292 72. EUPHORBIACE^E. 



many. L. closely imbricated. Sandy sea-coast. P. VIII. IX. 

 Sea Spurge. 



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



11. E. portlandica (L.) ; umbels 6-fid then 2-fid, bracts 

 broadly rhomboidal acuminate, /. obovate or obovate-lanceolate 

 blunt subapiculate, inv. -glands 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. spreading. 

 Seed-stalk conical, hooded. Sea-coast. P. V. IX. 



12. E. Peplus (L.) ; umbel trifid then forked, bracts ovate 

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

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

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

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

 Petty Spurge. 



13. E. exigua (L.) ; umbel trifid then forked, bracts lanceolate 

 acute unequal below, I. linear blunt with a mucro or acute, inv.- 

 glands rounded with 2 horns, caps, smooth with slightly thick- 

 ened and tubercled angles, seeds angular wrinkled. E. E. 1336. 

 Height 3 6 in., usually branched at the base. Seeds small, 

 white. Corn-fields. A. VI VIII. 



tttt Seeds rough. Leaves opposite. 



14. E. Lathyris (L.); umbel 3 4-fid then 2-fid, bracts ob- 

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

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

 smooth with a dorsal line. E. B. 2255. St. solitanr, 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. 

 K. VI. VII. Caper Spurge. E. S. 



3. MERCURIALIS Linn. Mercury. 



1. M. perennis (L.); st. simple, 1. stalked oblong-lanceolate 

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

 1872. St. a foot high, usually naked below. All the fl. in lax 

 spikes. /3. M. ovata (Steud.j ; 1. nearly sessile ovate. Woods 

 aud thickets. /3. Ilurstpierpoint, Suss. Mr. Mitten. P. IV. V. 



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

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

 St. 2.9. 16. Height 6 12 in." Bright green. Much branched 

 /3. M. ombigua (L.) ; 1. lanceolate, fl. whorled male and female 

 intermixed. E. B. S. 2816. Waste and cultivated land. /3. Jer- 

 sey. Isle of Wight. Dr. Bromfield. A. VIII. IX. 



