DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. ic^ 
longer than the corolla, appearing at different times with 
didymous, roundifh antherse. Thegermen is three cor- 
nered and roundifh, having three bifid ftyles and obnffe 
ftigmata. The fruit is a roundifh, tricoccous, trilocu- 
lar capfule opening elaflically and contains many loiita- 
ry, roundifli feeds. 
Obf. Euphorbhm If. &c. Hath an angulated or fiefhy 
ftalk 'and the petals in fome trifid. 
• Eithymahis. hath a leafy ftalk. 
Eithymaloides, T.' hath a cup at the lower fide gibbous 
and like a keel. In fo.me fpecies the mafculine flowers 
, are firft. There are commonly four petals, in fome 
j five, often on the fame plant there are flowers of a dif- 
1 ferent fex, thefe are in many glandulous, in fome lunated 
i or dentated, in a few flender like a membrane, and com- 
I monly appear as tho’ they were placed at the outfide’of 
I the cup. The capfule is fmooth, or rough, or verru- 
cofe. The ftamina do not all break out at the lame 
time. 
Peplis. Small purpk Sea Spurge that is dichotomous 
with entire, femicordate leaves and folitary flov'Crs from 
the joints, and procumbent ftalks. On the fea fliore. 
|i An. June, . 
‘ . Such as have a trifid umbel, 
\ Peplus, Petty Spurge which is dichotomous wdth a 
■ trifid umbel, ovate involucelli, entire, obovate, petiolat- 
ed leaves. An, July. 
Exigua. Dwarf Spurge which is dichotomous with., 
a trifid umbel, and lanceolated, linear leaves. About 
Shooters-hill'm Kent, Hudson. July, 
Such as have a quinquijid umbel. 
Heliofcopia, Sun Spurge., or Wart-wort., v/ith a quin- 
quifid, dichotomous umbel, oval involucelli, and fer- 
rated wedge-like leaves. An, July, 
