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EUPHORBIA hiberna.
Irish Spurge.
D ODECANDR1A Trigynia.
Gen. Char. Çal. of 1 leaf, inflated, inferior. Nectaries
4 or 5, standing on the calyx. Caps, stalked,
3-lobed.
Spec. Char. Ümbel of six dichotomous rays. Partial
involucra oval. Leaves obtuse, entire. Branches
none. Capsules warty.
Syn. Euphorbia hiberna. Linn. Sp. PI. 662. Sm. FI.
Brit. 519. Huds. 210. With. 450. Hull. 106.
Tithymalus hibernicus. How. Phyt. 121. Rail Syn. 3 12.
JVTr . TEMPLETON has favoured us with fresh wild specimens
of this plant from the neighbourhood of Belfast, flowering
in June. The Rev. Mr. Butt has observed it plentifully
about the beautiful lake of Killarney, also in the counties of
Cork and Kerry. Dpody is reported to have found the same
about Twickenham, and Hudson in Kent. We have never
been lucky enough to see English specimens. It is said to
grow in fields, as well as in bushy or woody places.
, Root taPering> perennial. Stem 2 feet high, smooth, leafy,
simple, or only a little branched occasionally at the base.
Leaves alternate, uniform, obovate, obtuse, entire, smooth,
the youngest only being a little hairy. Umbel generally of
6 forked rays, besides which there are often solitary stalks
from the bosoms of the upper leaves, and a single flower,
which, as far as we can find, has no germen, in the centre of
«.he umbel. Partial involucra elliptical, entire, yellowish-
green. Nectaries 4, kidney-shaped, tawny or brownish. Capsule
erect, roundish, warty. The whole plant is excessively
milky when wounded.