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invol. -glands lunate, caps, with very minute tubercles hairy, seed 
oblong-ovate smooth. — E. B. 442. R. 4800. — Invol. -glands dark 
purple. — Not found in Needwood Forest. Has no claim to be 
considered as a native. Sh. III. IV.] O. 
ft Seeds smooth. Bracts separate.. 
[9. E. Cyparissias (L.) ; umbel many-fid then 2-fid, bracts 
cordate acute, I. linear entire glabrous, invol. -glands lunate, caps. 
" nearly smooth, seeds obovate smooth." — E. B. 840. R. 4793. 
— Known by its narrow truly linear leaves. — A very doubtful 
native. Woods. P. VI. VII.] E. 
10. E. Esula (L.) ; umbel many-fid then 2-fid, bracts cordate 
obtuse mucronate, I. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate glabrous den- 
ticulate, invol. -glands with 2 horns, " caps, scabrous, seeds ob- 
ovate smooth."— E. B. 1399. R. 4791 — St. 12—18 in. high, 
leafy, with a few axillary leafy branches without flowers. — Woods, 
rare. P. VII. E. S. 
11. E. Paralias (L.) ; umbel usually 5-fid then 2-fid, bracts 
rather reniform, I. coriaceous elliptic-oblong, invol. -glands 5 lunate 
with short points, caps, wrinkled, seeds smooth. — E. B. 195. 
R. 4789. — Root woody, tough. Flowering st. about a foot high, 
barren stems shorter numerous. L. closely imbricated. — Sandy 
sea-coast. P. VIII. IX. Sea Spurge. 
•ftt Seeds rough, tubercled or pitted. Leaves alternate, 
scattered. 
12. E. portlandica (L.) ; umbels 5-fid then 2-fid, bracts 
broadly rhomboidal acuminate, I. obovate or obovate-lanceolate 
obtuse somewhat apiculate, invol. -glands 4 lunate with long horns, 
caps, rough at the angles, seeds pitted and netted. — E. B. 441. 
R. 4787- — Glaucous, smooth. Scarcely afoot high. L. spread- 
ing. Seeds netted with white. — Sandy sea-coast. P. VII. — IX. 
13. E. Peplus (L.) ; umbel trifid then forked, bracts ovate ob- 
tuse mucronate, I. broadly-ovate subemarginate stalked, lower 1. 
suborbicular, invol. -glands 4 lunate with long horns, caps, smooth 
with thickened rugose keels, seeds oval pitted. — E. B. 959- 
i2. 4773. — Light green, smooth, erect, 6 — 10 in. high. I do not 
find the intermediate smaller dots on the seeds mentioned by 
Reichenbach ; with us they are arranged, beginning from the 
back, 4, 3, 1, or 3, 2, 1, with rarely 1 or more intermediate. — A 
common weed. A. VII. VIII. Petty Spurge. 
14. E. exigua (L.) ; umbel trifid then forked, bracts lanceolate 
acute unequal below, I. linear obtuse with a mucro or acute, 
invol. -glands rounded with 2 horns, caps, smooth with slightly 
thickened and tubercular angles, seeds angular wrinkled. — E. B. 
1336. R. 4777. — Height 3 — 6 in., usually branched at the base. 
—Corn-fields. A. VI.— VIII. ' n 
