UPHORBIA EXIGUA, DM ALL hPURGE. 



EUPHORBIA Lin. Gen. PL Dodecandria Trigynia. 



Cor. 4 f. 5-petala, calyci infidens. Cal. i-phyllus, ventricofus. Cap/. 

 3-cocca. 



Raii Syn. Gen. 22. Herb/e vasculifer^e, flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 



EUPHORBIA exigita umbella trifida : dichotoma : involucellis lanceolatis, foliis linearibus. Lin. Syfi* 

 Vegetab. p. 3 y$. Sf. PL p. 654. 



TITHYMALUS foliis linearibus, flipulis lanceolatis ariftatis. Haller FUJI, n. 1048» 



TITHYMALUS five Efula exigua. Bauh. Pin. p. 295. 



ESULA exigua Tragi. Ger. emac. 502. 



TITHYMALUS leptophyllus. Parkin/. 193. Rail Syn. 313. Dwarf Spurge, or fmall annual Spurge* 

 Hudjon FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 208. Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 250. 



RADIX annua, fimpiex, paucis flbrillis inftructa. | ROOT annual, fimple, furnifhed with few fibres. 



CAULIS ereclus, ramofus, foliofiffimus, femipedalis. | STALK upright, branched, very leafy, about fix inches 



¥ high. 



RAMI plerumque inferiorem partem caulis tantummodo | BRANCHES generally occupy the lower part of the 



occupant, oppofiti, fuberedti. ¥ ftalk only, are oppofite and nearly upright. 



FOLIA plurima, apprefTa, Tmearia, obtufiufcula. | LEAVES numerous, preffed to the ftalk, linear, and 



I fomewhat obtufe. 



UMBELLA trifida, interdum quadrifida, rarius quinque- | UMBELL dividing into three branches, fometimes four* 



fida, dichotoma. I rarely five, thofe forked. 



STIPUL^E Umbella lanceolato-lineares. t STIPULE of the general Umbell of a fhape betwixt 



I lanceolate and linear. 



— — Umbellula ovato- oblongre, acuminata, oppo- % *■ of the -partial Umbell, of an oblong, ovate 



fitae, fsepe inasquales. I lhape, running out to a point, oppofite, and 



% often irregular. 



CALYX glabra, perfiflens. Jig. 1. auB. | CALYX fmooth, and permanent. Jig. 1. magnified. 



COROLLA nulla. | COROLLA wanting. 



NECTARIA quatuor, corniculata, fufca. fig. 2, 3. |. NECTARIES four, of a browniih colour, each fur- 



| nifhed with two little horns, fig. 2, 3. 



STAMINA plerumque duo vifibilia ; Antherje didy- % STAMINA generally about two vifible ; Anthers 



ma?, fig. 4. I double, fig. 4. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, petiolatum, nu- % PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, landing on a foot- 

 tans; Styli tres ; Stigma bifidum. fig. 5, 6. | flalk, and drooping; Styles three; Stigma 



% bifid, fig. 5, 6. 



PERICARPIUM : Capsula tricocca, trilocularis. | SEED-VESSEL, a Capfule with three prominent fides, 



I and three cavities. 



SEMEN unicum in fingulo loculamento, nigrum, ru- f SEED : afingle one in each cavity, black, and wrinkled, 

 gofum. , * 



This fmall and delicate fpecies of Spurge is often found in Corn-fields about London, efpecially on the Surry fide 

 of the Thames, nor is it uncommon in many other parts of England, 



It flowers in July and Augujl. 



The Titbymalus fegetum Iongifiolius of Ray, considered by Profeflbr Martyn in his Plant. Cantab, as the 



fegetalis of Linnjeus, has by fome been thought to be no other than a large fcecimen of this plant -, Mr. Hudson 



makes it a variety of the platyphyllos ; fuppofing fuch a plant as the fiegetalis to exift, it cannot be a variety of 



the exigua becaufe it has rough Capfules, and its leaves are by far too narrow for the platyphyllos, vid. Jacquin 



FL Aufir. V. 3. & 4. who figures them both, and confiders them as diftmct. fpecies; 



