590 DODECANDRIA. DODECAGYNIA. Sempekvivtjm. 
E. cyparis'sias. Umbel of numerous forked branches: bracteas nearly 
heart-shaped: stem-leaves spear-shaped, those on the lateral 
branches bristle-shaped: (nectaries crescent-shaped: capsule 
nearly smooth. E.) 
Jacq. Austr. 435— (E. Bot. 840. E.)— Kniph. 12—Blackw. 163. 3— Cam. 
Epit. 964. 
The slender fir-like leaves on the barren branches at once distinguish this 
species. In its young state the umbel is very compact and almost glo¬ 
bular, but as it expands the spokes grow out to the length of one inch 
and a half, and are about seven in number. (Roth is said to have found 
the capsule occasionally verrucose. Bracteas assume a scarlet hue. 
Nectaries tawny yellow. Stem a foot high, lactescent. E.) 
(Cypress Spurge. E.) Woods at the Earl of Stamford’s, at Envil, 
Staffordshire. (On the walls of Huln Abbey, near Alnwick ,* and on 
hedges three miles and a half south of Alnwick. Mr. Winch. Barton 
Leat Wood, Bedfordshire. Rev. Dr. Abbot. Collinton Woods, near 
Edinburgh. Mr. Arnott. Hook. Scot. E.) May—June. 
E. amygdaloi'des. (Umbel of about six forked branches, with nu¬ 
merous axillary stalks beneath: bracteas circular, perfoliate: 
leaves obtuse, hairy : capsule smooth. E.) 
E. Bot. 256— Wale. — the older figures are not worth quoting. 
(j Root knotty, somewhat woody. Herb soft, lactescent. Stems rather 
shrubby, purple below, many flowered above. E.) The flowering part 
of the stem during flowering grows to more than twice its original 
length. Lateral flowering branches numerous, twice forked. Involucrum 
leaves five, roundish-inversely-egg-shaped. Involucellum circular or 
elliptical, cloven half way down on each side, and rounded at each 
extremity, with a small point just perceptible to the naked eye. Petals 
crescent-shaped, yellow. Root-leaves downy underneath. St. 
A variegated sort is often admitted into gardens. 
Wood Spurge. (E. amygdaloides. Linn. E. sylvatica. Linn. Sp. PI. ac¬ 
cording to Smith.' E.) Woods and hedges, in a clayey soil, frequent. 
P. May.* 
DODECAGYNIA. 
SEMPERVI'VUM.f Calyx twelve-cleft: Petals one, six, 
twelve, to twenty-four: Caps . twelve, many-seeded, like 
a legumen. 
whimsical conceit exposed in Brown’s Vulg. Err. Gerard cautions us, with his wonted 
complacency, against experimenting with these plants: “ Mine advise would be not to re¬ 
ceive them into the bodie, for ‘ Deare is the honie that is lickt out of thornes.’ ” E.) 
* (Mr. Salisbury reports very dangerous swellings to have been occasioned in the mouth 
•and throat of persons who have imprudently thereto applied the juice of this herb. E.) 
+ (From semper , always $ and vivusj alive j this family of plants strongly retaining the 
vital principle, E.) 
