414 123. EUPHORBIACEX. 
In foliage it is very near E. macrostegia, Boiss., but that belongs 
to the group having “ folia floralia connata." 
v 8. Euphorbia (S Tithymalus) hippocrepica, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis, erecta, 1-2 ped. alta, undique glabra, caulibus 
haud lignescentibus, internodiis brevissimis. Folia caulium ste- 
rilium fertiliumque similia, subpetiolata, membranacea, anguste 
obovato-oblonga vel spathulata, 13-3 poll. longa, apice obtusissima 
vel rotundata, deorsum valde attenuata subtus vix pallidiora, 
venis omnibus obscuris. | Umbella composita, terminalis, parva, 
radiis circiter 5 vix polliearibus ; umbellz axillares sspe 5, sim- 
plices, pedunculis gracilibus quam folia brevioribus ; folia um- 
bellarum ovato-oblonga vel oblonga, radios squantia; folia 
floralia libera, oblongo-orbicularia, maxima circiter semipollicaria, 
concava, erecta, flores includentia. Involucrum anguste cam- 
panulatum, intus glabrum, lobi brevi denticulato-ciliolati, glan- 
dularum cornibus carnosis hippocrepiformibus arcte reflexis. 
Capsula immatura levis glabra. 
Hurrun: near Ichang (A. Henry, 7853, 7867 !). Herb. Kew. 
In habit and foliage this resembles Euphorbia Erythrea, 
Hemsl., but it does not change red, and the closely reflexed 
horseshoe-shaped glands are characteristic. 
9. Euphorbia humifusa, Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl. 
p. 27; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 830; Maxim. in Mél. Biol. 
xi. p. 832; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 420; Franchet, 
Pl. David. p. 262; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 194, Fl. Shangh. p. 93, 
et FI. Tients. p. 39; Franchet in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, 
xxiv. p. 251. 
Euphorbia pseudochamesyce, Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. 
x. p. 73. 
Euphorbia thymifolia, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 196, nec Linn. 
Euphorbia Chamzsyce, Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. p. 59, non Linn. 
CHIHLI and Suinexine to SzEcuueN, Hurren and Formosa 
(Móllendorff! Maingay! Oldham! A. Henry! Playfair! Carles! 
Williams! and others). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Siberia, Mongolia, and Japan. 
_ 10. Euphorbia hypericifolia, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 494; 
Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 23; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 301; 
Maxim. in Mél. Biol. xi. p. 832; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 
p. 249; Hook. Exot. Fl. i. t. 36. 
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