268 ENUMEBATiON OF lEupkorUacece. 



Var. ^. C&^lanica, TlRnch.Selmhithospermtim scabridum^Thvi'An 

 Hook. Journ. Bot. vi. (1854) p. 302, t. 9 C— c.p. 716. 

 Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



2. G. reticulata^ Thw. ; partihus jitniorihus fugaci-adpresso-pilosia ; 

 foliis ovatis vel oblongis, plus minus abrupte longiuscule acuminatis, 

 minutissime prominentim reticulatis, pennivcuiis, superne glabris, sub- 

 tus parum aspcrulis ; stipulis lanceolatis, pilosis, fere ad apices in uni- 

 cam intra-axillarem connatis, deciduis ; rLOE. masc. in j)anicuUs parvis 

 asillaribus vel secus ramulum juniorem infra folia dispositis ; floe. f(EM. 

 solitariis, axillaribus, pedicellatis ; drupis glabris, ovoideis, parum com- 

 pressig, apice attenuatis.— c.p. 2565. ^ 



Hab. BaduUa District, not uncommon up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Jrhor 30-40-pedalis. Folia 2-5 poU. longa, f-2 poll, lata (sicca rufescentia), 

 petwio 2-4 lin. loiigo. Infiorescentia subglabra, Flores parvi, 5-mcri ; sepalis 

 rotuudatis, obtusis. Brujia 6 lin. longa, 4 lin, lata, stigmatibus multo brevioribua 

 coronata. 



CXXXIV. EUPHOEBIACE^. 



TRIE. UmOVULATM 



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Sect. 1. EuPHOEBiE^ ; Jlorilus mvohccratis, pedicellatis, nudis vel 



perianthii rudimcnto suffultis. 



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1. EUPHORBIA, Linn. 



•• ^' ^^o"'^?"?'''"?' ^^"°- ("^ilW. Sp. PL ii. T). 881 : -Roxh. Fl. Inc 



11. p. 4e.8 ; Wight, Ic. t. 897 ; Elieede, H< 



c.p. 2944. ^' ""' '" — ' 



«. ^t^'i Common in the hot drier parts of the island. Norn. vulg. 

 " Dalook-gass. ° 



2. E tortilis, Eottler, (Wight, Ic. t. 898.; _ ^.cu........ ,.....^ . 



— c.p. 2943. . ^ 



Hab. SimHar situations with the preceding, and perhaps only a 

 variety of it. Norn. vulg. " Seenook-gass." t; t j 



1 •■^: ^l'"?*'''"'' ^'°'^- (^^^^1^- ^- ""• V- 890 ; Eoxb. 1. c. p. 470 ; Eheede, 

 1. c. 11. t. 44.)— c.p. 2945. 



Hab. Near the seashore. Norn. vulg. " Nawa-handoc." 



The milky juice of tliis plaat is much employed as a medicine by the Malabars. 



^«t ^V''* j"^?^'*' ^'''^- (^^^"'^- ^- ""■ P- 884, cum syn. ; Eoxb. 1. c p. 

 467 ; Eheede, 1. c. p. 83, t. 43.) j . r 



Moon 



I have never met with this plant truly wild in the island. 



Willd 



hypericifolia, Linn. (Willd. 1. c. p. 895.)—^. parviflora, Linn. ; 



L 91 o - •^'"'^^"^ ^>'^^^^'' etc., Burm. Thes. Zeyl. p. 224, 1. 105, 

 Hab. Very abundant. I^om. vulg, "Ella-dadakeeriya." 



Tota planta, in meis speciminibus, plus minus hirsutula. 



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