IRRITANT POISONS 51 



EUPHORBIA LATHYRIS {British). 89. 



CAPER SPURGE — CAPER BUSH — MOLE PLANT — MYRTLE SPURGE 

 — EUPHORBIA OIL PLANT — WILD CAPER. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, cordate at the 

 base, glaucous.— Bracts cordate.— Umbel 4-cleft.— Capsules 

 smooth.— Thickets; 1-2 ft.; biennial; July; greenish.— Stem 

 contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principles. —EVVKOIiBlN, OIL OF EUPHORBIA. 



The single little turret that remains 



On the plains 



By the caper overrooted. 



Browning: " Love among the Ruins." 



EUPHORBIA AMYGDALOIDES {British). 90. 



WOOD SPURGE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Leaves broadly lanceolate, tapering at the 

 base, hairy beneath. — Bracts perfoliate. — Umbel 5 to 6-cleft, 

 with scattered peduncles below. — Capsules dotted. — Woods; 

 common; 2-4 ft; perennial; April- June; yellowish; glands 

 yellow. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic Principle. — EUPHORBIN, also contained in E. myrti- 

 folia, E. cyparissias. 



Out of the sun 



The wood-spurge flowered, 



Three cups in one. 



RossETTi: " The Wood-Spurge."" 



HIPPOMANE MANCHINELLA {Central America, West 

 Indies). 91. 



MANCHINEAL TREE. 



Euphorbiacece. — Terrestrial; tree; 50 ft. — (The only species 

 of this genus). — Fruit capsular; of 3 one-seeded cells; fleshy, 

 sweet smelling, yellowish-green. — Flowers small, incon- 

 spicuous, of separate sexes; May. — Leaves stalked, alternate, 



