50 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 

 EUPHORBIA PARALIAS {British). 86. 



SEA SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves imbricated, glaucous ; lower obovate- 

 lanceolate; upper linear-lanceolate. — Umbel 5-cleft. — Cap- 

 sules wrinkled. — 1 ft.; perennial; August and September; 

 greenish; glands orange. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EVPRORBm, 



Like sea-marsh made thick with brine and mire. 



Swinburne: " A Ballad of Burdens.'*'' 



EUPHORBIA PEPLUS {British). 87. 



PETTY SPURGE — WART WEED. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves broadly obovate, tapering to a 

 petiole. — Umbel 3-cleft. — A common weed; 4 ins.-l ft.; 

 annual; June-November; greenish, glands yellow. — Stem 

 contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EUFKOBBm, 



Green-yellow bursts from the copse 

 The laughing yaffle. 



Meredith: " Love in the Valley.'^ 



EUPHORBIA EXIGUA {British). 88. 



DWARF SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves and bracts rather rigid; lanceolate; 

 acute. — Umbel 3-cleft. — Glands with 2 long horns. — Corn- 

 fields; 5-6 ins.; annual; July; greenish. — Stem contains a 

 milky juice. 



Toxic Principle.— EUFRORBm. 



Alas ! what rampant weeds now shame my fields. 



Cowper: " On the Death of Damon.''* 



