100 ENGLISH i5(rrANV. 



glubrous, with the stems and braiiclies sometimes spuriiigly pilose; 

 leaves thin, slightly glaucous. 



A weed in cultivated ground and in waste places. Very common, 

 and universally distributed. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Annual. Late Summer, Autumn. 



Stem 6 inches to 2 feet high or more, rather stout and succulent, often 

 giving off a pair of opposite secondary stems (or sometimes more) close 

 to the ground. Leaves few, distant, spreading, increasing in size the 

 liigher they are placed on the stem, the 5 at the base of the umbel-rays 

 largest, and f to 2 inches long. Umbel -i-ays usually not more than 

 twice as long as the leaves at their base, but in large specimens 3 or 4 

 times as long. Capsule I inch long. Seeds dull brown, honeycombed. 

 Plant liirlit irreen, sliiihtlv iilaucous; the bracts on the nmbel-ravs more 

 or less tinged with yellow. Involucral glands bright yellow. 



Sim Spurge. 



Frcncli, Euphorhc reociUe-matin. German, Sonnemcendujc Wulfsmilch. 



SPECIES HI-EUPHORBIA PL AT YPH YLL A.* Linn. 



Plate MCCLV. 



Uckli. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Hclv. Vol. V. Tab. CXXXIII. Fig. 4758. 



nUlut, Fl. Gall, et Germ. Exsicc. No. 34G5. 



E. stricta, 8in. Engl. Bot. No. 333 (non Linn.). 



Annual. Stems solitary or rarely 3 from the crown of the root, 

 simple or with a few short flowering branches below the umbel. Leaves 

 scattered, the lowest ones abruptly narrowed immediately below the 

 cordate base, but not distinctly stalked, obovate-oblanceolate, obtuse ; 

 the upper ones sessile and scmi-amplexicaul, oblong, acute ; all finely 

 serrulate in the apical half. Umbel-rays 5, or in starved specimens 3 or 

 4, 3-furcate or 2- or 4- or 5-furcate, with the branches once or twice 

 2-furcate. Bracts f roundish-deltoid, truncate at the base, apiculate, 

 not connate. Involucral glands rounded, entire. Capsule subglobular, 

 trigonous; the cocca rounded on the back, sparingly clothed with small 

 hemispherical tubercles. Seeds ovate-subglobular, smooth, shining, 

 olive-brown, with a small rcniforra caruncule. Plant glabrous or 

 sparingly pilose ; leaves thin, slightly glaucous. 



A weed in cidtivated ground and in waste places. Rather rare, and 

 almost confined to the south of England, reaching north to Cambridge, 



* Sometimes written platypliyllos. 



t Unless otherwise specified, the sliape of the uppermost bracts only is intended in 

 the description. 



