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433 DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Euphorbia. 



CIus. ii. 187. 2~Loh. obs. 197* 3-Ger. em. 503, 20-i7. ox. 

 x. fw 18-P**. 53. Y2-Matth. 126Q-Ger. 406. l6-Par*. 



Plant generally red, or purple, <S/*/« forked immediately from 



the root. Branches trailing, forked, of irregular lengths. Flow- 

 ers on fruit-stalks. Capsules smooth, tipped with purple. Mr. 

 Woodward. 



Purple Spurge. Sandy sea shores. Between Penzance and 

 Marketjeu, Cornwall ; and Exmouth, Devonshire. 



A. July, Aug. 



(2) Umlels with 3 spokes. 



Pe'plus. E. Umbels with 3 spokes; spokes forked: involucellums 



egg-shaped : leaves very entire, inversely egg-shaped, 

 on leaf-stalks. 



Curt.-FL dan.UOQ-Dod. 3J5. 2-Lob. obi. 197. 2-Ger. em. 

 503. \9~Park. 104. 6-H. ox. x. 2. U-Pet. 53. U-Ger. 



406. \5-Walc. 



Leaves alternate. Involucr. egg-shaped. All thejlowers 

 fertile. Petals with 2 horns. Fruit smooth, or only rough at 

 the edge. Linn. Umbel spokes divided and subdivided into 

 forks 3 and 4 times over, the divisions straddling. Blossoms 

 yellowish green. 



Petty Spurge. Rich cultivated soil. A. July, Aug. 



exig'ua. E. Umbels with 3 spokes ; spokes forked: involucellums 



spear-shaped; leaves strap-shaped. 





Dicks, h. s.-Trag. 296-Curt. 215-P/. dan. 592-Ger. 503. 

 17-ParL 193. Z-Pet. 53. 6-H. ox. x. 2. 5. 



Petals 4, crescent-shaped. Leaves of the Involucr. and In- 

 volucell. not broader than those of the stem. Fruit smooth. 

 Linn. Plant sometimes simple, upright, but in a more luxu- 

 riant growth there is sometimes a pair of branches bearing 3- 

 spoked umbels, rising from the lower part of the stem. Ter- 

 minating umbel sometimes with 4 or 5 spokes, generally twice 

 forked, sometimes more. Involucr. of 2 or 3, sometimes of 4 

 leaves, sitting, bent back, more or less tapering to the point. 

 Jn<volucelL of 2 leaves, sitting, hollowed out on one side. 

 Stamens 5 to 9* swelling out into a globular form close under the 



anthers. Summits 6. 



Dwarf Spurge. E. exigua acuta. Linn. Leaves pointed. 

 Ray. In some native specimens the leaves are bluntly pointed, 

 but I have never seen a native one of the E. exigua retusa. Dr. 

 Stokes. Corn fields. A. July, [to Sept. J 







