DODECANDRIA— TRIGYNIA. 521 



ticofi. Folia obovato-lanceolata, integerrima, pilofa, 

 fere fempervicentia. Umbella 5 — 8-fida, dichotoma, 

 ramulis fubje&is axillaribus, dichotomis. Involucella 

 connato-perfoliata, reniformia, obtufa, pallida, fubpi- 

 lofa. Ne&aria lunata, acuminata, citrina. Capfula 

 glabra. 

 Euphorbia fylvatica Linnasi, fpecies revera diftincla, dif- 

 crepat foliis lanceolatis, mucronulatis, glabris, ne6fcariis 

 bicornibus. Icones antiquiores hanc fpeciem potius 

 quam E. amygdaloidem referunt. 



12. EUPHORBIA umbella multifida : dichoto- Cbard- 

 ma, involucellis perfoliatis, foliis lanceolatis cias * 

 molliftime pubefcentibus, capfula pilosa. 



Eupborbia Characias. Sp. Pl. 662. Hudf.iii. 

 With. 451. Engl. Bot. t. 442. Jucq. Ic. 

 rur, v. 1. t. 89. 



Tithymalus Characias. Mutth. Valgr. v. 2. 5 88. 



T. Characias Monfpeiienfium. l$aii Syn. 312. 

 Ger. em. 499. 



Angl. Red Spurge. 



In montofis et dumetis rarius. 

 In the foreft of Needwood, StafTordfhire, in great 

 plenty, undoubtedly wild. Mr. Whately. 



Frutex. Fl. Martio, Aprili. 



Caules fruticofi, fimplices, tripedales, pubefcentes. Fo- 

 lia lanceolata, integerrima, utrinque molliffime pubef- 

 centia, fubtus pallida, fempervirentia. Umbella mul- 

 tifida, dichotoma, ramulis fubje&is axillaribus, fubdi- 

 chbtomis, villofis. Involucella connato-perfoliata, re- 

 niformia, acutiufcula, pallida, villofa. NeCtaria lunata, 

 piutica, atro-purpurea. Capfula pilofa. 



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