The BRITISH HERBAL. 
C. Baubine calls it Peplus, Jive Efiila rotunda. 
Ray, Tithymaltis parvus anniius foliis fubroiundis 
non crmaiis, 
12. Branched Sea-Spurge; 
^itbyinalus mariiitnus ramofus. 
This is a fmgular fpecies. 
The root is long, [lender, and undivided . 
The ft;ilk is round, weak, fix or eight inches 
high, and very much branched : a great part of 
the branches ufiially lie upon the ground, but the 
main parv of the ftalk rifes tolerably upright. 
The leaves are fmall, broad, fhort, numerous, 
and of a yellowifli green at firft ; but, when the 
plant has ftood fome time, they are ufually redifn : 
DIVISION 11. F O 
I. Tree-Spurge. 
i'ilhymahis arborms: 
The root is large, and fpreading. 
The ftem is thick, firm, and ere£l ; and the 
whole plant has very much the appearance of a 
tree. 
It grows to five feet in height : the trunk is 
naked ; and from its top, which is nearly at half 
the height of the entire plant,- rife numerous 
branches : thcfe are flender, upright, and of a 
redifli colour. 
The leaves are oblong, narrow, and of a pale 
green, nor at all divided at the edges, fharp at 
the point, and without footftalks. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of thefe in fmall 
umbels, and are little and yellow. 
The fced-veflcls arc large, and the feeds brown. 
It is a native of Italy, and of the Greek jflands, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it 7'ilhymaiiis myrtifolius arbo- 
reus. Others, "Tithymalus arboreus, 
2. Myrtle -Spurge. 
litbymalus myrfinites. 
The root is long, divided, and furnifhed with 
many Ebres. 
The ftalks are round, thick, and green, or 
fometimes rediOi, and lie in great part upon the 
ground : the flowering branches rife to eight 
inches high, and make a very pretty appearance; 
they are flender, upriglit, and not at all divided 
or branched. 
The leaves are very numerous, thick, and of a 
bluilli green : they have no footftalks, and they 
refembie the leaves of myrtle : they hang down- 
wards, and they are rough at the edges, and 
pointed at the end. 
The flowers are fmali and green ; but they 
ftand in a large, regular, and beautiful umbel at 
^he tops of riic flalks. 
The fecd-vefie! is !:lrge, and deeply marked in 
three places. 
It is a native of Italy, and the fouth of France, 
and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalns myrftnites latifo- 
Uus. Others fimply Tiihymchis myrfinites. 
they are broad at the bafe, where they adhers 
without any footftalk, and are obtufe at the end. 
The flowers are fmall and yellowifli at firfl:^ 
but afterward they are redifli ; they do not grow, 
as in the others, only at the top of the fl:alks, 
but all along the plant, rifing with fhort foot- 
ffalks from the bofoms of the leaves. 
The feed-veffels are large, and marked with 
three divifions, and the feeds are large and 
brown. 
It is frequent on our fea-coafl:s, and flowers in 
May. 
C. Bauhine calls it "Tithymalns maritimus foUs 
obtufo. Others, PepUs. 
When in flower, it is ufually throughout of a 
fcarlet-colour. 
REIGN SPECIES. 
2. Round-rooted Spurge. 
Titbymalus radice rotunda. 
The root is large, and of a regular figure ; ap- 
proaching to round, but refembling the fhape of 
a pear. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, thick, and 
ufually redifli : they are five or fix inches high, 
and feldom perfedlly eredt, but leaning or bend- 
ing one way or other. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, and not very nu- 
merous : they have no footftalks, and they are 
fmalieft at the bafe, and larger all the way to the 
other end. 
The flowers are fmall, and green, with a tinge 
of yellow : they ftand in large umbels on the 
tops of the flalks. 
The feed-vefiel is large, and marked with three 
divifions, and the feeds are large. 
It is a native of Crete, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalus tuberofa pyriformi 
radicg. Others, Jpios. 
4. Pine-Spurge. 
'Tithymalus foliis angujlis aciitis: 
The root is long, flender, and covered with a 
redifh bark. 
The ftalk is round, firm, upright, and a foot 
and a half high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly, and are largCj 
narrow, and pointed at the end : they are of a 
bright green colour, and foft to the touch. 
The flowers are fmall and greenifti : they ftand 
in a large umbel at the top of the ftalk. 
The leed-vefi"el is large, and the feeds are 
large and brown. 
It is common among the wet rocks in France, 
Spain, and Italy, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tithymalus foliis pini forts 
Diofcoridis pithyufa. Others, Pithyufa. 
5. Great-fruited Spurge; 
Tithymalus fruSlu magna. 
The root is large and fpreading. 
The ftalk is round, thick, hollow, whitifh, 
and tinged, as it were, with brown : it is up- 
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