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guendus, L. membranaceus, Aphthona abratula, a butterfly, AZeZe¢tzs ar- 
temzs, a moth, Zéulia verbascalis, and several Homoptera, Ze¢dzgometra 
impressopunctata, Thamnotettix cruentata, Eupteryx stachydearum. 
Teucrium, Dioscorides, is from Teucer, an ancient king of Troy, 
reported to have first used this plant as a medicine. Scorodonza, 
Cordus, is from the Greek, scorodon, garlic. 
Wood Sage is called Ambrose, Ambroise, Garlick Sage, Wood 
Germander, Mountain Sage, Rock Mint. 
The people of Jersey are said to make use of it in brewing, and call 
it Ambroise according to Withering. Wood Sage is highly aromatic, 
and used as a tonic. It imparted too strong a colour to beer to be 
much used in place of hops. — 
EssENTIAL SpeciFic CHARACTERS :— 
261. Teucrium Scorodonia, L.—Stem erect, leaves ovate, cordate 
below, crenate, flowers yellowish-white, in terminal and lateral racemes, 
upper lip of calyx ovate. 
Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides, L.) 
Southern plant as it is, this Spurge is found in Preglacial beds in 
Norfolk and Suffolk. It ranges to-day in the North Temperate Zone 
from Holland southwards, and in West Asia. In Great Britain it is 
found in the Peninsula, Channel, Thames, and Anglia provinces, ex- 
cept in Hunts; throughout the Severn province; in S. Wales, except 
in Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke; in N. Wales, in Montgomery, 
Carnarvon; in the Trent province, except in Lincs; in West Yorks, 
Durham, Cheviotland from Northumberland southward, and is local 
generally. It is found in Bandon and Donegal in Ireland, and in the 
Channel Islands. 
The Wood Spurge is a southern chalk and limestone species, which 
is most plentiful on such soils, but is fairly widespread in England. It 
is abundant in some woods and copses, and is also a common wayside 
flower in the south of England, growing in clusters in the hedgerows. 
It has an erect habit, with a more or less simple stem, with milky 
acrid juice, with numerous leaves, which are lance-shaped to egg-shaped 
or almond-shaped (hence the second Latin name), the lower stalked, 
the upper stalkless. The stem forms a branched umbel above with 
5-10 rays, with a rounded united ring of bracts, nearly round, the 
flower-stalks slender, with glands tapering to a sudden point. The 
capsules are smooth, with small warts or tubercles, with smooth seeds. 
The stem is 1-2 ft. high. The flowers may be found in March and 
