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caps, warted glabrous, seeds obovate smootli somewhat slimiiig; 

 brownish. — Height 1—2 feet. L. broad, usually pilose beneath. 

 — S. W. of Ireland and N. Devon. • V. VI. E. I. 



/ 6. K palus'tris (L.) ; umbel irregular of about 5 trifid and 

 forked rays, bracts all elliptic glabrous, L broadly lanceolate .mi- 

 nutely serrate slightly hairy, inv. -lobes transversely oval, caps, 

 warted, seeds obovate minutely punctate smooth. — U. pilom 

 -E. B. S. 2787. — St. 2 — 4'feet high, leafy throughout, annual. 

 Caps, usually hairy.— Th^'briginal JE. palustris (L.) with' gLa- 

 brous, 1., has not been foimd in Britain. — Shady places near 

 Bath. P. V. VI. E. 



*7. H. coralloichs (1,.) ; umbel of 5 trifid and forked rays, hracts 

 oMiJc-oftfowf? the.tertlary ones ovate all, hairy, 1. lanceolate mi- 

 nutely sen-ate woolly, inv. -lobes transversely oval, caps, nearly 

 smooth woolly, seeds obovate minutely punctate and with faint 

 netted bands.— !!■. S. S: 2837,— Height 2—3 feet. Usually naked 

 below.— Slinfold, Sussex. Introduced. B. ? V. VI. E. 



* * Lobes of the imiol-ucre triamgularrlunate <»■ with 2 horns. 

 t Seeds smooth. Bracts united. 



8. E. amyffdaloides (Ij.) ; umbel of 5 or more forked bifid 

 rays,, bracts rounded connate, 1. ovate-lanceolate hairy beneath 

 entire, inv. -lobes lunate (yellow) with 2 horns, caps, with very 

 minute tubercles glabrous, seeds roundish-ovate, — S. syhatica. 

 L. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, leafy, purple below, biennial. — Woods 

 and thickets. P. III. IV. Wood Spurge. E. I. 



[JE. C/iardcias (L.) E. B. 442, has no claim to be considered 

 a native. It does not grow in Needwood Forest.] 



tt Seeds smooth. Bracts separate. 



[-Z?. Cijparis'sias (L.); umbel ofmany forked rays, partial bracts 

 reniform or cordate blunt entire, 1. linear entire or on the baTOn 

 shoots setaceous many close together, inv.-lobes. with 2 horns, 

 caps, tubercular. — It may be a native' at Whitbarrow in West- 

 moreland. Rev. W. H. Hawlicr. The other stations belong to 

 JE. JEsula.] '■■'&. 



\9. JE. JE'sida (L.) ; umbel of man^r forked rays^ partial bracts 

 cordate blunt niucronate, I. lancSlate' or suhlitwar narro\ved be- 

 low glabrous denticidate scattered, inv.-lobes with 2 hdrilg, 

 " caps, asperous, seeds obovate." — -ffi. v. 146.^ — St. 12—18 in. 

 high, leafy, with a few. axillary leafy branches without flowers. 

 Creeping.— Woods' rare. P. VI. VII. E^S- 



10. J?. Pardlias (L.) ; umbel usually of 5 forked rays, 'bracts 

 rather reniform, 7. coriaceous oblong, inr.-lobes 5 with 3 or 4 



