EUPHORBIA. 
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3. E. slric'ta (Koch) ; umbel of 3 — 5 3 — 5-fid and forked rays, 
general and first partial bracts and 1. oblong clasping, other bracts 
roadly cordate bhmt with a minute apiculus, mv.-glands oval, 
dam. rarely more than 2 in each inv., caps, loith prominent cy- 
lindrical tubercles, seeds smooth oval brown and shining, seed- 
stalk cordate. — St. erect, 2 — 3 ft. high, much branched. Umbel 
moderate. Inv., caps., and seeds small. — Limestone woods. 
f Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. P. ? YTL. VIII. E. 
4. E. platyphyl'la (Koch) ; umbel of 3 — 5 repeatedly forked 
rays, 1. and general bracts loug-obovate with a cordate base, 
partial bracts all cordate apiculate, stain. 7 — 8 in each inv., inv.- 
glands oval, caps, tcith shortly conical tubercles, seeds obovate 
browTi and shining, seed-stalk nearly reniform.—E. stricta Sm., 
E. B. 333 ( starved). — Plant more diifuse than, and quite distinct 
from, the preceding, erect, slightly branched. Inv., caps., and 
seeds twice as large. — Fields. A. VI. — VIII. - E. 
5. E. hiber'na (L.) ; umbel of about 5 twice-forked rays, 
bracts and 1; ovate or oblong entire blunt, inv. -glands reniform, 
caps, warted glabrous, seeds obovate smooth somewhat shining 
brownish. — E. £. 1337. — Height 1 — 2 feet. L. broad, usually 
pilose beneath. — S.W. of Ireland and N. Devon. P. VI. E. I. 
6. E. palus'tris (L.); umbel irregular of about 5 ti'ifid and 
forked rays, bracts all elliptic glabrous, 1. broadly lanceolate mi- 
nutely serrate slightly hairy, mv.-glands transversely oval, caps, 
warted, seeds obovate minutely punctate smooth. — E. pilosa 
E. B. S. 2787.— St. 2—4 feet high, leafy throughout, annual. 
Caps, usually hairy. — The form with glabrous 1., the original 
palustris (L.), has not been found in Britain. — Shady places near 
Bath. P.V.VI. E. 
*7. E. coralloules (L.) ; umbel of 5 trifid and forked rays, bracts 
ovate-oblony the tertiary ones ovate all hairy, 1. lanceolate mi- 
nutely senate woolly, inv.-glands transversely oval, caps, marly 
smooth woolly, seeds obovate minutely punctate and with faint 
netted bands.— J?. B. S. 2837.— Height 2—3 feet. Usually naked 
below. — Slinfold, Sussex. Introduced. B. ? V. VI. E. 
** Involucral glands triangular-lunate or tvith 2 horns. 
t Seeds smooth. Bracts united. 
8. E. amygdalo'ides (L.) ; umbel of 5 or more forked bifid 
rays, bracts rounded connate, 1. ovate-lanceolate hairy beneath 
entire, inv.-glands lunate (yellow) with 2 horns, caps, with very 
minute tubercles glabrous, seeds roundish-ovate. — E. B. 256. 
E. sylvatica L. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, leafy, pm-ple below, biennial. 
—Woods and thickets. P. III. IV. Wood Spurge. E. I. 
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