Euphorbia exigua 
Small Spurge. 
EUPHORBIA Lin. Gen. PI. Dodecandria Trigynia. 
Cor. 4 f. 5-petala, calyci infidens. Cal. i-phyllus, ventricofus. Capfi 
3-cocca. 
Rail Syn. Gen. 22. Herb.® vasculifer®, flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 
EUPHORBIA exigua umbella trifida : dichotoma : involucellis lanceolatis, foliis linearibus. Lin. Syjl. 
Vegetab. p. 375. Sp. PI. p. 654. 
TITHYMALUS foliis linearibus, Ripulis lanceolatis ariftatis. Haller Hfi. n. 1048. 
TITHYMALUS five Efula exigua. Bauh. Pin. p. 295. 
ESULA exigua Tragi. Ger. emac. 502. 
TITHYMALUS leptopbyllus. Parkin/. 193. Raii Syn. 313. Dwarf Spurge, or fmall annual Spurge* 
Hud/on FI. Angl. ed. 2. p. 208. Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 250. 
RADIX annua, fimplex, paucis fibrillis inftru&a. 
CAULIS ere&us, ramofus, foliofiffimus, femipedalis. 
RAMI plerumque inferiorem partem caulis tantummodo 
occupant, oppofiti, fuberedti. 
FOLIA plurima, apprefl'a, linearia, obtufiufcula. 
UMBELLA trifida, interdum quadrifida, rarius quinque- 
fida, dichotoma. 
STIPULAE Umbella; lanceolato-lineares. 
— — Umbelhilte ovato-oblongtt, acuminatas, oppo- 
fitic, fiepe inasquales. 
CALYX glabra, perfiftens. Jig. 1. aubl. 
COROLLA nulla. 
NECTARI A quatuor, corniculata , fufca. fig. 2,3. 
STAMINA plerumque duo vifibilia ; Anther® didy ■ 
mx. Jig. 4. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, petiolatum, nu- 
tans; Styli tres; Stigma bifidum, /g. 5, 6, 
PER 1 CARPIUM Capsula tricocca, trilocularis. 
SEMEN unicum in fingulo loculamento, nigrum, ru- 
gofum. 
ROOT annual, fimple, furnifhed with few fibres. 
STALK upright, branched, very leafy, about fix inches 
high. 
BRANCHES generally occupy the lower part of the 
(talk only, are oppofite and nearly upright. 
LEAVES numerous, prefled to the {talk, linear, and 
fomewhat obtufe. 
UMBELL dividing into three branches, fometimes four, 
rarely five, thofe forked. 
STIPULiE of the general Umbell of a fhape betwixt 
lanceolate and linear. 
— — of the partial Umbell , , of an oblong, ovate 
fhape, running out to a point, oppofite, and 
often irregular. 
CALYX fmooth, and permanent, fg. 1 . magnified. 
COROLLA wanting. 
NECTARIES four, of a brownifh colour, each fur- 
nifhed with two little horns, fig. 2, 3. 
STAMINA generally about two vifible ; Anthers 
double, fig. 4. 
PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, {landing on a foot- 
ftalk, and drooping; Styles three; Stigma 
bifid, fig. 5, 6. 
SEED-VESSEL, a Capfule with three prominent fides, 
and three cavities. 
SEED : a fingle one in each cavity, black, and wrinkled. 
This fmall and delicate fpecies of Spurge is often found in Corn-fields about London, efpecially on the Surry fide 
of the "Thames, nor is it uncommon in many other parts of England. 
It flowers in July and Augujl. 
The Tithymalus Jcgetum longfolius of Ray, confidered by Profeflor Martyn in his Plant. Cantab, as the 
Je get a Us of Linnaeus, has by fome been thought to be no other than a large fpecimen of this plant; Mr. Hudson 
makes it a variety of the platyphyllos ; fuppofing fuch a plant as the fegetalis to exift, it cannot be a variety of 
the exigua becaufe it has rough Caplules, and its leaves are by far too narrow for the platyphyllos , vid. Jacquin 
FI. Aufir. V. 3. 614. who figures them both, and confiders them as diftin£t fpecies. 
