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ft Seeds smooth. 
3. E. platyphylla (L. ?); umbel 3 — 5-fid then 3-fid and 2-fid, 
bracts cordate mucronate minutely serrate, 1. obovate-lanceolate 
acute minutely serrate, involucral glands oval, caps, warted, 
" seeds smooth obovate brown and shining." — E. B. 333 (starved) . 
R. 4758. E. stricta Sm. — Involucre usually hairy externally. 
Midrib of the 1. often bearing a few hairs beneath. — Koch di- 
stinguishes E. platyphylla and E. stricta by the former having 
hemispherical tubercles on the caps., and the latter cylindrical 
but very short ones. E. stricta (R. 4757.) which has narrower 
leaves and general bracts was found near Tintern by Mr. Borrer. 
—Corn-fields. A. VI.— VIII. E. 
4. E. hibe>-na (L.) ; umbel about 5-fid, bracts and 1. ovate or 
elliptical entire obtuse, invol. -glands reniform, caps, muricated 
glabrous, seeds obovate smooth somewhat shining brownish. — 
E. B. 1337. R. 4767 .—Height 1—2 feet. L. broad, usually pi- 
lose beneath. — South of Ireland and Devon. P. VI. E. I. 
5. 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 hairy, seeds obovate minutely punctate smooth. — E. B. S. 
2787. E. pilosa L. — St. 2 — 4 feet high, leafy throughout, an- 
nual. — The form with glabrous 1., the original E. palustris (L.), 
has not been found in Britain. See Forst. in Linn. Trans, xvii. 
536. — In shady places near Bath where it was noticed by Lobel 
before the year 1576. P. V. VI. E. 
*6. E. coralloides (L.); umbel 5-fid then 3-fid and 2-fid, brads 
ovate-oblong the tertiary ones ovate all hairy, 1. lanceolate minutely 
serrate woolly, invol.-glands transversely oval, caps, nearly smooth 
woolly, seeds obovate minutely punctate and with faint reticulate 
bands.— E. B. S. 2837 — Height 2—3 feet. Usually naked be- 
low. — Slinfold, Sussex. Supposed to have been introduced by 
the late Mr. Manningham. B. ? V. VI. E. 
*** Involucral glands triangular -lunate or with 2 horns. 
\ Seeds smooth. Bracts connate. 
7. E. amygdaloides (L.) ; umbel 5- or many-fid then 2-fid, 
bracts rounded connate, 1. ovate-lanceolate hairy beneath entire, 
invol.-glands lunate with 2 horns, caps, with very minute tu- 
bercles glabrous, seeds roundish-ovate smooth. — E. B. 256. 
R. 4799. E. sylvatica L. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, leafy, purple be- 
low, biennial. Invol.-glands yellow. — Woods and thickets. 
P. III. IV. Wood Spurge. E. I. 
[8. E. Characias (L.) ; umbel many-fid then 2-fid, bracts 
rather pointed connate, 1. linear-lanceolate downy entire, 
