64 POISONOUS PLANTS. 



EUPHORBIA HIBERNA {British). 



IRISH SPURGE. — MAKINBOY. — MAKIN-BWEE. 



EuphorbiacecB. — Leaves and bracts elliptical, hairy beneath. 

 — Umbel 5-6 cleft. — Capsules warted. — Thickets. i-2ft. Perenn. 

 May and June. Green ; glands purple. — Stem contains a milky 

 juice. 



Toxic /w/czi*/(?.— EUPHORBIN. 



EUPHORBIA PORTLANDICA {British). 



PORTLAND SPURGE. 



Eiiphorbiaccce. — Leaves very glaucous ; obovate-lanceolate. 

 — Stems red. — Umbel 5-cleft. — Glands of involucrum with rt 

 long horns. — Capsules rough at the angles. — Southern coast. 

 6in.-2ft. Perenn. Aug.-.Sept. Yellowish. Glands deep orange. 

 — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic /n««//i'.^EUPHORBIN. 



EUPHORBIA PARALIAS {British). 



SEA SPURGE. 



Eiipltorbiacece. — Leaves imbricated, glaucous ; lower obovate- 

 lanceolate ; upper linear-lanceolate. — Umbel 5-cleft. — Capsules 

 wrinkled. — ift. Perenn. Aug. and Sept. Greenish ; glands 

 orange. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic principle.— %M^MO^W&. 



EUPHORBIA PEPLUS {British). 



PETTY SPURGE. — WART WEED. 



Euphorbiacea. — Leaves broadly obovate, tapering to a petiole. 

 — Umbel 3-cleft. — A common weed. 4in.-ift. Ann. June- 

 Nov. Greenish, glands yellow. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic //-/■««>>/<'.— EUPHORBIN. 



EUPHORBIA EXIGUA {British). 



DWARF SPURGE. 



Eupiwrbiacece. — Leaves and bracts rather rigid ; lanceolate, 

 acute. — Umbel 3-cIeft. — Glands with 2 long horns. — Cornfields. 

 5-6in. Ann. July. Greenish. — Stem contains a milky juice. 



Toxic //7«cz)>/-.— EUPHOEBIN. 



