326 MONOECIA — MONANDUrA. [Euphorbia. 



MONOECIA— MONANDRIA. 



1. Euphorbia. Linn. Spurge. 

 * Glands of the involncre rounded on the outside. 



1. E. Peplis, L. (purple Spurge); stem procumbent forked, 

 leaves oblong- beart-shaped nearly entire, glands of tbe involu- 

 cre with small membranaceous scales beneath, capsule smooth, 

 seeds smooth (white). E. Bol. t. 2002. 



Sandy coast, in Devon and Cornwall. Channel islands. Babington 

 and Christy. Ft. July — Sept. 0. — Remarkable for its procumbent 

 stems, of a glaucous hue, much tinged with purple. 



2. E. helioscopia, L. (Sun Spurge); umbel of 5 principal 

 branches, bi\icteas and leaves membranaceous obovato-cuneate 

 serrated upwards, capsule glabrous, seeds reticulated and pitted. 

 E. Bat. t. 883. 



Abundant in waste and cultivated ground. Fl. July, Aug. 0. — The 

 acrid milky juice is employed to destroy warts. 



3. * E. plati/phylla, L. (broad-leaved ivarted Spurge); umbel of 

 about 5 principal branches and with frequently scattered pedun- 

 cles beneath, bracteas cordate, leaves membi-anaceous broadly 

 obovato-lanceolate acute finely serrulated hairy beneath, glands 

 of the involucre oval, capsule warted, seeds smooth (brownish). 

 Jacq. Ic. Ear. t. 376 (excellent). Sm. El. Brit. p. 517. — E. striata, 

 Ij. and jE". Bot. t. 333 (starved specimens). E. Fl. v. \v. p. 64. 



Corn-fields ; Albourne and near Henfield, Sussex, (exactly corre- 

 sponding with Jacquin's plant). Essex, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Tunbridge 

 Wells, Suffolk, and probably other counties. Fl. July, Aug, 0. — I have 

 received it also from Canada, where perhaps it had been introduced 

 from Europe. 



4. E. Hiherna, L. (Irish Spurge); umbel of about 5 principal 

 branches, bracteas and leaves elliptical entire, glands of the in- 

 volucre 4 kidney-shaped with intermediate rounded lobes, cap- 

 sule warted glabrous, seeds smooth. E. Bot. t. 1337. 



In hedges and thickets, in the south of Ireland. Between Feversham 

 and Sittingbourne, Kent ; Huds. FL June. 1^. — H— 2 feet high.^ 



5. E.* pilosa, L. (hairy Spurge); umbel of 3 — 5 principal 

 rays with several scattered inferior ones, bracteas broadly oval 

 entire and as well as the elliptical finely serrated leaves hairy 

 or glabrous, glands of the involucre 4 transversely oval with in- 

 termediate rounded lobes, capsule warted or smooth hairy or 

 glabrous, seeds glossy smooth. — a. (Beeper); capsules warted 

 shaggy. E.pilosa, L. — Reich. Ic. Bot. t. 145. Hook. Br. Fl. ed. i. 

 p. 382, — 8. (Roeper); capsules dotted with minute brown warts, 



» While botanizing in the S. of Ireland, Mr W. Chriisty learned from Dr 

 Taylor, that this plant is extensively used by the peasantry of Kerry for pois- 

 oning, or rather stupifying, tish ; in the same manner as the exotic E. pisca- 

 toria. So powerful are its qualities, that a small creel or basket filled with 

 the bruised plant, suffices to poison the fish for several miles down a river. 



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