



DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Euphorbia. 433 



Var. 2. Umbel with 5 spokes. Relhan. 



Euphorbia segetal'is. Martin cat. Woodward. E. platyphyl- 

 los, /3 Huds. Comberton Hill, Cambridgeshire. Mr. Relhan, 



(3) Umbels with 5 spokes. 

 E. Umbel with generally 5 spokes ; spokes cloven: invo- Paralias. 



lucellums heart-kidney- shaped : leaves tiled up- 



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ards. 



X 



H. ox. x. i. 24-iW. 184-Prf. 53. S-Ger. 401. 1 

 Mattb. 1252-Dod. 370. 2. 



Petals entire. Plant sea-green. Linn. Leaves very entire, 

 ] somewhat pointed. Jacq. Stems numerous, ascending, thickly 



tiled with leaves, lower part generally red. Leaves smooth, 

 fleshy, pointing upwards, gradually increasing in size from be- 

 low ; the lower ones strap-spear-shaped, or oblong, sitting; the 

 upper ones oval-spear-shaped, half embracing the stem. Fruit 

 'very large, smooth. Woodward. The shortness of the spokes 

 J of the umbel, and the leaves pointing nearly upright, lying 



one over another so closely as to hide the stem, at once distin- 

 guish this from all its British congeners. When cultivated in a 

 garden the leaves become more expanded. 



Sea Spurge. Sea shores. [Between Southwold and Dumvich, 

 Suffolk. Mr. Woodward. Cornwall. Mr. Watt. West side 

 of Walney Isle. Mr. Atkinson. Dawlish, Devon.] 



May — Sept. 



E. Umbel with 5 spokes : spokes forked : involucellums Portlan'dica. 



somewhat heart-shaped, concave: leaves strap- 

 spear-shaped, smooth, expanding. 



E. hot. bb\-Ray 24. 6. at p. 4/9* 



Stems rather shrub-like, a hand's breadth high, smooth, cy- 

 lindrical, red during the winter. Leaves alternate, nearly sitting, 

 with a sharp point at the end, red underneath at the base. Little 

 branches from the side from the bosom of the leaves ; the lower 

 barren, but at length growing out and resembling the stem. 

 • Spokes wide-spreading. Involucrums similar to the leaves. /«- 

 *volucell. sharp-pointed. Flowers nearly sitting, yellow, the 1st 

 and 2d with only stamens; petals very blunt and without horns ; 

 the rest with stam. and pistils, and horned. Fruit smooth, but 

 the corners rough with sharp points. Linn. Spokes from 3 to 5. 

 Central florets : calyx with o sides, 5 blunt corners, and 5 slight 

 clefts; segments more or less toothed at the end. Petals hairy 

 on the inner side. Stamens 8 or 9* Lateral florets : calyx seg- 

 ments 4. Petals 4. Stam* 14 or more. Filaments surrounded 



