262 MONOECIA MONANDRIA. Euphorbia. 



sJiaped. Leaves inversely eg'g -shaped, stalked, entire. 

 Nectaries crescent-shaped. Seeds dotted. E. B. 959' 

 C. 1. 35. Peplus sive Esula rotunda. G. E. 503. 



yl CO nunc n iveccl. 



An. July. 



Root tapering. Stem erect, mostly branched at the base, leafy. 



Ls. or partial involucres, opposite, nearly stalkless, Seeds 



marked with depressed dots. Plant light-green. 

 Dkcrini. From Euph. helioscopia, by being rather more slender, 



by its entire leaves, horned nect., and three-cleft vimbel. 



Juice of this, and especially Euph. helioscopia used for destroy- 

 ing warts. 



E. exigua. Dwarf S. Umbel mostly three-branched, 

 forked. Bracteas spear-shaped. Leaves linear-spear- 

 shaped. Nectaries horned. Seeds wrinkled. E. B. 

 1386. C. 4. 36. Esula exigua. G. E. 503. 



Gravelly cornfields. Sm. 



An. June. 



Root small. Stem one, or moi'e, erect, three to six inches, leafy. 

 Plant slender, smooth, pale green. Ls. alternate, stalkless, 

 upright, acute, entire. Nect. each with a pair of green horns. 

 Seeds four-angled. Fl. yellow. Umbel of three, four, or five 

 rays. Involucre of two, three, or four leaves, somewhat bent 

 back. 7/2 !"o/«ce//«m of two leaves, hollowed out. 

 * * Umbel of four branches. 



*?(E.L(itht/ris. Caper S. Umbel four-branched, forked. 

 Leaves opposite, four-ranked, stalkless, entire ; heart- 

 shaped at the base. E. B. 2^55. Lathyris seu Cata- 

 putia minor. G. E. 503. 



Dry, stony thickets, probably naturaUzedt In several places about 

 Ufton, near Reading, Berks, springing up periodically for a year 

 or two after the bushes have been cut, and until choked by 

 briars, &c. Rev. Dr. Beeke, Dean of Bristol. 



Bien. June, July. 



Erect, two to three feet, purplish. Fl. iu the forks.) 

 *** Umbel of five branches. 



E. helioscopia.^ Sun S. Common IVart-ivort. Umbel 

 of five, then three-cleft, then forked branches. Brac- 

 teas inversely egg-shaped, leaves wedge-shaped, both 

 , saw-toothed. Nectaries four, entire, roundish. Cap- 

 sule smooth. E. B. 883. C. 1. S^. Tithymalus 

 helioscopius. G. E. 498. 



' From its umbel being turned to the sun, as the flower of most other 

 plants. 



