260 24;. Charac. 10. EUPHORBlACE^. PL ex. mon. 



2. Characms amygdaloides. Almond spurge, 



Umhells 5 to 8-rayed, forked, lanceolate, rather heart- 

 shape ; leaves lanceolate, not cut, obtuse, hairy ; seeds ovate^ 

 smooth; reD7?za bald. 



Tithymaliis characias amygdaloides, R.aii %n. 312, 1 ; Get: em. 500, 9. 

 Euphorbia amygdaloides, Lin, S. P. 662, not of Persoon. 

 Euphorbia sylvatica Lin. ? Jac Fl. Austr. 4, 375, 

 Esula amygdaloides, Haworth Succ. PI. 

 Unsavoury spurge. 



Woods and heaths; perennial; March and April. 

 Stem simple, reddish, hairy, naked at bottom ; leaves 

 perennial; lobes of the involucrum lunate, pointed. 



IV. 25. CHAM.ESYCE. Dioscorides. Peplk. 

 Braclea and Iracteola 0; involucrum 8 to 10-parted; 



outer lobes fleshy, not cut, rounded above ; inner upright, 

 membranaceous. — Male flowers many; perigonium many- 

 parted ; sepales rather feathery ; Jilament jointed in the 

 middle. — Fem. solitary, central ; perigonium ; ovarT/ pe- 

 dicelled ; stigmata 3, 2-forked ; regma exserted, 3-coccous, 

 3-seeded. — Herbaceous i stem angular, forked, leafy, rather 

 prostrate; leaves opposite, unequal at the base, ribbed; 

 5/ipM^e5 intrafoliaceous ; involucra small, axillary, solitary. 



Chamcesyce maritima. Sea pepUs, 



Leaves not cut, nearly heartshape ; w;i'oZ/icrz/?n solitary; 

 stem procumbent; seeds ovate, smooth; regma bald. 



Tithymalus maritimus suplnus annuus, Peplis dictus, Raii Syn. 313, 10. 



Peplis, Oer. em.503,20; Park. 194. 



Euphorbia Peplis, Lin. S. P. 652. 



Euphorbia Chamajsyce, Peplis, Persoon Syn, 2, 14. 



Anisophyllum Peplis, Hawort/i Succ. PI. 154. 



Hyssop spurge. 



Sea-shore ; annual ; July and August. 



Root long ; stem divaricating, 4-angular, reddish ; leaves 

 petioled, rather fleshy, purplish green, 1 -ribbed, unequally 

 eared at bottom ; stipulce many, bristlelike. 



V. 26. MERCUIIIALIS. Mercury. 



Dioicous, rarely monoicous ; perigonium 3-sepaled. — 

 Male. Stamens 9 ; anthers globular, double.— Fem. Ovary 

 2-bunched; styles 2; stigmata 4-; regma 2-coccous; seeds 

 single; perisperm fleshy; corculum inverse; radicle above. 

 '—Herb annual ; leaves opposite, stipuled ; stipulce intrafo* 

 ^iaceous ; Jlowers axillary or terminal, spiked or fascicled. 



