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THE SPURGE FAMILY. 



with long points. Capsule glabrous 

 and smooth, with a longitudinal rib or 

 narrow wing to each carpel. Seeds 

 pitted. 



In cultivated and waste places, 

 throughout Europe and Russian Asia, 

 except the extreme north. Abundant 

 in England, Ireland, and a great part 

 of Scotland. FL the ivhole summer and 

 autumn. 



Fig. 882. 



7. Dwarf Spurge. Euphorbia exigua, Linn. 

 (Fig. 883.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1336.) 



A slender, glabrous annual, with se- 

 veral erect or ascending stems, from 1 

 or 2 to 6 or 8 inches high. Stem-leaves 

 numerous, small and narrow. Umbels 

 of 3 or 4, rarely 5 rays, sometimes con- 

 tracted into terminal heads, more fre- 

 quently elongated and forked. Eloral 

 leaves usually lanceolate. Glands of 

 the involucre crescent-shaped, with fine 

 points. Capsules small, smooth or slight- 

 ly warted at the angles. Seeds slightly 

 wrinkled. 



In cultivated and waste places, in 

 central and southern Europe and west- 

 ern Asia, extending northwards to south- 

 ern Sweden. Abundant in most parts 

 of England and Ireland, but only in 

 southern Scotland. FL the ivhole 



