DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Euphorbia. 585 
Dicks . H. S.—(E. Bot. 321. E.)— Jacq.Austr. 353—Ger. 216.1 —Lob. Adv. 
76—Ger. Em. 277. 1—Park. 823. 2—Pet. 38. 11— J. B. iii. 467. 
{Stems about two feet high, bushy. E.) Calyx segments six, strap-shaped, 
the uppermost the smallest. Petals six. Stamens twenty. Relh. 
Flowers pale yellow, (their stalks longer than those of the preceding. E.) 
Base Rocket. Corn-fields, meadows, pastures, chiefly in calcareous soil; 
sometimes on walls. On a wall at Clifton, near Bristol. Mr. Swayne. 
Between Sunderland and South Shields. Mr. Robson. (Norfolk and Suf¬ 
folk, on chalky soil, frequent. Mr. Woodward. Hills between Pettycur 
and Burnt Island. Mr. Neill. Grev. Edin. E.) A. June—Aug.* 
Var. 2. Fol. crisp. Curled-leaved. 
Bocc. PI. Var. 41. 3. at p. 76 — Pluk. 55. 4. 
Barren closes about Roe Hill and Northfleet. (At Walderswick, Suffolk. 
Mr. Woodward. E.) 
Ray considers this a perennial, and therefore a distinct species. B. lutea 
is not an uncommon plant in Portugal; and in all the specimens I saw 
there the leaves were curled, but by the most attentive examination I 
could discover no other difference. 
EUPHOR'BIA.f Calyx monophyllous, distended : Bloss. four 
or five petals, (or nectaries), inserted on the calyx : Caps . 
three, united. 
(1) Flowers solitary. 
E. pe'plis. Forked: leaves very entire, half-heart-shaped: flowers 
solitary, axillary: stems trailing : (capsule smooth. E.) 
{E. Bot. 2002. E.)— Clus. ii. 187. 2— Lob. Ohs. 197. 3—Ger. Em. 503. 20 
— H. Ox. x. 2. 18— Pet. 53. 12— Matth. 1260— Ger. 406. 16— Park. 
194. 7. 
Plant generally red or purple, rather glaucous. Stem forked immediately 
from the root, (nine to twelve inches long. E.) Branches trailing, 
forked, of irregular lengths. Flowers on fruit-stalks. Capsules tipped 
with purple. Woodw. 
Purple Spurge. Sandy sea shores. Between Penzance and Marketjeu, 
Cornwall; Exmouth, Devon. (Between Torquay and Paington, Tor 
Bay. Mr. Cullen. E. Bot. Shore at Aberystwith. Mr. T. F. Forster, 
jun. Bot. Guide. E.) A. July—Aug. 
(2) Umbels with three spokes. 
E. pe'plus. Umbels three-branched, forked: bracteas egg-shaped: 
leaves very entire, inversely egg-shaped, on leaf-stalks : (nectaries 
crescent-shaped: seeds dotted. E.) 
Curt .— {E. Bot. 959— FI. Dan. 1100. E.)— Dod. 375. 2— Lob. Obs. 197. 2 
—Ger. Em. 503. 19 —Park. 194. 6—H. Ox. x. 2. 11— Pet. 53. 11 —Ger. 
406. 15—Wale. 
* (The larva of Pontia daplidice f an elegantly chequered green and white butterfly, 
rare in England, feeds on this species; as upon the various Cruciferee. Vid. Curt. Brit. 
Entom. v. l. pi. 48. also Mag.Nat. Hist. v. 2. p. 228. fig. 61. E.) 
■f - (Eu$opj3iov, of Dioscorides; named after Euphorbu.s, physician to Juba, King of 
Lybia, Vid. also Plin, xxvii. 5. E.) 
