EUPHORDIACEZE. 117 
Linch long by} broad. Seeds reddish-brown, more or less tinged with 
erey from the adhesion of the thin outer covering, as in M. perennis. 
When this is rubbed off, the seed appears shagreened instead of 
reticulated; it is the same in M. perennis, but the thin covering 
adheres much more closely in that species, and is not easy to remove. 
Plant yellowish-green, the female deep green, usually with the leaves 
smaller, more lanceolate, with the broadest part close to the base. 
Var. 6 only differs from the narrow-leaved form of the female plant 
of var. « by having male flowers intermixed with the female. It has 
remained constant in my garden for three years, but Mr. Borrer and 
others state that this is not always the case. 
Annual Dog's Mercury. 
French, Mercuriale annuelle. German, Hinjéhriges Bingelkraut. 
This plant is eaten in Germany after being boiled ; its acrid and poisonous qualities 
being dissipated, it is believed, by the process. The leaves were formerly used as an 
emollient, containing much mucilage. 
EXCLUDED SPECIES. 
EUPHORBIA DULCIS. Lim. 
Said to have escaped from cultivation about Gordon Castle and 
Grant Lodge, Moray (Rev. George Gordon). Tullibody, Ochills, intro- 
duced, and not native (Professor Balfour in Fl. Ed.). 
EUPHORBIA CHARACIAS. Lim. 
Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 442. 
Said to have occurred in Needwood Forest, Stafford, and in Wor- 
cestershire, but no doubt E. amygdaloides was mistaken for it. 
EUPHORBIA SALICIFOLIA. Host. 
This subspecies of E. Esula is reported as naturalised in the Mains 
Flowery Den by Professor G. Lawson, from whom I have a specimen. 
EUPHORBIA PEPLOIDES. Gowan. 
The Rev. W. W. Newbould thinks he has seen British specimens 
of this subspecies of E. Peplus. 
