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2. E. exigua, umbel 3-branched, forked ; bracteas lanceolate ; 

 leaves linear ; nectaries horned ; seeds wrinkled. Dwarf Spurge. 



Hab. Gravelly or sandy places, rare. Road-side at the 

 Inn below Mountholy, plentiful. Aug. 



3. E. helioscopia, umbel of 5 three-cleft, then forked branches ; 

 bracteas and leaves obovate, serrated ; nectaries 4, undivided ; 

 capsule smooth. Sun Spurge. 



Hab. Cultivated grounds. July, Aug. 



The Euphorbiae are full of a milky juice, which is commonly 

 used to remove warts. It is very acrid, and there is on re- 

 cord the case of a boy, who was poisoned by eating some 

 of the fresh herb. 



2G4. ZANNICHELLIA. 



1. Z. palustiiS) stem filiform, branched ; leaves linear, entire, 

 grass-like ; flowers axillary, in pairs; anther of 4 cells ; stigmas 

 entire ; capsules tubercular at the outer edge. Horned-pond- 

 weed. 



Hab. Ditches at the mouth of the Whiteadder. Pond at 

 Scremmerston lime-kilns. Ditches near Windmill-hill. 

 Aug. Q 



II. TRIANDRIA. 

 265. TYPHA. 



1. T. latifolia, leaves linear, somewhat convex beneath; cat- 

 kin continuous ; receptacle hairy. Great Reed-mace, or Cafs-tail. 

 Hab. Ponds and ditches, rare. Grange Burn (in the mill- 

 pond) ; North Fluve, near Goswick, plentiful, Thorn p. 

 Near Eddencraw, Berwickshire. July. 1J. 



The stems rise about 6 feet high, and are terminated by a 

 long cylindrical club, of a dark-brown colour, and velvety 

 feel ;~and this semblance of a mace is, on some festival 

 occasions, in Italy put into the hand of statues of Christ, 

 being considered as the reed with which the soldiers 

 handed him the sponge of vinegar. 



