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72. EUPHOBBIACE^. 
[_E. Chardcias (L.) E. B. 442. has no claim to be considered 
as a native. It does not grow in Needwood Forest.] 
tt Seeds smooth. Bracts separate. 
\_E. Cyparis 'sias (L. ) ; imibel of many forked rays, partial bracts 
reniform or cordate blunt entire, 1. linear entire or on the barren 
shoots setaceous many close together, inv.-glands with 2 horns, 
caps, tubercular. — It may be a native at W hitbaiTow in West- 
moreland. Seo. W. H. Hawker. The other stations belong to 
Sp. 9.] E. 
t9. E. E'sula (L.) ; umbel of many forked rays, partial bracts 
cordate blunt niucronate, lanceolate w stiblinear nan-owed be- 
low glabrous denticulate scattered, inv.-glands with 2 horns, 
"caps, asperous, seeds obovate." — E. B. 1399 & 840 ? R. v. 146. 
— St. 12 — 18 in. high, leafy, with a few axillarj^ leafy branches 
without flowers. Creeping. — Woods, rare. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
10. E. Par alias (L.) ; umbel usuallv of 5 forked rays, bracts 
rather reniform, I. coriaceous oblong, mv.-glands 5 with 3 or 4 
short points, caps, wiinkled. — E. B. 195. — Root woody, tough. 
Flowering st. about a foot high ; barren stems shorter, many. 
L. closely imbricate. — Sandy sea-coasts. P. VIII. IX. Sea 
Spurge. E. S. I. 
ttt Seeds rough, tubercled or pitted. L. alternate, scattered. 
11. E. portland'ica fL.); umbels of 5 forked rays, bracts 
broadly rhomboidal acuminate, I. obovate or obovate-lanceolate 
hhint subapiculate, inv.-glands 4 lunate with long horns, cjips. 
rough at the angles, seeds pitted and netted almost white. — E. B. 
441. — Glaucous, smooth. Scarcely a foot high. L. spreading. 
Seed-stalk conical, hooded. — Sea-coasts. P. V. — IX. E. S. I. 
12. E. Pep'lm (L.) ; umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts ovate blunt 
mucronate, I. broadly ovate stalked, lower 1. suborbicidar, inv.- 
glands 4 limate with long horns, caps, smooth with thickened 
roiigli keels, seeds ovoid pitted. — E. B. 959. — Light gi-een, 
smooth, erect, 6—10 in. high. — A common weed. A. VTI. \'III. 
Petty Spurge. E. S. I. 
13. E. exig'ua (L.) ; umbel of 3 forked rays, bracts lanceolate 
acute unequal below, /. linear blunt with a niucro or acute, inv.- 
glands rounded with 2 horns, caps, smooth with slightly thick- 
ened and tubercled angles, seeds angular wrinkled. — E. B. 1336, 
— Height 3 — 6 in., usually branched at the base. Seeds small, 
white.— Corn-fields. A. VI.— Mil. E. S. I. 
tttt Seeds rough. Leaves opposite. 
14. E. Lath'yris (L.); umbel of 3 or 4 forked rays, bracts 
