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C. Bauhine calls it Peplus, five Efula rotunda, 
Ray, Tithymalus parvus annuus foliis fubrotundis 
non crenatis. 
12. Branched Sea-Spurge- 
Tithymalus maritimus ramofis. 
This is a fingular fpecies. 
The root is long, flender, and undivided. 
The ftalk is round, weak, fix or eight inches 
high, and very much branched: a great part of 
the branches ufually lie upon the ground, but the 
main part of the ftalk rifes tolerably upright. 
The leaves are finall, broad, fhort, numerous, 
and of a yellowith green at firft; but, when the 
plant has ftood fome time, they are ufually redifh : 
DIVISION. I. FO 
1. Tree-Spurge. 
Tithymalus arboreus. 
The root is large, and fpreading. 
The ftem is thick, firm, and ere€t; ahd the 
whole plant has very much the appearance of a 
tree. 
It grows to five feet in height: the trunk is 
naked and from its top, which is nearly at half 
the height of the entire plant, rife numerous 
branches: thefe are flender, upright, and of a 
redifh colour, ’ 
The leaves are oblong, narrow, and of ‘a pale 
green, not at all divided at the edges, fharp at 
the point, and without footftalks. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of thefe in fmall | 
umbels, and are little and yellow. 
The feed-veffels are large, and the feeds brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and of the Greek iflands, 
and flowers in July. 
C, Bauhine calls it Tithymalus myrtifolius, arbo- 
veus. Others, Tithymalus arboreus. 
2. Myrtle-Spurge. ° 
Tithymalus myrfinites. 
The root is long, divided, and furnifhed with 
‘many fibres. 
The ftalks are round, thick, and green, or 
fometimes redifh, and lie in great part upon the 
ground : the flowering branches rife to eight 
inches high, and make a very pretty appearance ; 
they are flender, upright, and not at all divided 
or branched. : 
The leaves are very numerous, thick, and of a 
bluith green: they have no footftalks, and they 
refemble the Jeaves-of myrtle: they hang down- 
wards, and they are rough at the edges, and 
pointed at the end, 
The flowers are fmall and green; but they 
ftand in a large, regular, and beautiful umbel at 
the tops of the ftalks. 
The feed-veffel is ldrge, and deeply marked in 
three places. - 
It is a native of Italy, and the fouth of France, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalus myrfinites latifo- 
dius. Others fimply Téthymalus myrfinites. 
they are broad at the bafe, where they adheré 
without any footftalk, and are obtufe at the end: 
The flowers are fmall and yellowifh at firft, 
but afterward they are redith : they do not grow; 
as in the others, only at the top of the ftalks, 
but all along thé plant, rifing with fhort foot- 
ftalks from the bofoms of the leaves) 
The feed-veffels are large, and’ marked with 
three divifions; and the feeds are large and 
brown. 
It is frequent on our fea-coafts, and flowers int 
May: i 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalus maritimus folio 
obtufo. Others, Peplis. 
When in flower, it is ufually throughout of a 
fcarlet-colour. 
REIGN SPECIES, 
2. Round-rootéed Spurge. 
Tithymalus radice rotunda. 
The root is large, and of a regular figure ; aps 
proaching to round, but refembling the fhape of 
a pear. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, thick, and 
ufually redifh: they are five or fix inches high; 
and feldom perfeétly erect, but leaning or bend- 
ing one way or other. 
The leaves are broad; fhort, and not very nu- 
merous: they have no footftalks, and they are 
fmalleft at the bafe, and larger all the way tothe - 
other end. 
The flowers are fmall, and green; with a tingé 
of yellow: they ftand in large umbels on the 
tops of the ftalks. 
The feed=veffel is lafge, and marked with three 
divifions, and the feeds are large. 
It is a native of Crete, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalus tuberofa pyriformi 
radice, Others, Apios. 
4. Pine-Spurge. 
Lithymalus foliis anguftis acutis: 
The root is long, flenders and covered with a 
redifh. bark. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and a foot 
and a half high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly, and are large; 
narrow, and pointed at the end: they are of-a 
bright green colour; and foft to the touch. 
The flowers are {mall and greenifh: they ftand 
in a large umbel at the top of the ftalk. — 
The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are 
large and brown: te 
It is common among the wet rocks in France, 
Spain, and Italy; and flowers in Auguit. 
GC. Bauhine calls it Lithymalus foliis pini forté 
Diofcoridis pithyufa. Others, Pithyufa, 
5. Great-fruited Spurge. 
Tithymalus fruéiu magno. 
The root is large and {preading. 
The ftalk is round, thick, hollow, whitith, 
and tinged, as it were, with brown: it.is up- 
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