. PL 658. Willd. r. 2. 9 1 4. Fl. Br. 5 1 6. 



Engl. Bot. V. 13. t. 883. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1. 1. 36. Hook. Scot. 



148. Ehrh. PI. Of. 345. 

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

 T. helioscopius. RaiiSyn. 313. Matth. Falgr. v. 2. 591. f, notgood. 



Camer.Epit.963.f. Fuchs.Hist.SM.f. Ic.468./. Ger.Em.498. 



/ Dalech. Hist. 1648. f. Dod. Pempt.37\.f. 

 Esula vulgaris. Trag. Hist. 294. f. 



A common weed in cultivated ground. 



Annual. July, August. 



Root tapering. Herb smooth, of a full grass green, abounding 

 with milk, which is used by rustics to destroy warts, whence 

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

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



