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EUPHORBIACE^ 



enclosing 3 involucres A common woodland plant, conspicuous in 

 autumn by the deep crimson tinge of its stems and leaves. — 

 Fl. March, April. Perennial. 



10.* E. Esula (Leafy-branched Spurge). — Rhizome creeping; 



stem I — 2 feet high, erect, slender, 

 leafless below, unbranched, or 

 with a few flowerless axillary 

 branches ; leaves oblong- or linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile, thin, smooth, 

 sometimes denticulate; umhel of 

 10 — 20, long, slender, forked rays ; 

 bracts cordate, mucronate, not 

 united; capsule rough. — Woods; 

 rare, not indigenous. — Fl. June — 

 August. Perennial. 



ii."^ E. Cyparissias (Cypress 

 Spurge). — A closely allied species, 

 differing in having runners, having 

 more crowded, more glaucous, 

 narrower leaves; blunt bracts; 

 and almost white seeds. — Occurs 

 as an escape in similar situa- 

 tions. — Fl. June, July. Peren- 

 nial. 



12. £". Para7/<Z5- (Sea Spurge). — 

 A bushy, glaucous plant, often 

 tinged with red ; with many short, 

 erect, stout stems, leafless below ; 

 crowded, imbricate, leathery, 

 sessile, oblong, blunt leaves ; and 

 an umbel usually of 5 short, 

 forked rays. — Sandy sea-shores ; 

 not common. — Fl. July — October. 

 Perennial. 



13. E. portldndica (Portland 

 Spurge).— A less robust plant with 

 spreading, leathery, obovate, api- 

 culate leaves ; involucral glands 4, 

 with long cusps ; seeds brown, 



south coasts ; rare. — Fl. April — 



BUXUS SEMPERvfRENS 



{Common Box-tree). 



and 



pitted. — On the west 

 September. Perennial. 



14. E. Peplus (Petty Spurge). — A light green, glabrous, erect 

 species, less than a foot high, with broadly ovate, stalked leaves, 

 and repeatedly forked, 3-rayed umbel ; bracts ovate ; involucral 



