FLOWERING PLANTS. 165 
Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. Wood Spurge. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rare, except on the cliffs at St. Martin’s and the Forest, where it 
is common. Lane behind the Forest School. St. Peter’s Road, 
near Plaisance. Valley west of St. Saviour’s Church. Copse at 
Moulin de Haut, near King’s Mills. In an old quarry near 
Ronceval. Lane between Vale Rectory and Les Marais. 
Euphorbia Paralias, L. Sea Spurge. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Rather rare, but occurs here and there all along the sandy shores 
of the north and north-west as far as Rocquaine Bay. More plentiful 
on the Vale Coast. 
Euphorbia portlandica, L. Portland Spurge. 
Native. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Very common on the cliffs, and much more frequent than the 
last species on the shores of the lowlands. 
Euphorbia Peplus, L. Petty Spurge. 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
A very common weed in cultivated ground everywhere. 
Known in the patois by the name of Lait d’souaris, or mouse’s 
milk. The milky juice of this and other species of Euphorbia is 
very acrid, and ulcerates the flesh wherever it is applied. The 
word Spurge comes through the French Zsfurge, from the Latin 
expurgare, alluding to the medicinal effects of these plants. 
Euphorbia exigua, L. Dwarf Spurge. 
Colonist. First record: Gosselin, 1815. 
Frequent, especially in the south, in cornfields and arable land, 
and on banks occasionally. Rare in the north of the island. 
Euphorbia Lathyris, L. Caper Spurge. 
Alien or Casual. First found: Gosselin, 1788. 
Very rare. Not noted in recent times until it was found 
in 1897 by Mr. H. Le Lacheur in cultivated ground at Les 
Norgiots (11.). Occurred plentifully as a garden weed at the 
Rocquettes in 1899 (Andrews). There is a specimen in Gosselin’s 
herbarium labelled, ‘My garden at Glateny and in a field at Mont 
Plaisir.’ ; 
This handsome plant, a native of southern Europe, is sometimes 
cultivated, and often becomes a persistent weed in gardens, as it was 
years ago in mine at Alphington, near Exeter. The fruits are often 
pickled as a substitute for capers, which they resemble in size and 
appearance, but they are inferior in flavour. 
