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small bushy tree of 10-—12 feet in height.—Dry chalky hills, 
rare. T. IV.—VI. EK. 
2. Evpvorsia Linn. Spurge. 
A. Leaves with stipules. Flowers axillary. 
1. E. Peplis (L.) ; st. procumbent forked, heads axillary soli- 
tary, caps. keeled, seeds smooth, 1. opposite stalked half-oblong- 
heartshaped nearly entire glabrous. B. 2002.—St. usually 
much tinged with purple, glaucous.—Loose sand. Southern sea- 
coast. A. VII.—IX. E. I. 
B. Stipules 0. 
* Inv.-glands roundish or transversely oval. 
2. E. Helioscopia (L.); umbel 5-fid then 3-fid and 2-fid, bracts 
and 1, membranous obovate-wedgeshaped serrated upwards, caps. 
smooth glabrous, seeds netted rugose.—E. B. 883.—Waste and 
cultivated ground. A. VIL—IX. Sun Spurge. 
3. E. stricta (Koch); umbel twice 3—5-fid then bifid, general 
and first partial bracts and 1. oblong clasping, other bracts broadly 
cordate blunt with a minute apiculus, inv.-glands oval, stam. 
rarely more than 2 in each inv., caps. with prominent cylindrical 
tubercles, seeds smooth oval brown and shining, seed-stalk cor- 
date.—St. erect, 2—3 ft. high, much branched. Umbel mode- 
rate. Inv., caps., and seeds small—Limestone woods in Glou- 
cestershire and Monmouthshire. P. VII. VIII. E. 
4. E. platyphylla (Koch); umbel 3—5-fidthen repeatedly bifid, 
1, and general bracts long-obovate with a cordate base, partial 
bracts all cordate apiculate, stam. 7—8 in each inv., inv.-glands 
oval, caps. with shortly conical tubercles, seeds obovate brown 
and shining, seed-stalk nearly reniform.—E. stricta Sm., E. B. 
333 (starved).—Plant more diffuse than the preceding, erect, 
slightly branched. Inv., caps., and seeds twice as large.—Fields. 
A. VI.—VIII. E. 
5. E. hiberna (L.); umbel about 5-fid, bracts and 1. ovate or 
elliptical entire blunt, invol.-glands reniform, caps. warted_gla- 
brous, seeds obovate smooth somewhat shining brownish.—E. B. 
1337.—Height 1—2 feet. L. broad, usually pilose beneath. 
—S.W. of Ireland and N. Devon. P. VI. E. I. 
6. E. palustris (L.); umbel irregular about 5-fid then 3-fid 
and 2-fid, bracts all elliptical glabrous, 1. broadly lanceolate mi- 
nutely serrate slightly hairy, invol.-glands transversely oval, caps. 
warted, seeds obovate minutely punctate smooth.—£. pilosa L. 
E. B. S. 2787.—St. 2—4 feet high, leafy throughout, annual. 
Caps. usually hairy.—The form with glabrous l., the original E. 
