IRRITANT POISONS 47 



EUPHORBIA PEPLIS (British). 80. 



PURPLE SPURGE — HYSSOP SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Stem procumbent, forked. — Leaves oblong, 

 semi-cordate at the base. — Plant glaucous. — Sandy shores. 

 2-6 ins. ; annual ; July ; reddish. Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle— EUTKOnBm. 



I know a flower, it has purple leaves, and a star in its heart, and its juice is 

 as white as milk. — Wilde: " The Fisherman and his Soul.'' 



EUPHORBIA PILOSA (British). 81. 



DOWNY SPURGE — HAIRY SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves ovate-lanceolate, hairy beneath. — 

 Bracts elliptical. — Umbel 5-cleft. — Capsules hairy. — Woods 

 near Bath (naturalized ?); 2 ft.; perennial; June; yellowish- 

 green; glands yellow. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EU^HORBm. 



Alas / the bitter banks in WiUowwood 

 With tear-spurge wan. 



RossETTi: " Willowwood.'" 



EUPHORBIA HELIOSCOPIA (British). 82. 



SUN SPURGE — cat's MILK — CHURN STAFF — IRBY DALE GRASS. 

 LITTLE GOOD — LITTLE GOODY — WART GRASS — WART WORT. 



Euphorbiacece. — Umbel 5-cleft. — Leaves bright green, obo- 

 vate, somewhat cuneate, serrated towards the end. — Capsules 

 smooth. — A common weed; 6-10 ins; annual; July and 

 August; yellowish green. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EUTKOBBTN, 



And in his hand a wreath of hdiochrise 

 He brought. 



Baenes: " Madrigals.''* 



