718 KUPHORBIACEiE. (SPDRGE FAMILY.) 



36 E. 'Terracina, 37 tinctoria, 38 Paralias. 



!F T Floral leaves connate. 



39 E. macrostegia. 



1 1 1 Leaus spirally arranged^ imhricated. Glands x^ecUnate or 2-7iorned. 

 Bracteoles leticcen jlotoers obsolete. Inflorescence umbelled. 



40 E. deuticulata, 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, ollong-rhomUc, ^01 to 

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

 cleft into subulate lobes. Involucres solitary in axils and at forks, 

 pedicelled, 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 — "VVadi 'Aqabah. 



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

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

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

 stipules setaceous, often icitli a small tooth at base. Involucres solitary in 

 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. iEgyptiaca, Boiss. Libbein. Mijlet-Iblis. .4 to .6, 

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

 long-ellix>tical, .01 to .02 long, oblique and sometimes somewhat cordate 

 at base, remotely scrrulate-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 j7k?ico>ws; 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 friuged; glands long-stipitate, trans- 

 versely oblong, Q-l-pahnatiJid beyond the middle; ovary glabrous — June 

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

 lanata, Sieb., but glabrescent. 



