260 24. Charac. 10. EUPHORBI ACEiE. PI. ex. inori 4 
2. Characias amygdaloides. Almond spurge . 
Umbells 5 to 8-rayed, forked, lanceolate, rather heart- 
shape ; leaves lanceolate, not cut, obtuse, hairy ; seeds ovate* 
smooth ; regma bald. 
Tithymalus characias amygdaloides, ttaii Syn. 3 12, 1 ; Ger. em. 500, 9, 
Euphorbia amygdaloides, Lin. S. P. 662, not of Persoon. 
Euphorbia sylvatica Lin. ? Jac FI. Austr . 4, 3t5, 
Esula amygdaloides, Haworth Succ. Pi. 
Unsavoury spurge. 
Woods and heaths; perennial; March and April. 
Stem simple, reddish, hairy, naked at bottom ; leaves 
perennial; lobes of the involucrum lunate, pointed. 
IV. 25. CHAMiESYCE. Dioscorides. Peplis . 
Bractea and bracteola 0; involucrum 8 to 10-parted; 
outer lobes fleshy, not cut, rounded above ; inner upright, 
membranaceous. — M ale flowers many; perigonium many- 
parted ; sepales rather feathery; filament jointed in the 
middle. — F em. solitary, central; perigonium 0; ovary pe- 
dicelled ; stigmata 3, 2-forked ; regma exserted, 3-coccous, 
3-seeded. — Herbaceous ; stem angular, forked, leafy, rather 
prostrate; leaves opposite, unequal at the base, ribbed; 
stipules intrafoliaceous ; involucra small, axillary, solitary. 
Chamcesyce maritima. Sea peplis . 
Leaves not cut, nearly heartshape; involucrum solitary; 
stem procumbent ; seeds ovate, smooth; regmahix\&. 
Tithymalus maritimus supinus aivnuus, Peplis dictus, Raii Syn. 313, 10. 
Peplis, Ger. em. 503, 20 ; Park. 194. 
Euphorbia Peplis, Lin. S. P. 652. 
Euphorbia Chamaesyce, Peplis, Persoon Syn. 2, 14. 
Anisophyllum Peplis, Haworth Succ. PI. 154. 
Hyssop spurge. 
Sea-shore; annual; July and August. 
Root long ; stem divaricating, 4-angular, reddish,; leaves 
petioled, rather fleshy, purplish green, 1 -ribbed, unequally 
eared at bottom ; stipules many, bristlelike. 
V. 26. MERCUllIALIS. Mercury . 
Dioicous, rarely monoicous ; perigonium 3-sepaled. — • 
Male. Stamens 9 ; anthers globular, double. — F em. Ovary 
2-bunched; styles 2; stigmata 4; regma 2-coccous; seeds 
single; perisperm fleshy; corculum inverse; radicle above. 
~-Herb annual; leaves opposite, stipuled ; stipulm intrafo- 
liaceous; fiowers axillary or terminal, spiked or fascicled. 
