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Euphorbia Cyparissias L. (classical name for some species of 



spurge). 

 Cypress Spurge. Spurge. 



Occasional. Roadsides and fields as an escape from culti- 

 vation, usually near dwellings or old cemeteries. June. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



The plant yields a yellow dye. 



Euphorbia Peplus L. (classical name for this species). 

 Petty Spurge. 



Rare. New London, well established in one yard for at 

 least twelve years (Graves). June — Oct. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Euphorbia Lathyrus L. (classical name for some spurge). 

 Caper or Myrtle Spurge. Mole Plant. 



Rare. Waste ground : well established in Trumbull and 

 Bridgeport (Eames). July — Aug. Adventive from Europe. 



CALLITRICHACEAE. 

 WATER STARWORT FAMILY. 



CALLITRICHE L. Water Starwort. 



Callitriche deflexa A. Br. (bent downward), var. Austini (En- 

 gelm.) Hegelm. 

 Callitriche Austini Engelm. 



Moist shaded ground, usually in cart paths and little used 

 roads. Local or occasional except near the coast eastward, 

 where it is not reported. June — Aug. 



Callitriche palustris L. (of marshes). 

 Callitriche verna L. in part. 



Pools and slow running streams. Guilford (G. H. Bart- 

 lett), Windsor (Bissell), and occasional or frequent westward. 

 June — Sept. 



Callitriche heterophylla Pursh (various-leaved). 



Ponds and slow running streams: Woodstock (Weath- 

 erby & Harger), East Hartford (A. W. Driggs), Southington 

 (Andrews, Bissell), and occasional or frequent in the vicinity 

 of the coast. June — Sept. 



