370 72. EtJPHOHBlACE^, 



ttt Seeds rough, tubercled or pitted. L. alternate, scattered. 



11. E. portland' ica (L.); umbels of 5 forked rays, bracts 

 broadly rliomboidal acuminate, L obovate or obovate- lanceolate 

 blunt subapuulate, inv.-lobes 4 lunate with long horns, caps, 

 rough at the angles, seeds pitted and netted almost white. 

 E. B* 441. Glaucous, smooth. Scarcely a foot high. L. spread- 

 ing. Seed-stalk conical, hooded. Sea-coasts. P. IV. IX. 



E. S. L 



12. E. Peplus (L.) ; umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts ovate 

 blunt mucronate, /. broadly ovate stalked, lower 1. suborbicular, 

 inv.-lobes 4 lunate with long horns, caps, smooth with thick- 

 ened rough keels, seeds ovoid pitted. E. B. 959. Light green, 

 smooth, erect, 6 10 in. high. A common weed. A. VII. VIII. 

 Petty Spurge. E. S. I. 



13. E. exig'ua (L.) : umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts lanceolate 

 acute unequal below, 1. linear blunt with a mucro [var. retusa(L.)~\ 

 or acute, inv.-lobes rounded with 2 horns, caps, smooth with 

 slightly thickened and tubercled angles, seeds angular wrinkled. 

 E. B. 1336. Height 36 in., usually branched at the base. 

 Seeds small white. Cornfields. A. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



tttt Seeds rough. Leaves opposite. 



14. E. Lath'yrus (L.) ; umbel of 3 or 4 forked rays, bracts 

 oblong-ovate attenuate acute, 1. linear-oblong sessile, upper 1. 

 cordate at the base, inv.-lobes lunate with blunt horns, caps, 

 smooth with a dorsal line. E. B. 2255. St. solitary, 2 3 feet 

 high, purplish. L. many, in 4 rows. Truly wild in a few 

 stony and rocky woods, where it appears for 2 or 3 years after 

 the bushes have been cut. Also naturalized on cultivated 

 ground. B. VI. VII. Caper-Spurge. E. 



3. MEECTJEIA'LIS Linn. Mercury. 



1. M. perm'ms (L.) j st. simple, 1. stalked oblong-lanceolate 

 rough, female fl. on long common stalks, creeping. E. B. 

 1872. St. a foot high, usually naked below. Fl. in lax spikes. 

 13. M. ovata (Steud.) ; 1. nearly sessile ovate. Woods and 

 thickets. 8. Hurstpierpoint, Suss. Mr. Mitten. P. IV. V. 



E. S. L 



2. M. an'nua (L.) ; st. branched, 1. stalked ovate or ovate-ob- 

 long smooth, female fl. nearly sessile, root fibrous. E. B. 559. 

 Height 6 12 in. Bright green. Much branched. Q. M. am- 

 bigua (L.) ; 1. lanceolate, fl. whorled male and female intermixed. 

 E. B. S. 2816. Waste and cultivated land. A. VIII. IX. E.I. 



