114 MOSTOCHLAMYDE.E. 



ORD. LXXIV. SANTALACE^. 



THSSSIUItt. BASTARD TOADFLAX. 



T. humile (erect bastard Toadflax.} Stem erect, branched 

 from the base ; leaves fleshy, linear, 1-nerved, racemes spiked ; 

 flowers nearly sessile ; fruit 4 or 5 times as long as the perianth. 

 Mr. Babington states in his Manual that he found two specimens 

 of this plant somewhere near Dawlish in 1829. P. VII. vin. 



ORD. LXXV. AEISTOLOCHIACEJE. 



ORD. LXXVI. EMPETEACEJE. 



ORD. LXXVII. EUPHOEBIACEJE. 



MERCURIALIS. MEECUEY. 



M. perennis (perennial, or dog's Mercury.) In woods and 

 shady waste places. Stem a foot or more high; leaves stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, serrated, situated mostly at the upper part of 

 the stem ; both male and female flowers in loose axillary spikes, 

 green. Very common in woods and stony, bushy places. Park 

 Hill wood. Carriage- drive to Torre Abbey. Petit Tor, etc. (E. 

 B. t. 1872.) P. iv. v. 



EUPHORBIA. SPUEGE. 



1. E. Peplis (purple Spurge.) On seacoasts, in Devon and 

 Cornwall. Stems numerous, procumbent and spreading, forked ; 

 leaves opposite, on short stalks, oblong-heartshaped ; flowers 

 single, axillary, small, with 4 pitted, yellow or red nectaries. 

 Stems and stalks of a beautiful purplish-crimson; leaves of a 

 greyish-green tinged with red. Sands between Torquay and 

 Paignton. Groodrington sands. (E. B. t. 2002.) A. vn.-ix. 



2. E. helioscopia (sun S.) A very common weed in both 

 waste and cultivated ground. Stem erect, round, branched 

 slightly at the base ; leaves obovate, membranous, slightly ser- 



