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warts. — Devonshire and Kerry, where it is used to stupefy fish. — 

 PI. May, June. Perennial. 



6.* E. dulcis (Sweet Spurge), an erect species, about a foot 

 hi.nh, with obovate bhint leaves ; an umbel of 5 long, 2-forked rays, 



the capsule, 

 Perennial. 



widi deltoid bracts ; and a few prominent warts on 

 o(;curs only as an escajie from eultivalion. — P'l. June. 



■7.* E. luralloides, 

 a taller plant with iis 

 stem leafless below ; 

 leaves lanceolate, 



finely-toothed, woolly; 

 umbel of 5, - — 3- 

 forked ravs ; and 

 woolly capsules ; is 

 also an escape. Fl. 

 May, June. Biennial. 



y. E. pilosa (Hairy 

 Spurge). — A tall plant, 

 with its stem leafy 

 throughout and 

 branched above; 

 leaves broadly lance- 

 olate, finely toothed 

 mainly near the apex, 

 slightly hairy; umbel 

 irregular, of 4 — 6 

 rays, which arc first 

 3-forked and then 

 2-forked ; braels yel- 

 low, elliptical, smooth; 

 capsule usually hair)', 

 with minute warts. — 

 Woods, near Bath ; 

 very rare. — Fl. May, 

 June. Perennial. 



It Vmlels 3- cr ira-iy-rayeil: ihvoliicral glajids, with erescent-shaped 



cusps 

 E. amygdaloidcs (Wood Spurge) —A shrubby, erect, leafy 

 plant with obovate-lanceolate, bluish-green 'leaves hairy beneath, 

 which grows about a foot high the first year, -elongating to 2 feet 

 and flowering in the next season, with an .umbel of 5 or more 

 iDifurcatin^' rays, conspicuous in spring aijd summer with its 

 c^olden-creen tracts, which are united into a j-pund cup, generally 



