442 DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Euphorbia. 



Dill. elth. 290. 37 '±~Kniph. 9-Clus. ii. 190. 1-ZW. 37%- 

 -Lob. obs. 196. Qr-Ger. em. 500. Yl-Park. 188. 11-P/f, 

 53. 7-H. ox. x. 2. 



Leaves oblong, either hairy or smooth. Fruit very warty. 

 Linn. Umbel sometimes with only 5 spokes. Leaves nearly 

 strap-shaped, pointed* Solitary fruit-stalks frequently arising 

 from the bosom of several of the upper leaves. 



Makinboy. Knotty-rooted Spurge. Corn fields, near Twiten- 

 ham Park against Richmond ; and near Otterspool ; and between 

 Feversham and Sittingborn, Kent ; also in Ireland. P. Aug. 



(5) Umbels with many spokes. 



Es'ula. E. Umbel with many spokes, spokes cloven iato two: in- 



volucellums, nearly heart-shaped: petals generally 

 two-horned : leaves on the barren branches uni- 

 form. 



Hall. hist. Hel<v. 10±6-Scof. cam. .580. 



All the Flowers fertile. Petals 4, of a yellowish colour, 

 indistinctly divided into two horns. Fruit smooth. Umbels forked 

 from the sides of the stem. Linn. This plant, now first ranked 

 as a native of Britain, was sent by Mr. Brown, who says it 

 was found in the Hopetown woods, Linlithgowsh. by Mr. J. 

 M'Ray ; and also in a wood about l6* miles South from Edin- 

 burgh by Mr. Keil; in both these places undoubtedly wild. 



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Chara'cias. E. Umbel with many spokes, spokes forked : involucel- 



linns perforated, notched at the end : leaves very 



entire : stem shrub-like. 





Jacq.ic. \.-*Kniph. ]-Ri<v. tetr. 227 j Esula caule crasso.- 

 CIus. in 188. 1-DoJ. 368- 2-Lob. obs. 194. 2-Ger. em. 

 499. S-Pari. 180"./. 2, from the left.-J. B. iii. 672- 

 Matth. 1250. 



Stem 4 feet high, somewhat woolly. Leaves spear-shaped, 

 leather-like, somewhat downy, reflected, green, with an ele- 

 vated rib on each side. Umbel small, crowded; spokes only 

 once forked. Involucr. leaves several, small, rather spear-shaped, 

 reflected. Jtrvolucellnms cloven half way down. Petals 4, purple. 

 Flowers within the first involucell. male, the rest hermaphrodite. 

 Linn. Lateral branches numerous; stem-leaves closely tiled; 

 floral leaves bent back. Spokes short. Woodward. Whole plant, 

 except the flowers woolly. The stam. the edges and the mid ribs 

 of the lower leaves sometimes tinged with red. Lateral fruit- 

 stalks numerous, solitary. Umbel spokes 7 or 8, less than an 

 inch in length, Involucn leaves inversely egg-shaped, entire. 

























