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Euphorbia.'] Lxxvil. euphorbiace>e. 



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glands of the involucre rounded on the outside, capsule smooth 

 keeled, seeds smooth (white). E. B. t, 2002. 



Sandy coast, in Devon and Cornwall. Channel Islands. 0. 7 — 9. 

 Remarkable for its procumbent stents^ of a glaucous hue, much 

 tinged with purple, and stipuled leaves. 



** Leaves without stipules. Glands of the involucre without membrana" 



ceous processes beneath, 



f Glands of the involucre roundish or transversely crval, 



2. E. helioscopia L. {Sun aS.) ; umbel of 5 principal 3-fid and 

 bifid branches, bracteas and leaves membranaceous obovate- 

 cuneate serrate upwards, capsule glabrous, seeds reticulated 

 and pitted. E. J5. t 883. 



Abundant in waste and cultivated ground. ©. 6—10. 

 acrid milky juice is employed to destroy warts. 



L 3. 'E.platyphyllaJj. (broad-leaved^ wartedS.)\ umbel of about 

 5 principal 3-fid and bifid branches, bracteas cordate, leaves 

 membranaceous broadly obovate-lanceolate acute finely serru- 



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seeds smooth (brownish). 

 7- 



(yello 

 Jacq. Ic, Rar. t. 376. a. stamens 



8 in each involucre, tubercles of capsule shortly conical. E. 

 strlcta X. and E. Bot. t. 333 (starved specimens). /3. stamens 

 rarely more than 2 in each involucre, tubercles of capsule pro- 

 minent cylindrical. E. stricta Koch. 



Corn-fields ; ' Albourne, and near Henfield, Sussex (exactly corre- 

 sponding with Jacquin's plant ; Isle of Wight (frequent); Tunbridge 

 Wells, and elsewhere in Kent; Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and 

 probably other counties. ^8. Limestone woods in Gloucestershire 

 and Monmouthshire. 



or hairy. 



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1 0. — Leaves and capsules glabrous 



Seeds, in a variety or species called E. pubescens, rough 

 ^Uh minute points. In /S. the involucre, capsule, and seeds are only 

 half ^the size of those of a., but we fear that and the above charac- 

 ters, which we have taken from Mr. Babington, are not sufficient to 

 prove its claims to specific distinction. 



4. E. Hiberna L. {Irish S.) ; umbel of about 5 principal 



branches, bracteas and leaves ovate or elliptical entire, glands 



ot the involucre 4 (purple) kidney-shaped, with intermediate 



rounded lobes, capsule warted glabrous, seeds smooth. E. B. 

 t. 1337. 



In hedges and thickets, In the south of Ireland. 

 Sham and Sittingbourne, Kent. 



Isle of Wight; 



Between Fever- 

 East Lynn river, 

 5—6. — Stem l\ 



near Brendon, N. Devon; and at Lynmouth. 2^. 

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of KeiT^J fn^^/^ ^^'^- ^'^^^ ^**- Taylor, this plant is extensively used by the peasantry 

 £. VisclnrL^ i''''^'^^' or rather stupifying, fish, in the same manner as the exotic 

 ^ith tiie hr nlco^ 1 powerftil are its qualities, that a small creel or basket, filled 

 « uruisea plant, suffices to poison the fish for several miles down a river. 



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