308 72. EtJPHOEBIACE^. 



with shortly conical tuhercles, seeds obovate 'brown and shining, 

 seed-stalk nearly reniform. — E. stricta Sm., B.B. 333 (starved). 

 —Plant more diffuse than, and quite distinct from, the prece- 

 ding, erect, slightly branched. Inv., caps., and seeds twice as 

 large.— Fields. A. VI.— VIII. E. 



[E. dulcis (L.) ; umbel of 5 bifid rays, I. and general bracts 

 long-obovate blunt narrowed to the base, partial bracts triangular- 

 ovate with a truncate base, inv. -lobes rounded, caps, with few 

 prominent tubercles. — R. v. 136. — Erect. About 1 foot high, 

 tlmbel-rays long.— Glascoed Dingle, Llansilin. Miss E. Jmies. 

 Jedburgh. Mr. A. Jerdm. P. VI.] 



6. E. hiber'na (L.) ; umbel of about 5 twice-forked rays, 

 bracts and 1. orate or oblong entire blunt, inv.-lobes reniform, 

 caps, warted glabrous, seeds obovate smooth somewhat shining 

 brownish. — E. B. 1337. — Height 1 — 2 feet. L. broad, usually 

 pilose beneath. — S. and W. of Ireland and N. Devon. P. VI. 



B.I. 



6. E.pilosa (L.); umbel irregular of about 5 trifid and 

 forked rays, bracts all elliptic glabrous, 1. broadly lanceolate mi- 

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

 warted, seeds obovate minutely punctate smooth. — JE. B. S. 2787. 

 E. palustris Forst. (not Linn.). — St. 2 — 4 feet high, leafy 

 throughout, annual. Caps, usually hairy. — Shady places near 

 Bath. P. V. VI. E. 



*7. E. coralloides (L.) ; umbel of 5 trifid and forked rays, bracts 

 mate-oblong the tertiary ones ovate all hairy, 1. lanceolate mi- 

 nutely serrate woolly, inv.-lobes transversely oval, caps, nearly 

 smooth woolly, seeds obovate minutely punctate and with faint 

 netted bands.— ^. B. S. 2837.— Height 2—3 feet. Usually naked 

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



** Involucral lobes triangular-lunate or with 2 horns. 

 t Seeds smooth. Bracts connate. 



8. E. amygdaloides (L.) ; 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. — E. B. 256. 

 E. sylvatica L. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, leafy, purple below, 

 biennial. — Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. Wood- Spurge. 



E.I. 



[_E. Chardcias (L.), E. B. 442, was a mistake.] 



tt Seeds smooth. Bracts separate. 

 [E. Cyparis'sias (L.) ; umbel of many forked rays, partial 

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



