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ovary 3-9-celled ; small shrubs with evergreen, alter- 

 nate leaves and inconspicuous flowers. 



1055. Empetrum nigrum, 72 ; F. W. F. VIH. 105 ; 

 April 25 ; Shetland southwards to Devon and Somerset 

 (not Sussex), Ireland. p. 31 



Order 74. Euphorbiaceae. Dioecious ; stamens 1 or many ; 

 perianth 3-4-partite or ; fruit separating into 

 carpels elastically ; herbs with entire leaves, often 

 milky juice, and small flowers sometimes enclosed in 

 a calyx-like involucre. 



1056. Euphorbia Peplis, 9 ; July 11 ; S. Wales and 

 Cornwall to Hants, very rare, Ireland (Waterford), Channel 

 Islands. p. 132 



1057. Euphorbia Hdioscopia, 118 ; June 12 ; Great 

 Britain, Ireland, Channel Islands. p. 77 



1058. Euphorbia platyphyllos, 28 ; July 4 ; rare, York 

 and Gloucester southwards. p. 132 



1059. Euphorbia hiberna, 1 ; May 18 ; N. Devon, 

 S. and W. Ireland rare. p. 51 



1060. Euphorbia pilosa, 2 ; May 19 ; near Bath, an 

 alien. p. 52 



1061. Euphorbia coralloides, ; May 12 ; introduced, 

 Slinfold (Sussex). p. 52 



1062. Euphorbia amygdaloides, 51 ; F. W. F . vi. 89 ; 

 March 28 ; local Northumberland southwards, Bandon 

 and Donegal (Ireland), Channel Islands. p. 20 



1063. Euphorbia Esula, ; July 16 ; naturalised 

 in Forfar, Edinburgh, and Alnwick ; native in 

 Jersey. p. 143 



1064. Euphorbia Cyparissias, ; June 16 ; Cumber- 

 land southwards. p. 91 



1065. Euphorbia Paralias, 30 ; Aug. 5 ; Cumberland 

 and Suffolk southwards, Ireland local, Channel Is- 

 lands, p. 163 



1066. Euphorbia portlandica, 19 ; May 17 ; W. coast 

 from Wigton southwards to Hants rare, Ireland , Channel 

 Islands; i 51 



