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Euphorbia Prostrata. Ait. or Euphorbia hypericifolia. 

 Ivinn. Similar to above; except that the latter has twiggy stem 

 with alternate slender branches. Leaves one inch long, 

 opposite, often red-blotched. Flowers both terminal and at 

 leaf-stalks, minute, white. Common. Annual. Summer 

 months. 



Euphorbia H eter op hy 1 1 a. Linn. (Joseph's coat.) A 

 smooth plant, one to two feet high, stem erect, branched, 

 bright-green. Leaves, alternate, varying in shape, oval, lance 

 or fiddle-shaped, entire or serrate, the upper leaves surround- 

 ing the terminal cluster of flowers having a deep red blotch at 

 their base, giving the appearance, as in the " blazing star," of 

 being a part of the flower itself. Flowers reddish-green. 

 Frequents warm side of old walls. Annxial. Summer. 



Euphorbia Peplus. Linn. A small erect leafy plant, six 

 inches high, stem dividing into three branches, repeatedly 

 forked, forming a leafy flowerhead. Leaves alternate, half- 

 iuch long, blunt, roundish, oblong at summit. Waste places 

 and neglected gardens. Flowers, small, green. Anntial. 

 September to November. 



[Note: All the spurges proper are called by the coloured 

 population indiscriminately, " Tettimelly."] 



Euphorbia Candelabrum. Trera. (candlestick tree.) A 

 plant attaining when old a height of twelve or fifteen feet (one 

 at " Bishop's Lodge," Hamilton) not unlike and apt by a 

 novice to be mistaken for a cactus which its stem and branches 

 much resemble, the latter really acting as leaves. Its blossom 

 is in clusters, dirty yellow, but only seen on full grown shrubs- 

 Euphorbia Splendens. Bojer. (Jerusalem thorn.) A low, 

 very spiny shrub, stem and branches chocolate colour, covered 

 with spines. Leaves few, pale green, oval. Flower-stalks 

 one to one and a half inch, bearing a showy bright red flower, 

 three quarters of an inch across. Prefers stone heaps and 

 ruined walls. Rare and an escape. Perennia,l. Spring and 

 Summer months. 



Xylophylla. (centipede plant or snake plant.) Is of curious 

 growth. The erect stem is cylindrical, with broad, flattened 



