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133/. Height 1 2 feet. L. broad, usually pilose beneath. 

 S. W. of Ireland and N. Devon. P. VI. E. I. 



6. E. palustris (L.); umbel irregular about 5-fid then 3-fid 

 and 2-fid, bracts all elliptical glabrous, 1. broadly lanceolate mi- 

 nutely serrate slightly hairy, inv.-glands transversely oval, caps, 

 warted, seeds obovate minutely punctate smooth. E.pilosa L. 

 E. B. S. 2787. St. 2 4 feet high, leafy throughout, annual. 

 Caps, usually hairy. The form with glabrous 1., the original E. 

 palustris (L.), has not been found in Britain. Shady places near 

 Bath. P. V. VI. E. 



*7. E. coralloides (L.) ; umbel 5-fid then 3-fid and 2-fid, bracts 

 ovate-oblong the tertiary ones ovate all hairy, 1. lanceolate mi- 

 nutely serrate woolly, inv.-glands transversely oval, caps, nearly 

 smooth woolly, seeds obovate minutely punctate and with faint 

 reticulate bands. E. B. S. 2837. Height 23 feet. Usually 

 naked below. Slinfold, Sussex. Introduced. B. ? V. VI. E. 



** Involucral glands triangular-lunate or with 2 horns. 

 t Seeds smooth. Bracts united. 



8. E. amygdaloides (L.); umbel 5- or many-fid then 2-fid, 

 bracts rounded connate, 1. ovate-lanceolate hairy beneath entire, 

 inv.-glands lunate (yellow) with 2 horns, caps, with very minute 

 tubercles glabrous,, seeds roundish-ovate. E. B. 256. E. syl- 

 vatica L. St. 2 3 feet high, leafy, purple below, biennial. 

 Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. Wood Spurge. E. I. 



\_E. Characias (L.) E. B. 442. has no claim to be considered 

 as a native. It does not grow in Needwood Forest.] 



tt Seeds smooth. Bracts separate. 



[E. Cyparissias (L.); umbel many-fid then 2-fid, partial bracts 

 reniform or cordate blunt entire, 1. linear entire on the barren 

 shoots setaceous, inv.-glands with 2 horns, caps, tubercular. 

 It is probably a native at Whitbarrow in Westmoreland. Rev. 

 IV. H. Hawker.-] E. 



9. E. Esula (L.) ; umbel many-fid then 2-fid, partial bracts 

 cordate obtuse mucronate, I. lanceolate or sublinear narrowed 

 below glabrous denticulate, inv.-glands with 2 horns, " caps, 

 scabrous, seeds obovate." E. B. 1399. and 840? R. v. 146. 

 St. 12 18 in. high, leafy, with a few axillary leafy branches 

 without flowers. Root creeping. Woods, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



10. E. Paralias (L.) ; umbel usually 5-fid then 2-fid, bracts 

 rather reniform, I. coriaceous elliptic-oblong, inv.-glands 5 with 

 3 or 4 short points, caps, wrinkled. E. B. 195. Root woody, 

 tough. Flowering st. about a foot high ; barren stems shorter, 



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