358 EUPHORBIACE^. [EUPHORBIA. 



connate into an orbicular limb f-1 in. diam., yellow. Involucres broad, 

 pedicels slender, cusps of glands converging. Capsule with rounded valves. 

 Seed subglobose, acute. DISTRIB. From Holland southd., W. Asia. 



ft Bracts free at the base. All glabrous. 



6. E. Pep'lus, L. ; annual, leaves orbicular-obovate quite entire, bracts 

 ovate, capsules small, valves keeled, seeds pitted whitish. 



Waste places, N. to Orkney ; ascends to 1,200 ft. in Derby ; Ireland ; Channel 

 Islands ; fl. July-Nov. Stems 6-10 in., simple or 3-chotomous below. Leaves 

 |-| in., thin, petiole short slender. Eays 3, repeatedly forked. Involucres 

 small ; cusps of glands slender, curved. Capsule-valves with 2 keels on the 

 back. Seeds 3-gonous, dorsally deeply pitted and keeled, ventrally 2-sulcate. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, N.W. India ; introd. in 

 N. America. 



7. E. exig'ua, L. ; annual, leaves linear-lanceolate quite entire obtuse 

 or acute, bracts cordate at the base, capsules rough on the back of the 

 valves, seeds pale deeply pitted. 



Fields, &c., from Banff and the Clyde southd. ; Scotland, rare ; Ireland, local ; 

 Channel Islands ; (a colonist, Wats.} ; fl. July-Oct. Yery variable. Usually 

 excessively branched from the base ; branches 6-15 in., erect and strict, or 

 prostrate and ascending. Leaves ^-1 in., broadest above or below the 

 middle, sometimes truncate and apiculate. Rays 3-5, often forked ; bracts 

 often toothed at the base. Involucres small, subsessile ; tips of glands 

 obtuse. Capsules small. Seeds obtusely 3-gonous, keeled, grey. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia, N.W. India. 



8. E. portland'ica, L. ; perennial, leaves coriaceous obovate or oblong- 

 obovate quite entire, bracts deltoid- or reniform-cordate, capsules slightly 

 rough on the back of the valves, seeds opaque brown pitted. 

 Sea-shore, from Wigton southd. to Hants, rare (absent on the E. coast) ; 



Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. May- Aug. Rootstock cylindric, woody, tor- 

 tuous. Stems 6-18 in., very many, tufted, erect or ascending, naked and 

 scarred below, branched, leafy above. Leaves |- in., spreading, acute 

 or apiculate. Rays 3-5 ; bracts f- in. diam., broader than long, often 

 keeled and cuspidate. Capsule-valves faintly keeled, granulate. Seeds 

 with shallow pits, 'cuticle brown, caruncle large. DISTRIB. W. France, 

 Spain, Portugal. 



9. E. Par alias, L. ; perennial, leaves imbricate coriaceous quite entire, 

 lower linear- obovate or -oblong, upper ovate, bracts broadly cordate, cap- 

 sules leathery wrinkled, seeds minutely dotted whitish. 



Sandy shores, from Cumberland and Suffolk southd. ; local in Ireland ; Chan- 

 nel Islands; fl. July-Oct. Bushy, glaucous, often reddish. Rootstock woody. 

 Stems 6-18 in., many, stout, erect or ascending, naked and tubercled below. 

 Leaves -1 in., very thick, sessile, obtuse, concave, nerveless. Rays 5-8, 

 short, stout, forked once or twice ; bracts variable, ^-f in. diam., sometimes 

 broader than long. Involucres sessile or pedicelled, cusps of glands short. 

 Capsules deeply lobed, valves very rugose, with a dorsal furrow. Seeds 

 ovoid, caruncle minute. DISTRIB. From Belgium southd. and eastd. 



