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short points, caps, wrinkled. — Root woody, tougli. Flowering 

 at. about a foot high ; barren steins shorter, many. L. closely 

 imbricate. — Sandy sea-coasts. P. VIII. IX. Sea Spurge. E. S. I. 



ttt Seeds rough, tuberoled or pitted. L. alternate, scattered. 



11. E. portlandlica ^ (L.) ; umbels of 5 forked rays, bracts 

 broadly rhomboidal acuminate, I. obovate or obovate-lanceolate 

 blunt subajnciilate, in v. -lobes 4 lunate with long horns, caps, 

 rough at the angles, seeds pitted and netted almost white. — 

 Glaucous,, smooth. Scarcely a foot high. L. spreading. Seed- 

 stalk conical, hooded. — Sea-coasts. P. V. — IX. E. S. I. 



12. E. Pep'^ts, (L.); umbel (jf ,3 forked rays, .bracts ovate 

 blunt miicrqnate, I. broadly ovfite stalked, lower 1. suborbicular, 

 inv.-lobes 4 lunate with long horns, caps, smooth with thick- 

 ened rough keels, geeds ovoid pitted., — Light green, . smootli, 

 erect, Q—IQ in. high. — A common weed. A. VII.' Vni. Petty 

 Spurge. E. S.l. 



13. E. exig'im (L.) ; umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts lanceolate 

 acute unequal below, I. linear blunt with a mucro or acute, inv.- 

 lobes rounded with 2 horns, -caps, smooth with slightly thick- 

 ened and tubercled angles, seeds angular wrinkled. — Height 3 — 6 

 in.j usually branched at the base. Seeds smaU, white.-^Com- 

 flelds. A. VI— VIII E.S. L 



tttt Seeds rough. Leaves opposite. 



' 14. E. Lath'yris (L.) ; umbel of 3 or 4 forked Tays, bracts 

 obldng-ovate attenuate acute, 1. linear-oblong sessile, upper 1. 

 cordate at the base, inv.-lobes lunate with blunt boms, caps, 

 smooth with a dorsal line. — St. solitary, 2 — 3 feet high, pur- 

 plish. L. many, in 4 rows. — Truly wild in a few stony and 

 rocky woods, where it appears for 2 or 3 years after the bushes 

 have ,been ,cut. Also naturalized on cultivated ground. B. VI. 

 Vn^ Caper Spurge. E. 



3. Meecuria'hs Linn. Mercury. 



1. M. peren'nls (L.) ; st. simple, 1. stalked oblong-lanceolate 

 rough, female fl. on long common stalks, creeping. — St. a foot 

 high,' usually naked below. Fl. in, lax spikes. — ^. M. ovata 

 (Steud.) ; 1. nearly sessile ovate. — ^Woods and thickets. jS. 

 Hurstpierpoint, Suss. Mr. Mitten. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 



2. M. arinua (L.) ; St. branched, 1. stalked ovate or ovate-ob- 

 long smooth, female fl. nearly sessile, root fibrous. — St. 29. 16. — 

 Height 6 — 12 in. Bright green. Much branched. — ^.M.ctm- 

 bigua (L.) ; 1. lanceolate, fl. whorled male and female intermixed. 

 JB. 5. S. 2816.— Waste and cultivated land. A, VIII IX. E.S.L 



