258 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker) [Huphorbia. 
fimbriate. Capsule 4 in. diam., pedicel 4 in. long or less, sometimes very short. 
Seeds brondly obliquely ovoid, subacute, smooth.—Unlike as Royle's nana is to Rox- 
burgh's figure of acaulis, I am convinced that these are merely forms of one, the length 
of the cyme probably depending on the moisture of the soil, and whether produced 
in open ground or amongst herbage. The Concan specimens are intermediate. 
7. GALARRHAUS (p. 246). 
* Perennial herbs. Capsules smooth (see also E. pilosa and khasyana). 
31. E. himalayensis, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113 (P of Klotzsch); 
erect, glabrous or pubescent above, leaves 1-2 in. alternate sessile elliptic- 
or linear-oblong obtuse, nerves obscure spreading, involucral 4 orbicular or 
rhombic-ovate, rays few short, involucres campanulate hairy within, lobes 
rounded tomentose, styles stout united below the middle, capsule } in. diam. 
and seeds quite smooth. ? E. himalayensis, Klotzsch in Bot. Reise Pr. 
Wald. 115. Tithymalus himalayensis, KJ. l c. t. 20. 
TEMPERATE Himataya (Hoffmeister ?) ; Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 
Stems 6-10 in. from a perennial stock, rather succulent, simple or sparingly 
branched, base scaly. Leaves rather coriaceous. Involucres 3 in. diam., hidden by 
the involucral leaves ; glands large, transversely oblong. Capsule shortly stipitate ; 
cocci rounded, Seeds 3 in. long, short broadly oblong, and very smooth; caruncie 
peltate.—The stout styles distinguish this from the smooth-fruited forms of E. pilosa 
and sikkimensis. Klotzsch’s figure of E. himalayensis represents a miserable specimen 
of a Euphorbia without fruit, which it is impossible to identify ; it has minute 1n- 
volucres with obscurely ciliate lobes. 
32. E. Wallichii, Hook. f.; tall, erect, stem pubescent above, leaves 
3-5 in. alternate sessile linear- or elliptic-oblong or -obovate acute, nerves 
many spreading, involucral 3-4 large rounded or rhombic-ovate acute, rays 
few short, involucres hemispheric hispid lobes broad margins woolly, styles 
slender united to the middle 2-fid, capsule 4 in. diam. and seeds smooth. 
E. involucrata, Wall. Cat. 7696 A, B (excl. loc. Silhet), (not of E. Meyer.) 
— Euphorbia, No. 330, Aitchison in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 93. 
WESTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich ; Kashmir, Chamba and Jamu, 
Aitchison, Thomson, &e.—DISTRIB. Kurrum Valley, Affghanistan, alt. 10-12,000 ft. 
Stems 1-2 ft. from a perennial stock, simple or sparingly divided above. Leaves 
membranous, sparsely hairy-especially on the broad midrib above and beneath; invo- 
lucral lj in. diam. — Znvolucres } in. diam. ; lobes very broad, rounded; glands large 
reniform. Capsule depressed globose; cocci woody ; pedicel very short. Seeds à 
long, globosely oblong very smooth, grey-blue; caruncle minute.—A large Species 
distinguished from all other Indian ones by the large involucres, capsules 8? 
seeds. There are two sheets of it in Herb. Wallich, one, A, from Gossainthan 
(indicating that it was procured by Wallich’s native collectors at some elevation 10 
Nepal towards the snowy ranges) ; the other, B, is stated in the lithographed cata- 
logue to be from Silhet, but this in the original ticket is queried, and is doubtless i 
error, for the specimens are identical with those under A. The Western Himalay® 
specimens seem the same species, but it has not been collected between central Nepa 
and Jamu. Aitchison describes it as a very handsome species growing 10 large 
tufts. 
33. E. Jacquemontii, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113; stem simple 
or crisply puberulous, leaves 2-25 in. subpetiolate lanceolate guber 
glabrous, floral 3 ovate obtuse, umbel-rays 5 very short, involucre campan 
late hirsute without velvety within, lobes elongate ciliate, styles rather long; 
capsule small and seeds smooth. 
