724 EUPHORBIACE^. (SPURGE FAMILY.) 



Leaves fleshy, sliort-petioled, cuneate-obovate, .006 to .01 long, obtuse, 

 muticous. Rays of umbel 3-5, several times forked ; floral leaves or- 

 Hcular ; horns about as long as breadth of glands, divergent ; capsule • 

 ovate-oblong^ a little larger than a hemp-seed, slightly grooved - May and 

 June — Sands ; Sinai. 



34. E. Cliesiieyi, CI. at G'cke. If .2 to .o, glabrous, glauces- 

 cent, shrubby at base; stems erect or ascending, simple. Leaves 

 sessile, entire, ollong -elliptical to elUiJtical or elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse 

 or acute. Rays of umbel 4-5, short-bifid; floral leaves round-ovate, 

 mucronulate; glands transversely ovate, horns short; capsule ovate- 

 oblong, .004 long, grooved, carpels rounded — May and June — 

 Alpine Antilebanon; jintilebanon plateau to Palmyrene Desert, and 

 northward, and eastward. Seems to be the same as E. petropjhila, 

 C.A.M. 



35. E. caucliciilosa, r>oiss. 11 .02 to .03, glabrous, pale green; 

 stems brittle, with a long, white, subterranean piortioii descending to the 

 thicTc, mrtical root-stocl, the exserted part of the stem densely leafy. 

 Leaves somewhat fleshy, entire, obovate-cuneate to oUong-spathulate, .004 

 to .008 long, the lowest petioled, the upper sessile. Umbel capitate, 

 short-3-rayed, 3-1-headed; floral leaves obovate-rhombic ; horns as long 

 as breadth of transversely ovate glands; capsule oblong-ovate, .003 

 long, deeply grooved, carpels keeled — June and July — Gravel; 

 highest Alpine summits of Lebanon and Hermon. 



36. E. Terraciiia, L. If .5 to 1, glabrous; branches from base, 

 erect or ascending. Leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, or oblong- 

 linear, .01 to .04 long, mucronulate, serrulate above middle, sometimes 

 truncate-retuse. Rays of umbel 3-5, several times forked; umbellar 

 leaves ovate-elliptical: floral half-round or ovate-triangular; horns 

 longer than breadth of gland; capsule broader than long, .004 broad, - 

 3-lobed, carpels keeled — Spring and summer — Fields; common; 

 coast to 1000 m. 



Var. prostrata, Boiss. Stems prostrate ; leaves small — Sinai. 



37. E. liuctoria, Boiss. et Huet. If .3 to .5, yellowish, pruinose, 

 many-stemmed; root-stock bearing creeping suckers; stems 'thick, 

 white, striate-grooved, leafy, more or less branched below umbel. 

 Leaves leathery, entire, tapering at base, oblanceolate to lanceolate, .03 

 to .06 long, acute, mucronate, with prominent nerves at lower surface. 

 Branches and rays 7-20, 1-2-bifid;, umbellar leaves omte-oblong to ovate, 

 acute; floral rhomboid-deltoid toreniform, mucronate; horns shorter than 

 breadth of glands; capsule ovate, glabrous or tomentellous, .007 long, 

 obsoletely-grooved -^ Ai^n\ to x\ugust — Dry gravel; subalpiue and alpine 

 Lebanon, Antilebanon, and interior tablelands. 



38. E. Paralias, L. 2f .3 to .5, glabrous, glaucous, many- 

 stemmed from a branching root ; stems erect, stiff, densely beset with 

 imbricated leaves. Leaves leathery, entire, eUipfical-obtuse to oblong-acute, 

 .01 to .02 long, .003 to .006 broad; umbellar leaves cordate-ovate. Rays 

 of umbel 3-5, thick, short, twice to thrice bifid ; floral leaves c(?r(^(«^<3- 

 reniforra, mucronulate; horns short, spreading; capsule broader than 

 long, .006 broad, 3-lobed, carpels rounded — Summer — Sands; coast. 



39. E. macro§tcgia, Boiss. 5 -6 to .8, shrubby at base; stems 

 reddish, at length naked below, branching; branches below umbel, and 



