EUPHOBBIACE^. (sPURGE FAMILY.) 7 



6. E, laiiata, Sieb. © .3 to .4, ajypressed-villous, caiiescent, 

 forked from base, erect. Leaves petioled, ovate to oblong-ovate, .01 

 to .03 loDg, spinulose-denticulate. Involucres at forks and terminal, 

 short-peduncled, hemispherical - campanulate, bearded without and 

 within, lobes triangular - ovate, fringed ; glands transversely-oblong, 

 hirsute at lower surface, pectinate-cleft into 2-8, setaceous lobes ; cap- 

 sule ovate, fleecy, .005 long, carpels keeled — June to September — 

 Fields, vineyards and orchards; interior plains ; Galilee. 



7. E. coriiiita, Pers. MeTbeiii. Libbein. Nu'mdniyeh. 

 As'ad. LibMneli. .25 to .4, sometimes perennant, glcibroiis, glaucescent. 

 Leaves somewhat fleshy, sessile, linear to ovate-oblong, .02 to .03 long, 

 acute or retuse, more or less acutely serrate. Rays of umbel 2-3, 

 several times forked ; floral leaves dilated and cordate at lase, caudate- 

 acuminate, 2^<^ciinate-se7'rate, iisually recurred at ti'p / involucre campanu- 

 late, with triangular, fringed lobes; glands somewhat concave, 

 transversely ovate, with 2-4, short horns at edge, or palmately 6-10-cleft; 

 capsule .006 long, carpels rounded — Spring — Et-Tih and Sinai to 

 Egyptian Desert. 



§. E. altis§iiiia, Boiss. If 1 to 3, hirsute to white-fleecy, rarely glab- 

 rescent; stems from a thick root-stock, leafy, ending in a panicle. 3 to .6 

 long, with a 6-7-rayed umbel at top. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate to 

 oUong-lanceolate, .1 long, .008 to .015 broad, with a white nerve at lower 

 surface, minutely serrulate, especially toward tip, the floral ovate, 

 .01 to .02 long, mucronate. Involucre campanulate, hairy, lobes ovate- 

 oblong; glands ovate; capsule globular, .004 to .005 long, hairy and 

 minutely tubercled, carpels rounded — Summer — By water; Coele- 

 Syria, Antilebanon, Aintab, Marash, and northward. 



9. E. arguta, Soland. .3 to .4, soft - hispidulous, glaucescent; 

 stem simple or branching from base, branches ending in a simple umbel, 

 or a panicle. Leaves acutely and deeply serrate, oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, .02 to .04 long, the lowest somewhat spathulate, obtuse, 

 the others obtuse or acute. Rays of umbel 3-5, 1 to 5 times forked ; 

 floral leaves .005 to .008 long, rhomlic-ovate ; involucre turbinate, 

 glabrous without, hairy under glands within, lobes short-ovate, fringed- 

 dentate; capsule .003 long, mhiutely tubercled, carpels rounded — 

 April to July — Fields ; coast, and lower mountains, and interior plains . 



10. E. eriopliora, Boiss. .15 to .35, soft-hispid, grey ; stem 

 erect, branching chiefly above, umbelled or short-panicled at top. 

 Leaves sessile, narrowed at base, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, .02 to 

 .04 long, acute, entire or minutely denticulate, the floral ovate- 

 oblong to ovate, .03 to. 01 long, acuminate or mucronate, serrulate. Rays 

 of umbel 3, twice or thrice forked ; involucre turbinate, glabrous with- 

 out, hairy within, lobes ovate, truncate, f ringed-torn ; glands stipitate, 

 reniform, the upper margin curved; capsule depressed globular, .000 

 broad, hairy, carpels rounded — May and June — Waste fields ; Aintab, 

 and northward, and eastward. 



11« E. Oaillardoti, Boiss. et Bl. Umm-Milhdbarah..'6 to .G, 

 glabrous, green-glaucescent, branching from base or above, ending in an 

 umbel or cymose panicle. Leaves nearly sessile, tapering at base, ol- 

 lanceolate, more or less serrulate or nearly entire, at length deflexed and 



