134 CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF PORTLAND. 



over area of a quarter of a mile ; now mostly destroyed. 



West Cliff. Black Nore to Lighthouses ; Sir W. Medly- 



cott\ 

 Euphorbia amygdaloides, L. Wood Spurge. Native. II. 



Freq. West Weare. Slopes beneath Rectory House. 



East Weare throughout. 



Obs. Dr. Boswell-Syme remarks (8 Eng. Bot. Ed. 3, 

 106), " A form of this species grows on stony slopes 

 in the Island of Portland. The whole plant is not 

 above 9 inches to 1 foot high ; the barren shoots 

 about 6 inches ; the leaves of the rosettes densely 

 pilose on the under sides and at the margins with 

 white hairs. On the flowering stem the large leaves 

 of the rosette soon decay, and the part above it is 

 very densely clothed with fulvous hairs ; the 

 branches below the umbel are few in number or 

 absent, so that the paniculate form of inflorescence 

 is not developed." 

 E. Paralias, L. Sea Spurge. Native. Local. I. Abundant, 



but less common towards Chesil. "It is one of the first 



plants that occur on passing over to Chesil Bank, and has 



been frequently represented by inaccurate people as the 



Portland Spurge ; " Pulteney. 

 E. portlandica, L. Portland Spurge. Native. First record 



Revd. Mr. Stonestreet. Introduced into Eng. Flo. by 



Dillenius, in Ray's Synopsis, Ed. 3 ; (a) (Pulteney). I. 



Freq. between Highroad and Chesil Bank, abundant on 



latter a little South of Smallmouth. II. Com. West 



Weare. East Weare. On field rubbish. 



Obs. Measurements made of East Weare plants, 1911 : 

 height from 2in. to 14in., 12in. fairly freq., average 

 height Gin. ; F. 

 Mercurialis perennis, L. Perennial Dog's Mercury. Native. 



II. Freq. East and West Weares, etc. 



(a) Published 1724; (W. H. Clarke's "First Records", 126). 



