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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
6. Croad-Icaved Spurge. 
Tilhymah:s lalijolius avjaifis. 
The root is long, flender, and has a few fibres. 
The ftalk is fingle, round, uprighr, firm, and 
a foot and half high. 
The leaves are oblong and broad, perfeftly 
finooch, not at ail indented at the edges, and of 
a pale green. 
lire fiowers fi;and in a large clufter at the top 
of the ftalk, and are fma!! and srreen. 
The feed-vclfel is large, as are alfo the feeds. 
It is found among corn in our fouthern coun- 
ties ; and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalu! arvenfu latifolhis 
Germamcm. J. Bauhine, 7ithymalus platyphylbs 
fuchjii. Clufius, ^'ithymalus psregrinuj piaty- 
pbylloi, 
^. Small long-leaved Spurge. 
'Tithymalus parvus longifolhis. 
This is an upright, pretty plant. 
The root is fmall and Ilender, and has but 
few fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, upright, and 
of a redifb hue near the ground, but of a pale 
green higher up. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a yellow 
green : they have no footfialks, and they are 
perfeftly undivided at the edges. 
The flowets fland in a loofe kind of umbel at 
the tops of the flalksi and on fmall branches 
rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves: they 
are fmall and yellow. 
The feed-velTcl is fmall, and the feeds are 
brown. 
It is common in the corn-fields of Kent and 
fome other parts of the kingdom ; and flowers 
in July. 
Ray calls it tilbymdus fegetum longifclim. 
8. Little Sea Spurge, 
^ithymahu maritimus parvus. 
The root is long, and furniflied with many 
fibres. 
The ftalk is round, fingle, upright, and about 
eight inches high. 
The leaves are numerous, fmaller at the bot- 
tom, and larger all the way up the flalk : they 
have no lootftalks, and hang downwards : they 
are Ibort, and of an inverted oval figure; broadeft 
at the end, and fmaller all tlir. way to the bafe : 
they are of a whitifla green colour, undivided at 
the edges, and round at the end, with a weak 
prickle. 
The flowers are numerous, and Hand in a loofe 
fcattered umbel : fliey are fmall and yellow. 
The feed-veficls are large, and fomewhat 
rough. 
It is found on our fea-coafts ; and flowers in 
June. 
Ray calls \lTithyimlus marilimus minor Partlan- 
iiais. It was firfl: found by Mr. Stoncfl:reet near 
Portland toward Devonfliire. 
9. Dwarf Spurge. 
lithymalits puvtilus tltlglijlifolitis. 
The root Is fmall, oblong, and undivided, and 
has a few fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, round, and 
of a yellowilh colour : they He fpread every way 
upon the ground, and are branched, full of 
leaves, and ufually four or five inches high, 
fometimes more, often much lefs. 
The leaves are fmall, oblong, pointed at the 
ends, and of a pale green. 
The flowers ftand in a kind of fcattered umbels 
at the tops of the ftalks ; and at the bafe of thefc 
there are longer and narrower leaves than the 
others : the floivers themfclvcs are very fmall, 
and yellow. ' 
The feed-veflels are alfo fmall. 
It is common in our cornfields, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tifiymalus five efula exigua. 
Others, Tithymalus minimus. 
10. Sun Spurge. 
Tithymahis heliofcopiiis. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
a few fliort fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upright, fingle, not at all 
branched, and ten inches high. 
The leaves are numerous, oblong, of an in- 
verted oval figure, and ferrated at the edges ■ 
they have no footftalk ; and are fmalleft at the 
bafe, whence they are broader all the way to the 
end. 
The fiowers ftand at the top of the ftalk, in a 
broad,' fpreading umbel : they are of a yellowifli 
green. 
The feed-veflbls are large, and the feeds are 
alfo large. 
It is common on garden borders and in other 
cultivated grounds ; and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithynialus helioficpius. 
J. Bauhine, Titiymalus filifequius. 
II. Little, roundilh-leaved Spurge. 
Tithymaks parvus folns fuhroumdis. 
The root is long, flender, and furniflied with 
many fibres. 
The ftalks are round, upright, of a pale green, 
and eight inches high. 
The leaves are fliort, roundifli, on the lower 
part of the ftalks, and fomewhat longer on the 
upper part, where they refemble thofe of the 
fun/purge, but that they are fmaller, and not 
dented at the edges : they are of a pale green, 
and have no footftalks. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in a 
kind of loofe umbels : they are fmall, and of a 
ycllowifli green. 
It is common in garden borders, and other cul- 
tivated ground ; and flowers in May. 
This and the preceding are the two moft com- 
mon kinds we have : they generally grow toge- 
ther, and are diftinguiftied at fight by the leaves 
bemg dented in one, and not in the other : this 
laft alfo is the fmaller. 
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