48 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 EUPHORBIA PLATYPHYLLA {British). 83. 



BKOAD-LEAVED WARTED SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves obovate-lanceolate. — Umbel usually 

 5-cleft. — Bracts cordate. — Capsules warted. — Fields; 1-2 ft.; 

 annual; June-October. — Glands yellow. — Stem contains a 

 milky juice. 



Toxic Principle— EVTHORBm, 



Wart on the finger^ s sure to linger ; 

 Wart on the thumb's soon gmie. 



Country Saying. 



EUPHORBIA HIBERNA (British). 84. 



IRISH SPURGE — MAKINBOY — MAKIN-BWEE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves and bracts elliptical; hairy beneath. 

 — Umbel 5-6 cleft. — Capsules warted. — Thickets; 1-2 ft.; 

 perennial; May and June; green; Glands purple. — Stem 

 contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EUFUORBm. 



Low down ivhere the thicket is thicker with thorns 

 Than with leaves in the summer. 



Swinburne: " Hesperia.''^ 



EUPHORBIA PORTLANDICA (British). 85. 



PORTLAND SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves very glaucous; obovate-lanceolate. 

 — Stems red. — Umbel 5-cleft. — Glands, of involucrum with 2 

 long horns. — Capsules rough at the angles. — Southern coast; 

 6 ins. -2 ft.; perennial; August-September; yellowish; Glands 

 deep orange. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EWKORBm, 



— Flowers that squander 



Gold as golden as the gold of hives. 



Swinburne: " In the Salt- Marshes'* 



