723 EUPHORBiACEa:. (spurge family.) 



nate ; involucre small, campanulate, lobes broad-ovate, obtuse ; capsule 

 ovate, .003 long, carpels rounded, glabrous; %QQds oblong-tetragonal, with 

 three transverse grooves at each face, and leprous- dotted — April — Suq- 

 Wadi-Barada, Jebel Qaisun (Damascus), Aleppo, and north-eastward. 



22. E. Alepi)ica, L. © .2 to .4, glabrous or pruinose-scabrous, 

 glaucous ; stem simple or branching from neck, I'ery densely leafy, at 

 length naked, and thicliy dotted tcith scars of leaves. Stem-leaves entire, 

 sessile, mucronate, .01 to .04 long, .001 to .005 broad, the loioest 

 setaceous, the upjjer linear, the unibellar linear-dblanceolate. Rays of umbel 

 3-5, thick, many times forked, at length elongated; floral leaves ovate- 

 rhombic, .01 to .02 long, aristate; involucre turbinate-campanulate, 

 hirsute at throat, lobes small, oblong, fringed ; glands semilunar, broader 

 than long; capsule oblate-spheroid, .002 broad, deeply grooved, 

 carpels keeled — June to October — Fields and vineyards ; common to 

 subalpine regions. 



23. E. parviila, Del. © .05 to .1, glabrous; stem simple or 

 branching below, Leaves entire, obovate-spathulate, .005 to .01 long, 

 obtuse or retuse, mucronulate, the umbellar oblong-spathulate. Rays 

 of umbel 2-3, several times bifid; ^oybXI^onq^ ol)long -lanceolate, acute; 

 involucre minute, turbinate, lobes oblong, ciliate ; glands rather con- 

 cave, transversely ovate, with 2, short or obsolete horns; capsule oblate- 

 spheroid, .0015 "broad, carpels rounded — Spring — Fields; southern 

 borders of Palestine, and southward to Egypt. 



24. E. exig'ua, L. © .05 to .25, glabrous, usually branching 

 from base, densely leafy. Leaves oUong-linear to linear, .005 to .015 

 long, the umbellar and floral someichat dilated or subcordate at base, ob- 

 long-lanceolate to triangulrir-lanceolaie, .01 to .02 long. Rays of umbel 

 3-5, several times forked; involucre turbinate, hirtulous at throat, lobes 

 ovate, dentate ; glands semilunar, broader than long, horns divergent, 

 longer than breadth of gland; capsule ovate, .0015 long, B-grooved, 

 carpels keeled — April and May — Fields along coast. 



25. E. falcata, L. .1 to .4, glabrous, glaucescent; stems simple 

 or branching from base, erect or ascending. Leaves entire, tcith 

 scabridulous margins, tapering at base, the lower cauline oblong-spathu- 

 late, .005 to .02 long, obtuse or retuse, the upper and umbellar oblong 

 to lanceolate, acute. Umbels 3-6-rayed, several times bifid ; floral leaves 

 ovate to elliptical-ovate, oblique, acuminate-mucronate ; involucre tur- 

 binate, lobes ovate, fringed; glands broader than long, with long horns; 

 capsule ovate, .002 long, carpels keeled — May to July — Fields; 

 common. 



Var. Oalilaea, Boiss. Floral leaves small; capsule .001 to .0015 

 long, longer stalked; seeds smaller, the grooves reduced to pits — 

 Common. 



Var. ecoriiuta, Boiss. Glands with small horns or — Aleppo. 



26. E. aiilaco§perma, Boiss. ® .1 to .2, glabrous; stems 

 simple or branching from base. Leaves obsoletely denticulate, obovate- 

 cuneate, .005 to .015 long, obtuse or retuse. Rays of umbel 3, several 

 times forked; floral leaves triangular-rhombic, oblique, broader than 

 long; horns of glands twice to thrice as long as breadth of gland; cap- 



