723 EtJPnORBIACE^. (SPURGE FAMILY.) 



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

 ovate, .003 long, carpels rounded, glabrous; seG^s oblong-tetragonal, with 

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

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



22. E. Aleppica, L. .2 to .4, glabrous or pruinose-scabrous, 

 glaucous ; stem simple or branching from neck, very densely leafy, at 

 leno-th naked, and thicUy dotted icith scars of leaves. Stem-leaves entire, 

 sesSle mucronate, .01 to .04 long, .001 to .005 broad, the loicest 

 setaceous, the upper linear, the iLmlellar linear-ollanceolate. Rays of umbel 

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

 rhombic, .01 to .03 long, aristate; involucre turbinate-campanulate, 

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

 than long; capsule oblate-spheroid, .003 broad, deeply grooved, 

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

 subalpine regions. 



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

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

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

 of umbel 2-3, several times bifid; ^oidiWQdiWQS, oUong-lanceolate, acute; 

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

 cave, transversely ovate, with 3, short or obsolete horns; capsule oblate- 

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

 borders of Palestine, and southward to Egypt. 



24. E. exigua, L. © .05 to .25, glabrous, usually branching 

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

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

 long-lanceolate to triangular -lanceolate, .01 to .03 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, 3-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, with 

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

 late, .005 to .03 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, .003 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. ecorimta, Boiss. Glands with small horns or — Aleppo. 



26. E. aulacoiperma, Boiss. .1 to .3, 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 triangidar-rhomUc, oblique, broader than 

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



