300 72. EL-EHOBBIACBJ!. 



3. JIebcuhialis. F1. I'dioasioioa oi; monoecious. Periantli 

 S-parted.^rMale. Stam. 9 — ICi.— Fern. Two baiTen fila- 

 ments. Style sliort, forked. Cans, ^-celled. Cells 1 -seeded, 

 bursting' at the tack. 



1. Btjx'tjs Linn. Bo'xV ' ' . . '" '' . ' 



1. B. sevipcrrircns (L.) ; 1. ovate-oblong coriaceous shining 

 above, petioles ciliate, anth. ovate-sagittate.-^-;-^.. B. 1341. — A 

 small bushy tree of 10 — iS feet in height. — Dry chalky hUls, 

 rare.. -lVi;y;.-;,VI. ■■- . ,'...;. - 't' ' "' E. 



2. Eththoebia Linn. Spurge. 



, , I A. Leaves -with stipules. Heads axill^r}'. 



1. E. Pep'lis (L.) ; st. procumbent forked, heads solitary, caps, 

 keqled, seeds smooth , 1. opposite stalked h alf-oblong-heartshaped 

 nearly 'entire glabrous.^^pt, ^auallj' rpuch tijiiged with rpurple, 

 glaucous. , In V. -glands rounded. — Loose sani ..So^itkern sea- 

 coast. A. Vn.— IX. ;„ ,..•'.--.'■ E. L 



B. Stipules waaiting. 



* Lobes of the involucre roundish or transversely oval. 



5. E. Heliosc6pia (L.)' ;' imibeLof .5 triiid and forked I'ays, bracts 



and 1. nlembranoiis ' ovfite-wedgeshaped serrate upwards, caps. 



smooth glabrous/ seeds netted rugose. — Waste ajid' cultivated 



ground. A. Vl;^-IX. ' Swn 'Spurffe. ' '' E. S.'I. 



3. E. stric'ta (L.) ; umbel of 3 — 5 3 — 5-fid and forked rays 

 general and first partiailbj-aots andl. oblougxlaaping, other bracts 

 broadly cordate blunt with a minute apiculus, inv. -lobes oval, 

 stain, rarely more than ''2'iH'hach inv,, ceqis. with promine?it 'ei/- 

 Umlrical tulercles, seeds saiooth oval bro-STi and shining, seed- 

 stalk cordate.— E. B. S. 2074.— St. erect, 2—3 ft. high, much 

 branched. Ilmbfel moderate. Inv., caps., and seeds small. — 

 Ijimestone woods. ' G-loucestei'shire and Monmouthshire. A. 

 YIL VIIL .Si. v.^,. E. 



4. E. platyphfjjfla (L.) ; Umbel of 3— 5 1-epeatedly forked rays, 

 1. and general bracts long^obovatewith a Cordate base, partial 

 bracts all cordate, stam. 7 — 8 in each (')U'., inv.-lobes oval, caps, 

 with shortly conical tvherchs, seeds, obovate brown and shining, 

 seef\-stalli nearly reniform.;^—E. striqta Sm., E. B. 333 ('star\-ed). 

 ^-Plant morCi diijuse than, and quite distinct fi'om, the prece- 

 ding, erect, slightly branched. Inv., q^ps., aiftd seeds twice as 

 lavge. — Fields. A.,YI.-rfiiyflJ. . :,,., ,, E. 



.5. E. hiher'ha (L.) ; umbel of about 5 t-n-ice-fol'ked' rays, 

 bracts and 1. ovate tfr, oblong entire blunt, inv.^lobes reniform 



