688 DODECANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. Euphorbia 
Sun Spurge. Wart-wort. (Welsh: Llaeth ysgyfarnog. E.) Com¬ 
mon in cultivated places, as gardens and corn-fields. A. July—Aug.* 
(E. stric'ta. Umbel of about five three-cleft, thin, forked, branches: 
leaves lanceolate, finely serrated: nectaries four, rounded, 
entire: capsule warty: seeds smooth. 
FI. Gi'oec. v. 5. t. 469. 
Foot zigzag. Herb light green, quite smooth, except a few occasional 
hairs on the rib of the leaves, or of the bracteas at the back. Stem erect, 
six to fifteen inches high, straight, hollow, copiously leafy in the upper 
part, often naked and purplish below. Leaves spreading, or deflexed, 
scattered, sessile, acute, heart-shaped at the base; the lowermost often 
slightly stalked. Several branches, once or twice forked, spring from the 
upper leaves. 
Yar. 2. The same species in a starved condition. E. stricta. E. Bot. 333. 
(With. Ed. 3 and 4. E.) E. verrucosa . Huds. (With. Ed. 3. p. 449. 
Belli. E.) not of Linn. Tithymalus verrucosus. R. Syn. not of Bauhin 
nor of Dalechamp. In corn-fields, rare. In Essex; Mr. Dale; near 
York. Dr. Robinson. Ray. On the north side of Eversden Wood, Cam¬ 
bridgeshire. Rev. R. Relhan. Near Harefield, in 1793. 
Upright Warty Spurge. E. stricta. Linn. Syst. Nat. FI. Grsec. E.pla~ 
typhylla. Huds. Herb. D. Rose. FI. Brit. Tithymalus platyphyllos. R. 
Syn. Wild in Mr. Ray’s orchard at Black Notley, Essex. R. Syn. 
Near Northfleet, Kent. Hudson. A. July—Aug. Sm. Eng. FI. E.) 
(4) Umbels with six spokes. 
E. Hiber'na. Umbels with six spokes, forked: bracteas ovate: 
leaves obtuse: branches none: capsules warty, (erect: nectaries 
kidney-shaped, pointless. E.) 
(E. Bot. 1337. E.)— Dili. Elth. 290. 374— Kniph. 9—Clus. ii. 190. I—Bod. 
372. 2— Lob. Obs. 196. 2 —Ger. Em. 500. 12— Park. 188. 11— Pet. 53. 7 
— H. Ox. x. 2. 
(Very milky. Stem two feet high, solid, leafy, nearly .simple. Leaves two 
or three inches long, and one broad, entire. Umbel large. Nectaries 
four, inversely kidney-shaped, purplish brown, with large, upright, paler 
scales. E.) Umbel sometimes with only five spokes. Leaves nearly 
strap-shaped, pointed. Solitary fruit-stalks frequently arising from the 
bosom of several of the upper leaves. 
(Irish Spurge. Makinboy. In fields and thickets. Common in the 
county of Kerry. Dr. Wade. Near Belfast. Mr. Templeton. About 
the lake of Killarney. Rev. T. Butt. Doody’s stations, in Dillenius, 
erroneous. Sm. E.) Between Feversham and Sittingbourne, Kent. 
Hudson. P. Aug.f 
* (The lactescence of this species is at least as acrid as that of its congeners, and when 
applied to warts much caution should be used to prevent its spreading, or more general 
inflammation may be excited. E.) 
T (This herb, like others of its tribe, is not exempt from virulent qualities. Its drastic 
effects have long been proverbial, and, according to the old fable, may be experienced if 
only carried about a man’s clothes. Dr. Vaughan records a case wherein an empiric gave a 
dose of it boiled in milk to a strong youth, near Clonmel, which excited such violent 
bypereatharsis ap.d convulsions, as to occasion death in a few hours. E.) 
