EUPHORBIA.] EUPHORBIACEJE. 357 



Fields and waste places, N. to Shetland; ascends to 1,000 ft. in the High- 

 lands; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. June-Oct. Subglaucous. Stem 6-1S 

 in., simple or 3-fid below. Leaves 1-2 in., subpetioled, sometimes cuneate, 

 tip rounded, membranous, lower smaller. Inwlucral glands orbicular, 

 yellow. Capsule in. Seeds brown. DISTRIB. From Belgium southd., 

 N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, India ; introd. in N. America. 



2. E. platyphyl'los, L. ; annual, glabrous or hairy, leaves linear- 

 oblong or obovate-lanceolate acute serrulate above the middle, bracts 

 cordate, capsule warted, seeds smooth. 



Fields and waste places, rare, from York and Gloster southd. ; fl. July-Oct. 

 Stem -3 ft., usually simple, stout, erect ; branches numerous, alternate, 

 slender, ascending. Leaves |-1J in., sessile, spreading or reflexed. Bracts 

 short, broad, apiculate. Involucral glands suborbicular. DISTRIB. From 

 Belgium southd., N. Africa, W. Asia. ; introd. in N. America. 



B. PLATYPHYL'LOS proper ; bracts -| in., capsule in. long, warts hemispheri- 

 cal, seeds olive-brown. E. stric'ta, Sm., not L. 



Sub-sp. E. STRIC'TA, L. ; bracts J;-J in., capsule T ^ in., warts conical, seeds 

 oblong smaller red-brown. Woods on limestone in Gloster and Monmouth. 



3. E. hiber'na, L. ; perennial, pubescent, leaves elliptic- or lanceolate- 

 oblong quite entire, tipper cordate, bracts ovate-cordate, capsule furrowed 

 and warted, seeds smooth. 



Copses and hedges, N. Devon ; S. and W. Ireland, rare ; fl. May-June. Root- 

 stock stout. Stems 1-2 ft., several, subsimple, leafy. Leaves 2-4 in., 1-1| 

 in. broad, sessile, obtuse or notched at the tip, thin. Bracts broad, upper 

 rounded at the base. Involucral glands reniform. Capsule ^ in., subglobose, 

 valves not keeled, warts cylindric. Seeds broad, pale brown. DISTRIB. 

 W. France, N. Spain. Used in Ireland to poison fish. 



4. E. pile's a, L. ; perennial, hairy, leaves oblong-lanceolate tips serru- 

 late, bracts elliptic obtuse, capsule glabrous or hairy smooth or minutely 

 warted, seeds smooth. E. palus'tris, Forst., not L. 



Near Bath, in shaded places ; (alien or denizen, Wats.) ; fl. May-June. Root- 

 stock stout. Stems tall, leafy, branched above. Leaves 3-4 in., membranous. 

 Bracts yellow. Rays of umbel 4-6, 3-fid, then 2-fid. Involucre glabrous or 

 hairy, glands transversely oblong. Seeds obovoid. DISTRIB. Mid. and S. 

 Europe to W. Siberia and the Caucasus. 



** Leaves alternate. Umbels 3- or many-rayed. Glands of involucre 

 reniform or lunate with cuspidate tips. 



t Bracts connate at the base. 



5. E. amygdaloi'des, L. ; perennial, hairy, leaves obovate-lanceolate 

 quite entire, capsules glabrous minutely dotted, seeds smooth grey. 



Woods, copses, &c., from Northumbd. southd., local ; Bandon and Donegal in 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. March-May. Rootstock woody. Stems 6-12 

 in., erect, very stout, leafy, barren the first year, elongating the following 

 to 2 ft., then throwing out slender branches. Leaves 2-3 in., obtuse or 

 acute, lower petioled, upper sessile often oblong. Rays 5-10; bracts 



