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718. EUPHORBIA. 



D. No Stipules. Bracts separate. Glands 

 linear, horned. 



i. Seeds smooth. 



a. Capsule with raised points on the hack. 



* B.aijs always more than 5. 



[In dendroides, and pertaps in cuneifolia, 

 the Glands are rather obcordate than crescent- 

 shaped. In serrata, and, as it appears to me, 

 in Paralias, they are more properly truncate 

 and toothed.] 



37.toiuasiniana. "Stem erect. L. sessile, 

 cordato-lanceolate, cuspidate, dilated at base. 

 Bracts cordato-triangular. Rays 7-15, cloven. 

 Accessory Rays numerous. Glands slightly 

 crescent-shaped, obtuse. Caps, rough on the 

 angles, p. 6. Calc. mountains. Trieste." — 

 Bert. 



38. virgata. "Rays many, repeatedly 

 forked. Backs of the Hunches rough •with 

 dots. L. Kneari-lanceolate, gi'adually nan-ower 

 from the middle upwards, quite entke, smooth, 

 duU, approximate. Bracts deltoideo- ovate, 

 broader than long. Root descending. Stems 

 many. p. 5, 6. Meadows and roadsides, s. 

 e. Ger." — Koch. 



39. lucida. Like Sp. 38, except that L. 

 are shining and Root creeps horizontally, p. 

 7,8. Moist meadows and osier-grounds. Sil. 

 Moravia. — Koch. 



40. salicifolia. " Rays many, repeatedly 

 forked. Backs of the Hunches rough with dots. 

 L. lanceolate, attenuate at each end, quite en- 

 tii-e, densely pubescent, approximate. Bracts 

 deltoideo-ovate, broader than long. Root creep- 

 ing, p. 5, 6. Meadows and waysides, lower 

 Aust." — Koch. 



41. Ssula. "Rays many, repeatedly forked. 

 (Accessory Rays numerous. Beet.) Backs of 

 Hunches finely dotted. L. lanceolate or line- 

 ari-lanceolate, attenuate, hairless. Margin 

 rough towards the top. Lower L. somewhat 

 staUced, rather approximate ; those of the 

 branches narrower. Bracts deltoideo-ovate, 

 broader than long. Root creeping, p. 6-8. 

 Meadows and willow thickets, occ." — Koch. 



42. Triumfetti. " Stem erect. L. lan- 

 ceolato -linear, lengthened, narrower at each 

 end, acute. Margin cai-tilaginous. Rays 5-15, 

 forked. Accessory Rays numerous. Bracts 

 rhombeo-ovate. Glands with long horns. 

 Caps, rough on the angles, p. 5, 6. Pine- 

 woods. Rav." — Bert. 



43. Oyparissias. Rays once or twice 



forked. Hunches rough on the back with 

 small dots. L. strictly linear, quite entire, 

 somewhat crowded ; those of the branches 

 very narrow. Bracts deltoideo-semicu-cular, 

 broader than long. Root creeping, p. 4, 5 . 

 Barren fields and waysides. 



** Rays not more than 5. 



44. saxatilis. Rays 5, once forked. 

 Horns of Glands short, obtuse. Caps, with 

 thin keels. Bracts obtuse, mucronate, some- 

 what cordate. L. glaucous, smooth, quite en- 

 tire : lower Hneari-oblong, crowded : upper 

 elliptic. Root descending. Stems many. p. 

 5, 6. Stony hills, lower Aust. Sty. Carn. 

 Sette Communi. 



45. ramosissima. Rays 3, dichotomous. 

 Bracts cordato-reniform, mucronate. Seeds 

 smooth, grey with dark dots. L. ovate, verj- 

 finely serrulate. Stem much branched, p. 6, 7. 

 Hyeres. — Lois. 



46. serrata. Rays 3-5. No Accessory 

 Rays. Glands hardly lunulate. Caps, nearly 

 smooth. Bracts dentato-serrate. L. lanceo- 

 late, sessUe, hairless, acute ; upper broad, or 

 at base all dentato-serrate, scattered, p. 5. 

 Fields and roadsides, s. Fr. Nice. Fondi. 



47. Paralias. Rays 5, forked. Bracts 

 deltoideo-cordate, wider than long. Fr. reti- 

 culate with elevated points. L. smooth, glau- 

 cous, oblong, entire, somewhat acute, crowded. 

 p. 8, 9. Sandy shores. All authors descriie 

 the glands as lunate. I find them, as figured 

 in 'Eiig. Bot.' with 3, or more often 4i, points, 

 and hardly lunate. 



b. Capsule smooth. 



48. tenuifolia. Rays 5, forked. Bracts 

 reniformi-subcordate. Glands with short blunt 

 horns. L. linear, acute, quite entire, smooth, 

 shining, approximate, p. 5. Grassy. Prov. 

 Dau. Pyr. — Duby. hi specimens from Aries, 

 given me hy M. Requien, the Caps, seems 

 often wrinkled or finely tuberculate. 



49. terracina. Rays 3-5, dichotomous. 

 Horns of the Glands long, setaceous. Bracts 

 ovato-semicircular. Floral L. ovate, acuminate. 

 Upper L. lanceolate, 1 -nerved, serrulate at 

 top ; lower obtuse with a point, approximate. 

 p. 3-9. Fields, roadsides, and sandy shores^ 

 Prov. It. Sic. 



50. variabilis. "Lowest L. small, ellip- 

 tic; upper lanceolate, 1 -nerved; aU acute. 

 Rays about 5, forked. Glands semilunar. 

 Horns rather long, thick, obtuse, p. 6. Como. 

 Corno di Canzi." — Beet. 



