MONOECIA— MONANDRIA. Euphorbia. 63 



well answering in characters to our portlandica, which seems 

 confined to the shores of Britain. 



6. E. paralia. Sea Spurge. 



Umbel about five-branched, forked. Bracteas heart-kid- 

 ney-shaped. Leaves imbricated upwards, concave. Nec- 

 taries five. Capsule nearly smooth. 



E. paralia. F/. 5r.516. Enol. Bot.v.Z.tA^^. 



E. Paralias. Linn. Sp. PL 657. mild. v. 2. 912. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 



t).2,88. M88. 

 Tithymalusparalius. Rail Syn. 3]2. Dod. p€mpt.370.f,f.^ Bauh. 



Hist.v.3.p.2.674.f.67o. Ger. Em. 49S.f. Matth. Valgr.v.2. 



590./. Camer. Epit. 962. /. Dalech. Hist. 1 647./. Lob. Ic. 



354./ 



On the sandy sea coast in many places, but not very common. 



Perennial. August, September. 



Root woody and tough, sending up several flowering stems about 

 a foot high ; with others of humbler growth, clothed with 

 leaves only. The whole herb is smooth and glaucous, whitish 

 when dry. Leaves on all the stems very numerous, imbri- 

 cated upwards, in several rows, elliptic- oblong, varying in 

 breadth, sessile, concave, entire ; convex at the back. Vmbel 

 of from 4 to 6 forked branches. Bracteas heart-shaped, or 

 somewhat kidney-shaped. Nect. 5, of a roundish crescent- 

 shape, with short points. Caps, externally roughish, or wrinkled. 

 Seeds brown, smooth. 



7. 'Et. helioscopia. Sun Spurge. ComtnonWart-wort. 



Umbel of five three-cleft, then forked, branches. Bracteas 

 and leaves obovate, sei'rated. Nectaries four, undivided. 

 Capsule smooth. 



E. helioscopia. Linn. Sp. PL 658. fVilld. u. 2. 9 1 4. H. Br. 51 f). 



EngL BoLv. 13. t. 833. Curl. Lond.fasc.l. t.36. Hook. Scot 



148. Ehrh. PL Off. 345. ' 

 Tithymalus n. 1050. HalL Hist. v. 2. 10. 

 T. helioscopius. RaiiSyn. 3\3. Matth. Falgr. v. 2.59]./, notgood. 



Camer. EpiL963.f. Fuchs.Hist.Sll.f. Ic.468.f. Ger. Em. 498. 



/. Dalech. Hist. 1648./. Dod. PempL 371./ 

 Esula vulgaris. Trag. Hist. 294./ 



A common weed in cultivated ground. 



Annual. July, August. 



Root tapering. Herb smooth, of a full grass green, abounding 

 with milk, which is used by rustics to destroy warts, whence 

 the name Wart-wort, usually corrupted into Rat-weed. Yet 

 Haller says this juice is rather salt than acrid. On the con- 



