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72. EUPHORBIACEiE. 
ttf Seeds rough, tubercled or pitted. L. alternate, scattered. 
11. E. Portland' ica (L.) ; umbels of 5 forked rays, bracts 
broadly rhomboidal acuminate, I. ohovate or ohovate-lanceolate 
hhint suhapindate, inv. -lobes 4 lunate with long horns, caps, 
rough at the angles, seeds pitted and netted almost white. — 
E. B. 441. — Glaucous, smooth. Scarcely a foot high. L. spread- 
ing. Seed- stalk conical, hooded. — Sea-coa.'^ts. P. IV. — IX. 
E. S. I. 
12. E. Peplvs (L.) ; umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts ovate 
blunt mucronate, I. broad/;/ ovate stalked, lower 1. suborbicular, 
inv. -lobes 4 lunate with long horns, caps, smooth with thick- 
ened rough keels, seeds ovoid pitted. — E. B. 959. — Light green, 
smooth, erect, 6 — 10 in. high. — A common weed. A. Vlf . VIII. 
Pctti/ Spurge. E. S. I. 
13. E. exig'ua (L.) ; umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts lanceolate 
acute unequal below, 1. linear blunt with a mucro [var. /•f^u^.' (L.)] 
or acute, inv.-lobes rounded with 2 horns, caps, smooth with 
slightly thickened and tubercled angles, seeds angular wrinkled. 
— E. B. 1336. — Height 3 — 6 in., usually branched at the liase. 
Seeds small white.— Cornfields. A. VI.— VIIT. E. S. I. 
tttt Seeds rough. Leaves opposite. 
14. E. Lath'yrus (L.) ; umbel of 3 or 4 forked rays, bracts 
oblong-ovate attenuate acute, 1. linear-oblong sessile, upper 1. 
cordate at the base, inv.-lobes lunate with blunt horns, caps, 
smooth with a dorsal line.— ii". B. 2255. — St. solitary, 2 — 3 feet 
high, purplish. L. many, in 4 rows.— Truly wild in a few 
stony and rocky woods, where it appears for 2 or 3 years after 
the bushes have bf^en cut. Also naturalized on cultivated 
ground. 15. VI. VII. (Japer-Spurge. E. 
3. Mercuria'lis Linn. Mercury. 
1. .1/. j>eir)t'nis (L.) ; st. simple, 1. stalked oblong-lanceolate 
rough, female fl. on long common stalks, creeping. — E. />*. 
1S72. — St. a foot high, usually naked below. Fl. in lax spikes. 
— ji. .)•/. omta (Sternb. et Hoppe) ; 1. nearly sessile ovate. — 
Woods and thickets. ,1 llurstpierpoint. Suss. .!/;■ .Mitten. 
P. IV. V. E. S. I. 
2. M. an' una (li.) ; st. branched, 1. stalked ovate or ovate-ob- 
long smooth, female li. nearly sessile, root fibrous.— Vt'. P>. .■)59.— 
Height () — 12 in. P)right green. ^luch branched. — /a. J/, am- 
hiqiia (L.) ; 1. lanceolate, fi. whorled maleand female intermi.xed. 
E. }'). S. 28H;.— Waste and cultivated land. A. VIII. IX. E. I. 
