260 CXXXV. EUPHORBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ZEuphorbia. 
several rays being sometimes formed. Wallich’s specimens have very slender much- 
branched stems, a foot long, with rather membranous black leaves; Strachey's have 
stout branches, 1—4 in., and coriaceous leaves sometimes secund on prostrate flowerless 
branches; Sikkim ones are intermediate between the above, and have often ciliate 
leaves; Griffith’s are very small indeed, with stout simple stems less than an inch 
high, and leaves 4—4 in. long. 
Var.? radiata; leafing stems very many, 3 in. erect pubescent, flowering longer 
simple nearly leafless with 3-5 long-peduncled umbels, leaves 4 in. elliptic-oblong 
glabrous.—Garwhal, at Ramni, Strach. & Wint. (Euphorb. n. 16).—A solitary 
specimen without fruit. 
37. E. tibetica, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 114; quite glabrous, 
stems many suberect or straggling from the woody rootstock, cauline leaves 
1-3 in. alternate sessile linear- or subcuneate- or spathulate-oblong tip 
rounded or truncate retuse or toothed, floral opposite and involucral similar, 
involucres axillary and in the forks very short turbinate glabrous within, 
lobes small ovate, styles short stout, capsule and seeds quite smooth. 
WESTERN TIBET; Laptal (North of Kumaon), alt. 15,000 ft., Strachey & Winter- 
bottom (No. 6) ; Piti, alt. 13,000 ft., Thomson; Karakoram, alt. 10,700 ft., Clarke. 
— DISTRIB. Kashgar, 
Rootstock sometimes as long and thick as the middle finger, Stems 6-12 in., 
dichotomously branched, and foliage pale rather succulent. Leaves } in. diam. or 
less, sometimes with the sides quite parallel, toothing of tips very variable. In- 
volucres z in. broad; glands large, transversely oblong ; lobes entire, lobulate or 
toothed (ciliate, Boissier). Capsule shortly stipitate (pedicel long, Boissier), 3-¢ in. 
diam., pale green, furrows not deep between the oblong cocci. Seeds oblong -obovoid, 
caruncle rather large conic. 
38. E. Thomsoniana, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113; quite glabrous, 
stem simple sparingly leafy, leaves 2-11 in. sessile elliptic or ovate obtuse 
or subacute, nerves few obscure ascending, floral broader, involucral 2 sub- 
orbicular, involucres campanulate glabrous without, with 4 hairy lines 
within, lobes short fimbriate, styles long slender, capsules large oblong an 
seeds smooth. 
WESTERN TIBET; Leh, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Thomson; Gilgit, Gl. 
Stems a foot high from a stout perennial stock, unbranched, scaly at the base. 
Leaves 4-3 in. broad, coriaceous, dull yellow when dry, upper and under surfaces alike. 
Rays 3-6, longer than the floral leaves. Involucres i in. broad; lobes small; glands 
substipitate, transversely oblong. Capsule shortly stipitate, } in. long, ł in. diam. ; 
cocci not separate by a deep sulcus, oblong. Seed pale oblong, } in. long, quite smooth; 
caruncle small, peltate.—A very distinct species. "t 
** Perennial herbs. Capsules usually warted. Seed th. (Capsule 
often smooth in E. pilosa and khasiana.) rte eeds moo ( 
39. E. pilosa, Linn. Sp. PI. 460; tall, glabrous or pubescent, stems 
erect branched above, leaves alternate sessile or subsessile membranous 
from linear to oblong acute or obtuse, nerves slender spreading, involucral 
rounded or broadly ovate and aente, rays long or short, involncres campanu- 
late villous within, styles long slender connate below the middle, capsule 
small smooth or warted glabrous or puberulous, seeds smooth. `-Boiss. 1m 
DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 116, and Fl. Orient. iv. 1096; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 
v. t. 138, 139, and Je, Crit. ii. t. 145. E. procera, M. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 
378; Reichb. Cent. ii. t. 270.—Euphorb. No. 7,9, 10, Herb. Strachey 
Winterbottom. 
WzsTERN HIMALAYA; from Garwhal westward to Murree.—DISTRIB. Soongaris, 
Eastern Sibe. ia and westward to the Atlantic. 
