346 MONCECIA MONANDKIA. [CL. XXI. 



* Stem forked. 



1. E. Peplis. Purple Spurge. Leaves oblong, heart-shaped ; in- 

 volucres 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 Corn- 

 wall. Channel Islands. Eng. Bot. vol. xxviii.pl. 2002. Eng. Fl. vol. 

 iv.p.59. 1267. 



** Umbel of three rays. 



Z.E.Peplus. Petty Spurge. Umbel three-rayed, forked ; bracteas 

 egg-shaped ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, stalked ; nectaries cres- 

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



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

 fields, gardens, &c. : common. Eng. Bot.vol. xiv. pi. 959. Eng.Fl, 

 vol. iv. p. 60. 1268. 



3. E. exigua. Dwarf Spurge. Umbel three-rayed, forked ; brae- 

 teas lance-shaped; leaves between linear and lance-shaped ; nec- 

 taries horned. From three to six inches high : flowers small. 



Annual : flowers in July : grows in corn-fields and loose soil : fre- 

 quent. 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. Biennial : 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.\o].iv. p. 61. 1270. 



**** Umbel of five rays. 



5. E. helioscopia. Sun Spurge. Wart-wort. Umbel of five forked 

 rays ; bracteas and leaves inversely heart-shaped, serrate ; nectaries 



four, undivided ; capsule smooth. From six inches to a foot high. 



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

 gardens : common. 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 repeat- 

 edly 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. 



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

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



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



with very numerous leaves. Perennial : flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember : 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, 



