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EUPHORBIA ($ Trrry MALUS) ENSIFOLIA, n. sp. 
Perennis, erecta, glabra, folis paucis alternis sessilibus rigidis lineari- 
bus, panicule laxe ramulis ascendentibus elongatis parce ramosis nullis 
umbellatis, foliis floralibus parvis lanceolatis, involuero parvo glabro cam- 
panulato breviter peduneulato appendicibus patulis late quadratis margine 
minute cuspidatis, fructu erecto globoso glabro, seminibus levibus 
oblongis. 
An erect perennial herb, with wiry terete stems about 2 ft. 
long. Proper leaves few, alternate, sessile, linear, acuminate, 
rigid in texture, 12-2 in. long, 4! in. broad. Panicle occupying 
more than half the length of the stem, with long slightly com- 
pound branches, with distant nodes. Floral leaves opposite, lan- 
ceolate, acute, 3-4 in. long. Involucres solitary, with a campanu- 
late tube 4.; in. in diam., a short peduncle and 5 spreading quadrate 
appendages twice as broad as long, obscurely cuspidate at the 
corners. Fruit globose, erect, glabrous, 4 in. in diam., with a 
smooth oblong seed in each cell. Styles simple, 4 lin. long, 
connate in the lower part.—Central Madagascar, Baron 2087! 
A neighbour of the Mauritian Æ. dracunculoides, Lam., figured in 
Boissier’s * Icones Euphorb.’ t. 91. 
EUPHORBIA ($ TrrHYMALUS) EMIRNENSIS, n. sp. 
Perennis, erecta, glabra, caule gracili, foliis oblanceolatis obtusis uni- 
nerviis sessilibus, panicule ample laxæ ramis ascendentibus parce ramosis 
5 superioribus umbellatis, foliis floralibus oppositis suborbicularibus, invo- 
lucro parvo glabro campanulato breviter pedunculato, appendicibus patulis 
quadratis margine calcaratis, fructu pendulo globoso glabro, seminibus 
levibus oblongis. 
A perennial herb, glabrous in all its parts, with slender erect 
terete green stems. Leaves numerous, ascending, alternate, obtuse, 
sessile, about an inch long, l in. broad, l-nerved, moderately 
firm in texture, narrowed gradually from the middle to the 
base. Panicle lax, erect, nearly a foot long, with several branches 
below the 5-rayed umbel, the branchlets of which (1-3) are 
4-5in.long. Floral leaves in distant sessile pairs with one in- 
voluere each to the upper, orbicular ones, j—2 in. in diam., minutely 
cuspidate. Involucre 1 lin .in diam., with a very short peduncle 
and 5 spreading quadrate appendages with a short horn from 
each corner. Fruit glabrous, orbicular, j in. in diam. Styles 
simple, à lin. long. Seed oblong, glaucous, smooth, with a small 
white fleshy carunceula.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1813! 
Allied to the European Æ. virgata, Wald. & Kit. 
