250 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Euphorbia. 
tall and stout form 16 in. high, of which there are specimens gathered on the banks 
of the Chenab by Thomson. As I am not so convinced of Linnæus parviflora being 
the same species as Aypericifolia or indica, I shall give Boissier's diagnostic charaeter 
of all the species that I have here brought together, leaving it to Indian botanists 
to test their value. 
1. E. HYPERICIFOLIA ; glabrous, erect, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate from a 
subcordate or rounded base, stipules lanceolate fimbriolate, involucral lobes lanceolate, 
mouth hirtulous, glands rounded much smaller than their rounded white. limb, 
capsule glabrous, seeds unequally scrobiculate and rugose.—Not Asiatic according to 
Boissier. 
2. E. INDICA ; sparsely puberulous, stem ascending or decumbent, leaves obovate 
obtuse from a rounded base, stipules setaceous ciliate from a broad base, involucres 
glabrous within and without, lobes triangular fimbriolate, glands ovate as broad or 
broader than their ovate-rounded limb, capsule appressedly hairy, seed with 5-6 
transverse broken farrows.—Asiatic and African. . 
3. E. PARVIFLORA ; stem ascending minutely crispulously hairy, leaves elliptic- 
oblong obtuse from an unequal base, cymes subsessile, involuere campanulate, throat 
ciliate, lobes triangular or lanceolate, limb of rounded glands large orbicular obovate, 
capsule appressed-hairy, cocci keeled, seed papillose.—Ceylon, Java, Pegu, Burma. . 
4. E. BRACTEOLARIS ; stems slenderly filiform dichotomous with spreading hairs, 
leaves ovate obtuse from a rounded base, tip repand pale and appressedly hairy 
beneath, stipules very short triangular-lanceolate, floral leaves (bracts) numerous 
minute, involucres hairy within, lobes lanceolate hairy, glands minute orbicular as 
broad or narrower than the white roundish limb, cocci rounded hairy, seeds smooth 
except the outer faces which have 1 or 2 subtransverse and obsolete furrows.— 
India, Jacquemont ; Nilghiris, Perrottet.—Differs from parviflora in the incon- 
spicuous furrows of the seed and slenderness of the branches. 
13. E. Emodi, Hook. f.; annual, quite glabrous or sparsely hairy, 
stems straggling from the root, branches divaricate, leaves in rather distant 
pairs opposite coriaceous obliquely oblong or linear-oblong obtuse serrate 
or subserrate, involucres subsolitary subsessile chiefly in the axils of crowde 
terminal leaves glabrous lobes lanceolate, limb of all 4 glands conspicuous 
broad white or rosy sinuate, styles slender, capsule glabrous obtusely keeled, 
seeds obtusely angled rough with faint tubercles. E. indica, Aitch. d Hemsl. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. 185. 
Western HIMALAYA; Simla, Kulu, Chamba and Lahul, alt. 4000-4500 ft., 
Edgeworth, Clarke, Ellis, Jaeschke; Iskardo, alt. 6-7000 ft., C. B. Clarke.—Dis- 
TRIB. Affghanistan. "T. 
Stems rather stout, 4-10 in. long, rather sparsely leafy, often purplish, hairs n 
present long flexuous. Leaves j-3 in., pale green, sometimes with a broad wi 
blotch on the upper surface, glabrous or sparsely hairy beneath ; base almost aurie et 
on one side; nerves obscure; stipules fimbriate. Znvolucres about jg P; long, 
campanulate, glabrous, shortly pedicelled ; gland purplish, contrasting with its M 
rose or white limb. Styles half the length of the capsule or more, flexuous. Cap 
about, in. diam., shortly pedicelled. Seed mucose.—Similar to states of A 
hypericifolia, but very different in the subsolitary much larger involucres with. la 
larger limbs, long slender styles, and much larger capsule. Possibly Æ. hispra® 
Boiss. (see end of genus). 
l4 E. pilulifera, Tinn. Amen. Acad. ii. 114; annual, erect or 
ascending, hispid with copious crisped hairs, leaves opposite elliptic-oblons 
obovate or oblong-lanceolate acute toothed or serrulate, nerves distinct, Hor t 
minute, involucres numerous in axillary and terminal dense-fld. sessile is 
peduncled cymes minute pubescent, limb of glands very narrow or obso ^ * 
cocci compressed keeled pubescent, seeds pale brown acutely angled a on. 
versely shallowly rugulose. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 21; Jacq. +° 
