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rate. Flowers in an umbel of 5 spreading rays, which are again 

 divided into 3, and then into 2, yellowish-green. Whole plant 

 full of an acrid milky juice. Abundant everywhere. (E. B. t. 

 883.) A. vi.-x. 



3. E. Paralias (sea S.) On sandy seacoasts. Not frequent. 

 Boot woody ; stems about a foot high, with numerous barren 

 leafy stems at the base ; leaves leathery, elliptic-oblong, very 

 closely packed together and lapping over each other. Umbel ter- 

 minal, of 5 rays, each ray divided into 2. Floral leaves heart- 

 kid i.ey- shaped ; flowers small, yellow. Coast about Torquay. 

 Dawlish Warren. (E. B. t. 195.) P. vm.-x. 



4. E. Portlandica (Portland S.) On the seacoast. Stem 

 about 1 foot high, round and leafy, turning purplish in the 

 Autumn. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, blunt, but with a small hair- 

 like point at the summit. Umbel terminal, 5-rayed, with 2 or 3 

 smaller umbels beneath; flowers greenish-yellow. Meadfoot. 

 Rocks by LiverniBad. Paignton. Teignruouth, etc. (E. B. t. 

 441.) P. Y.-IX. 



5. 12. Peplus (petty S.) In waste and cultivated ground. 

 Stem upright, branching at the base, leafy. Leaves scattered, 

 broadly obovate, stalked ; umbel of 3 rays, repeatedly divided, 

 bracts ovate ; flowers small and green. Very common in fields 

 and gardens. (E. B. t. 959.) A. vn.-ix. 



6. E. exigua (dwarf S.) In cornfields arid waste places. 

 The smallest of all the Spurges. Stem from 3 to 6 inches high, 

 branched at the base ; leaves linear, tapering to a point, alter- 

 nate ; umbel of 3 forked rays ; bracts lanceolate ; flowers small, 

 greenish, with yellow nectaries. Common. (E. B. t. 1336.) A. 



VI.-IX. 



7. E. amygdaloides (wood S.) In woods, thickets, and 

 under hedges. Stems red and tough, from 1 to 2 feet high, bare 

 below but leafy above; leaves ovate-lanceolate, hairy beneath. 

 Flower- stalks scattered, but the stem is crowned by a principal 

 5- or 6-rayed umbel ; flowers small and yellow ; floral leaves or 

 bracts more or less tinted with rose-colour. Very abundant. (E. 

 B. t. 256.) P. m.-v. 



OED. LXXVIII. CALLITRICHACEJE. 

 CAXiLXTRICHE. WATEE STAEWOET. 



C. verna (vernal Waterivo-rt.) In pools, ditches, and slowly 

 running water. Submerged leaves nearly all linear; floating 



