419 ]23. EUPHORBIACE EX. 
3. Euphorbia bifida, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 213; 
Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 25; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. 
p. 832. 
KwaxaruNa: Macao (Vachell! Hance, 13718 !), Tyloo Island 
(Wright !), Pakhoi (Playfair!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
v 4. Euphorbia ($ Tithymalus) Erythrza, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis, erecta vel ascendens, 9-18 poll. alta, omnino 
glabra, demum sepissime rubescens, caulibus a basi ramosis vel 
simplicibus ut videtur annotinis floriferis, internodiis quam folia 
multo brevioribus. Folia tenuissima, deorsum valde attenuata, nec 
vere petiolata, oblongo-spathulata, 1-23 poll. longa, apice rotun- 
data, simul sepe minute apiculata, venis inconspicuis. Umbella 
composita, terminalis, parva, radiis sepissime 5 gracillimis 9-12 
lineas longis, radiis secundariis 2 brevissimis ; umbelle laterales 
interdum plures, radiis 2; folia umbellarum anguste oblonga, 
ovato-oblonga vel interdum ellipsoidea, radios equantia vel bre- 
viora ; folia floralia libera, semiorbicularia, vel obscure trilobata, 
maxima 6-7 lineas diametro. Jnvolucrum campanulatum, gla- 
brum, lobi parvi, membranacei, glandulis linearibus brevissime 
cornutis. Capsula non visa. 
HurEn: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (Maries! A. 
Henry, 1261, 1275, 8432!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
5. Euphorbia Esula, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 461; Boiss. in DC. 
Prodr. xv. 2, p. 160; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 839 (varietates 
plures); Baker et S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 386; 
Hance in Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 134, et 1878, p. 14; Debeaux, FI. 
Shangh. p. 53, et Fl. Tchef. p. 125; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Se. 
Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 251. 
Euphorbia Cyparissias, Turez. Fl. Baic. Dahur. ii. 9, p. 87, ex Marim. 
Ind. Fl. Pek. in Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 477, non L.,=var. cyparissoides, 
Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 161. 
Camir: near Peking (Williams! Bretschneider! Bullock!); 
SHINGKING: south of Hingjing (Ross !), between Moukden and 
Tungcheshien (James !), Tungling (Webster !); SmuaNTUNG: 
Chefoo (Perry!); Hvrzn : Ichang (A, Henry, 1385!) ; CORFA: 
west coast (Perry !); Conran ARCHIPELAGO: Tsik group (Old- 
ham, 735!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Western Europe to Persia, and through Central Asia to Mand- 
shuria, but apparently not hitherto found in J apan. 
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