Euphorbia.] CXXXV. EUPHORBIACE®. (J. D. Hooker.) 247 
4. E. cristata, Meyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 226; annual, prostrate or 
ascending clothed with long flexnous hairs, leaves opposite obliquely ovate- 
cordate obtuse serrulate, floral distichously imbricate in a rounded head, 
involueres subsolitary pubescent, limb of glands pectinately laciniate and 
fimbriate, cocci globose, seeds with 3 or 4 parallel furrows. Boiss. in DC. 
Prodr. xv. ii. 19. E. fimbriata, Heyne in Roth l. c. 227; Boiss. l. c., and 
Euphorb. Ic. t. 8; Thwaites Enum. 269; Wall. Cat. 7693. E. capitata, 
Ham. in Wall. Cat. 7708 A.— Wall. Cat. 7707 A. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Heyne; Madras, Shuter; Vellore, Griffith ; Palamcottah, 
Wight. CENTRAL InpI4; Mandoo, alt. 4000 ft., Edgeworth. Ava, Wallich. 
CEYLON; Batticaloa district, Thwaites. : 
Stems slender, 6-10 in., often dichotomously branched, Leaves }-% in., sub- 
sessile, membranous ; stipules short, subulate. Zn»volucres subsessile, À in. diam., 
hairy, throat ciliate, lobes linear-lanceolate.— I find no characters whereby to separate 
E. finbriata from E. cristata. Boissier, who says that they are very closely allied, 
distinguishes eristata by its slender prostrate stems, heads of floral leaves only half 
the size, and seeds smooth between the farrows. He regards Roth's eristata B. major 
as the type of his fimbriata, and refers Roth's fimbriata to a variety (lara), dis- 
tinguished by its upper leaves not being imbricate. 
** Floral leaves not distichously imbricating. 
o B. longistyla, Boiss. Cent. Euphorb. 9, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 
20; annual, glabrous, erect, much branched, leaves opposite elliptie or 
oblong obtuse distantly serrulate, floral gradually smaller, invols. pedicelled, 
limb of glands cleft to the base into 7-9 bristles, cocci glabrous keeled, seeds 
with 3 or 4 parallel furrows. E. elegans, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 7713. 
Deccan PENINSULA, Heyne in Herb. Petrop. § Wallich. "- 
Stems a foot high, flexuous, dichotomously much branched; branches capillary. 
aves 4—3 in. long, membranous, apiculate ; stipules lanceolate, toothed. Involucres 
as long as their pedicels, glabrous below, velvety under the glands ; lobes deeply 
mbriate. Styles (not seen by me) very long, undivided, Capsule long.stalked. — {1 
We seen only very imperfect specimens of this plant in Wallich s Herbarium, an 
lave taken its characters chiefly from Boissier, who says that it probably assumes a 
form with imbricate floral leaves. 
6. E. notoptera, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 26; annual, erect or 
ascending, glabrous, leaves often deflexed in very distant opposite pairs 
coriaceous linear-oblong obtuse mucronate margin often recurved serrulate 
involucres 1-3 terminal between a pair of linear acute floral leaves pedi- 
celled campanulate lobes fimbriate, limb of glands rather large repand, 
cocci with two di-tant dorsal narrow wings, seeds rugulose. 
The CoxcAN and Canara, Law, Stocks, &c., in cultivated fields. san: 
Habit of p. erythroclada, 12-15 in. high; stems 8-12 in. Leaves iH in. long, 
narrow, nerveless} stipules very short and broad. Involucres rather large, $ in. long ; 
glands transversely oblong. Capsule depressed-globose, rather rough, about 4; in. 
dian. — A very distinet species, easily recognized by the 2-winged cocci. 
7. E. erythroclada, Doiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 25; quite glabrous, 
Stem tall erect dichotomously branched firm red-brown, leaves 1-4 1n. In 
istant opposite pairs obliquely oblong or obovate- or elliptic-oblong ser- 
nalate tip rounded, involucres axillary solitary turbinate red, lobes short, 
limb o glands small narrow rosy, capsule depressed, cocci acutely keeled, 
"ecd 2-3 obsolete transverse ridges. ? E.py cnostegia, var. laxa, Boiss, 
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