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Haller notices the nectaries of this and the last, which he consi- 

 ders as affording good distinctive marks of the two species. Yet 

 he misquotes Rivinus and Fuchsius. C. Bauhin likewise appears 

 to confound these Euphorbice under his Titlujmalus cyparissias, 

 Pm.291. n. I and 2 ; but there are few species more distinct. 



11. E, hiherna. Irish Spurge. Makinboy. 



Umbel of six forked branches. Bracteas ovate. Leaves 

 obtuse. Stem simple. Nectaries kidney-shaped, point- 

 less. Capsule warty, erect. 



E. hyberna. I^in. Sp. PI. 662. Willd. v. 2.923. FZ, Br. 519. 



Engl.Bot. V. 19. f. 1337. Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 18. 14. 

 Tithymalus hibernicus. How Phijt. 12\. RaiiSyn. 312. 

 T. hibernicus, vasculis muricatis erectis. Dill. Elth. 387. t. 290. 

 T. platyphyllos. Clus. Hist.v.2. \90.f. Dod. Pempt.372.f. Ger. 



Em.506.f. Dcilech. Hist. 1649./. 

 T. latifolius hispanicus. Bauli. Pin. 291. 

 Plataphyllum hispanicum. Loh. Ic.36l.f. 

 Broad Spurge. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 53./. 7. 



In fields, thickets and woods. 



In Ireland. Ray. Common in the county of Kerry. Dr. Wade. 

 Near Belfast. Mr. Templeton. About the lake of Killarney, 

 also in other parts of Kerry, as well as in Cork. Rev. T. Butt. 

 Among the corn near Twickenham park, against Richmond, and 

 near Otterspool ; Mr. Doody. Dill, but this appears, by the 

 Hortus Elthamensis, to have proved a mistake. Mr. Hudson 

 nevertheless found it between Feversham, and Sittingbourn in 

 Kent. 



Perennial. June. 



Root tapering. Whole plant nearly smooth, deep green, abound- 

 ing with very acrid milk. Stem nearly 2 feet high, erect, round, 

 solid, leafy, destitute of lateral branches, except now and then 

 from the bottom. Leaves scattered, sessile, numerous, 2 or 3 

 inches long and one broad, entire, more or less obtuse, and 

 often regularly obovate,as in the old wooden cuts ; the youngest 

 having hairy midribs. Umbel large, almost constantly of 6 rays, 

 which reach but little beyond the large, elliptic-oblong general 

 bracteas. The partial bracteas are ovate and much smaller, often 

 yellowish, their ribs smooth. Nect. 4, broad and short, inversely 

 kidney-shaped, entire, pointless, of a tawny, or brown-purplish, 

 colour, with large, intermediate, upright, pale, rounded scales. 

 Barren Jl. numerous, the joint of the filament with its stalk very 

 evident? Fertile Jl. as well as the/ri/ii always erect, which Dil- 

 lenius justly notices, as very peculiar in this genus. Germen 

 and capsule covered with very prominent warts. Seeds roundish, 

 smooth. 



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