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

 Fl. May, June. Perennial. 



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

 high, with obovate blunt leaves ; an umbel of 5 long, 2-forked rays, 

 with deltoid bracts ; and a few prominent warts on the capsule, 

 occurs only as an escape from cultivation. — Fl. June. Perennial. 



7.* E. coralloides, 

 a taller plant with its 

 stem leafless below ; 

 leaves lanceolate, 



finely-toothed, woolly; 

 umbel of 5, 2 — 3- 

 forked rays ; and 

 woolly capsules ; is 

 also an escape. — Fl. 

 May, June. Biennial. 



8. 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 are first 

 3-forked and then 

 2-forked ; bracts yel- 

 low, elliptical, smooth; 

 capsule usually hairy, 

 with minute warts. — 

 Woods, near Bath ; 

 very rare. — Fl. May, 

 June. Perennial. 



If Umbels 3- cr many-rayed; involucral glands with crescent-shaped 

 cusps 



9. E. amygdaloides (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 

 bifurcating rays, conspicuous in spring and summer with its 

 golden-green bracts, which are united into a round cup, generally 



A.MYGDALOIDES (Wood Sfurge). 



