346 MONCECIA MONANDRIA. [CL. XXI. 



Stemfarked. 



1. E.Ptplts. Purple Spurge. Leaves oblong, heart-shaped; invo- 

 lucres solitary, axillar; stems procumbent; capsule smooth. Stems 



about six inches long, glaucous, tinged with purple : leaves opposite, on 

 short stalks : flowers solitary, small, from the forks of the stem : nectaries 

 four, rounded. Annual: flowers from June to September : grows on the 

 sandy coasts of Devonshire and Cornwall. Channel Islands. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxviii. pi. 2002. Eng. Fl. vol.iv. p. 59. 1267. 



** Umbel of three rays. 



2. E. Pfylus. Petty Spurge. Umbel three-rayed, forked ; bracteas 

 egg-shaped ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, stalked : nectaries crescent- 

 shaped. Six or eight inches high, pale-green : umbel large. Annual: 



flowers in July and August : grows in loose soil, in corn-fields, gar- 

 dens, &c. : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xiv. pi. 959. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. 

 p. 60. 1268. 



3. E. eiigua. Dwarf Spurge. Umbel three-rayed, forked ; bracteas 

 lance-shaped; leaves between linear and lance-shaped ; nectaries horned. 



From three to six inches high: flowers small. Annual : flowers in 



July : grows in corn-fields and loose soil : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xix. 

 pi. 1336. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 61. 1269. 



*** Umbel of four rays. 



4. E. Ldthyris. Caper Spurge. Umbel four-rayed, forked ; leaves in 



four rows, opposite, sessile, entire, heart-shaped at the base. Stem 



two or three feet high, smooth, purplish : bracteas heart-shaped. Bien- 

 nial : flowers in June and July : grows in thickets, but is not indigenous. 

 Thickets about Ufton, near Reading, Berks: Steep Holmes in the Severn. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. pi. 2255. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 61. 1270. 



**** Umbel of five rays. 



5. E. heliosc6pia. Sun Spurge. Wart-wort. Umbel of five forked rays ; 

 bracteas and leaves inversely heart-shaped, serrate ; nectaries four, un- 

 divided ; capsule smooth. From six inches to a foot high. Annual : 



flowers from June to October : grows in corn-fields and gardens : com- 

 mon. Like others of the genus, this species abounds with an acrid milky 

 juice, which is used for destroying warts. Eng. Bot. vol. xiii. pi. 883. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 63. 1271. 



6. E. Portldndica. Portland Spurge. Umbel five-rayed, forked ; 

 bracteas somewhat heart-shaped, concave ; leaves oblong, pointed, 

 smooth ; nectaries four, undivided ; capsules rough at the corner. 

 Stems about a foot high, ascending : rays of the umbel repeatedly forked. 

 Perennial : flowers in August : grows on the sea-coast in the south of 

 England : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 441. Eng. Fl. vol. iv. p. 62. 



1272. 



7. E.pardlia. Sea Spurge. Umbel about five-rayed, branched; 

 bracteas broadly heart-shaped ; leaves oblong, imbricated upwards ; nec- 

 taries five ; capsule nearly smooth. Stem about a foot high, with 



very numerous leaves. Perennial : flowers in August and September : 

 grows in sand on the sea-shore : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 195. 

 Eng.FL vol.iv. p. 63. 1273. 



8. E. platyphylla. Broad-leaved Warty Spurge. Umbel of about five 

 forked rays ; leaves lance-shaped, finely serrate ; nectaries four, rounded. 



