254 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Euphorbia. 
in the broad rounded fimbriate lobes of the involucre and distinct limb of the gland. 
Of Boissier's var. scindica the specimens are wretched. I have seen no Mauritian 
specimens of this. 
Var. erecta; stem simple or branched from the base erect, leaves longer some- 
times 1 in. long, involucres sometimes in distant axils. E. uniflora, Roxb. (Edgew. 
mss.) — Probably a state drawn up in long grass. 
21. E. burmanica, Hook f. in Ic. Plant. t. 1548; annual, quite gla- 
brous, stems many very slender spreading from the root prostrate, leaves 
i-iin. opposite in rather distant pairs petioled obliquely linear subacute 
subspinulosely serrate, involucres minute axillary subsohtary, lobes fim- 
briate, glands narrower than the rounded limb, capsules minute glabrous, 
cocci acutely keeled, seeds acutely 3-gonous faces obscurely undulate. E. 
thymifolia, Wall. Cat. 7710 H, in part. 
Burma ; banks of the Irawaddy at Segain, Wallich. . . 
Root slender, giving off numerous rather rigid dichotomously branching filiform 
stems 4—6 in. long. Leaves very uniform, coriaceous, base obliquely rounded E 
margins recurved when dry, more spinulosely serrate than in any species of the section ; 
stipules setaceous and lacerate. Jnvolucres about Jj; in. long, pedicelled, campanu- 
late, quite glabrous ; lobes narrow, often longer than the glands, serrate or lacerate ; 
glands transversely oblong with a semilunar or almost semicircular limb that 1s 
broader than itself. Styles short, 2-fid. Capsule about 4; in. diam., quite glabrous, 
nodding ; pedicel very long, slender —A very distinct species, easily known by the 
minute narrow coriaceous sharply serrate leaves. "The limb of the gland is, though 
small, larger in proportion than in its allies. 
4. TIRUCALLI (see p. 245). 
E. TIRUCALLI, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 197; an erect unarmed shrub or 
tree, branches spreading cylindric scattered whorled or clustered, leaves 0 or 
few small linear-oblong, involucres shortly pedicelled clustered in the forks 
of the smaller branches, glands peltate, cocci compressed velvety, seeds 
ovoid smooth. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 96; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 470; 
Brand. For. Fl. 439; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 417; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 179; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 76; Thwaites Enum. 268; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
301; Wall. Cat. 7687. E. viminalis, Mill. Dict. Ed.i.15. E. rhipsaloides, 
Lemaire Ill. Hortic. 1857. Misc. 72.—Tiru-cal, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xiv. 286.— Rheede Hort. Mal. ii. t. 44. 
Naturalized in BENGAL, the Decoan PENINSULA and CEYLON. Cultivated in 
N.-W. Iypia, BURMA and the EASTERN PENINsULa.—DisTrRIB. A native 0 
Africa. 
A small tree, 12-20 ft., trunk 6-10 in, diam., green, cylindric, densely bra 
above; bark brown, cracked ; branches slender like stout rushes, becoming as th 
the little finger. Leaves i-i in. caducous, obtuse, flaccid, pubescent at length 
glabrous. Jnvolucres chiefly temale, small, 7; in. long, turbinate, subsessile with 
nched 
ick as 
2 
small leaves at the base of the pedicel; lobes short hairy, glands transversely ovate, 
punctate; bracteoles very numerous lacerate. Styles short, recurved, 2-lobed, stigmas 
capitate. Capsule } in., dark brown.— Hamilton (Trans, Linn. Soc. l. c.) regares 
this plant as a comparatively recent introduction into India from Africa. 
22. E. epiphylloides, Kurz For. Flor. ii. 416; an erect unarmed 
fleshy small tree, branches jointed flattened with thick crenate wng, 
leaves subsessile obovate glabrous tip rounded or retuse, involucres in shortly 
peduncled dichotomous glabrous cymes in the crenatures of the branches, 
capsules glabrous. 
SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLAND; on the rocky coast of Escape Bay, Kurz. 
