718 ETJPHOHBIACEiB. (SPURGE rAMILY.) 



36 E. l^erraCina, 37 tinctoria, 38 Paralias. 



^ ^ Floral leaves connate. " 1 



39 E. macrostegia. 



1 1 1 Learns sjnrally arranged, imlricaied. Glands pectinate o?* 2-7ior?ied. 

 Bracteoles letwcen jioicers obsolete. Inflorescence unibelled. 



40 E. denticulata, 41 biglandulosa. 



1. E. Pepli§, L. © .2 to .5, glabrous, fleshy, glaucescent, 

 branching from neck; branches alternate-branched. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, unequal at base, with one, obtuse auricle, oUong-Tliomhic, .01 to 

 .015 long, lase sometimes repand-dentate, otherwise entire; stipules 2-3- 

 cleft i7ito sidjulate lodes. Involucres solitary in axils and at forks, 

 jDedicelled, campanulate, hirsute at throat, lobes triangular, ciliate; 

 glands transversely oblong, concave, with a narrower, entire or lobuled 

 appendix ; capsule ,003 broad, with rounded carpels — June to October 



— Sands ; coast ; Moab. 



2. E. granulata, Forsk. © Libbein. .2 to .4, velvety, grey, 

 branching from neck ; branches brittle. Leaves entire, unequal at base, 

 obovate to elliptical, .002 to .005 long; stipules minute, lanceolate, \ 

 ciliate. Involucres minute, axillary, subsessile, forming short, leafy 

 racemes, turbinate, velvety, hirtulous at throat, lobes ovate, fringed; 

 appendage as broad as glands or narrower ; capsule appressed hirsute, 

 with rounded carpels — Spring — Wadi 'Aqabah. 



3. E. Cliamaesyce, L. © .2 to .4, more or less hirsute to 

 canescent, branching from neck ; branches filiform. Leaves ovate to 

 mlorUcular, .002 to .008 long, unequal at base, obtusely crenulate; 

 stipules setaceous, often with a snmll tooth at base. Involucres solitary ih 

 the forks and upper axils, turbinate, .0015 long, glabrous or hirsute, 

 ciliate at throat, lobes ovate-triangular, fringed; glands transverse, 

 wax-colored, somewhat concave, appendix as broad or narrower, more 

 or less trilobed; capsule glabrous or hirsute, .0015 long, carpels keeled 



— Summer — Fields and waste places ; common. 



4. E. iEgypliaca, Boiss. © Libbein. Rijlet-Iblis. .4 to .6, 

 crisp-hirtulous, branching from neck; branches stoutish. Leaves' o5- 

 long-elUj^tical, .01 to .02 long, oblique and sometimes somewhat cordate 

 at base, remotely serrulate-crenate, the teeth muticous or mucronate ; 

 stipules lanceolate, fringed. Involucres solitary in axils, .0015 long, 

 forming short, leafy racemes, turbinate, hirsute, glabrous within, lobes 

 ovate, fringed ; glands red, transversely ovate, concave, with narrow or 

 obsolete appendage ; capsule appressed-hirsute, .002 long, carpels keeled 



— January — Ghor-es-Safieh. 



5. E. Postii, Boiss. © .4; young twigs and branches hirsute, 

 older parts glaucous ; branches 2-3-chotomous. Leaves mostly opposite, 

 short-petioled, ovate to ovate-oblong, .02 to .03 long, denticulate; 

 stipules subulate, minute, two on each side. Pedicels short, involucres 

 hemispherical, glabrous, lobes fringed; gJands long-stipitate, trans- 

 versely oblong, 5-7-palmatifld beyond the middle ; ovary glabrous — June 

 and July. Between Hamath and Maharadee. Plant with aspect of E. 

 lanata, Sieb., but glabrescent. 



