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73. EUPHORBIACE.E. 
3-parted. Male. Stam. 9 — 16. Fem. Style short, forked. 
Caps. 2-celled. Cells 1 -seeded, bursting at the back. — 
G. F. G. Monochl. 40. 
1. Buxus Box. 
1. B. sempervirens (L.); 1. ovate-oblong coriaceous shining 
above, petioles ciliated, anth. ovate-sagittate. — E.B. 1341. — A 
small bushv tree of 10—12 feet in height. — Dry chalky hills, 
rare. T. iV.— VI. E. 
2. Exjphoubia Linn. Spurge. 
* Leaves with stipules. 
1. E. Peplis{L.); st. procumbent branched, heads axillary 
solitary, caj)s. keeled, seeds smooth, 1. opposite stalked half- 
heartshaped nearly entire glabrous. — E. B. 2002. R. 4753. — 
St. usually much tinged with jmrple, glaucous. The only British 
species which has stipules. — Loose sand of the southern sea- 
coast. A. VII. — IX. E. I. 
** Stipules 0 in this and all the following sections. Invo- 
lucral glands without membranous processes, roundish or 
transversely oval. 
t Seeds netted. 
2. E. Helioscopia (L.) ; umbel 5-fid then 3-fid and 2-fid, bracts 
and 1. membranous obovate-wedgeshaped serrated upwards, caps, 
smooth glabrous, seeds netted rugose. — E. B. 883. R. 4754. — 
Waste and cultivated ground. A. VI. — IX. Sun Spurge. 
tt Seeds smooth. 
3. E. strict a {Koch)-, umbel 3 — 5-fid then 3-fid and bifid, 
general and first partial bracts and 1 . oblong clasping narrowed 
above their base, other bracts broadly cordate blunt with a minute 
apiculus, inv. -glands oval (?), caps, with prominent cylindrical 
tubercles, seeds smooth oval brown and shining, /awicaZMS cor- 
date. — St. erect, 2 — 3 ft. high, much branched. Inv., caps., and 
seeds small. Tubercles on the caps, cylindrical but short. — Woods 
below the Wind Cliff and near Tintern, Monmouthshire. A. VII. 
VIII. E. 
4. E. platyphylla (Koch) ; umbel 3 — 5-fid then 3-fid and bifid, 
general bracts ovate-oblong, partial ones all cordate acute or 
roundish, 1 . obovate-oblong gradually narrowed to the cordate 
base, inv. -glands oval, caps, with depressed tubercles, seeds ob- 
ovate brown and shining, jfaaicuZas nearly reniform. — E. stricta 
Sm., E. B. 333 (starved). — Plant smaller than the preceding, 
erect, slightly branched. Inv., caps., and seeds twice as large. 
L. larger, not pinched above the base. Partial bracts usually 
