468 DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA, Euphorbia. 
Beng. Sij. 
It grows to be a small, poor looking tree, dslightingtee 
an almost dry, barren soil. Flowering time the hot season. 
3. E. antiquorum. Willd. 2. 881. 
Shrubby, leafless, | Branches spreading, irianaid 
armed with double spines at the protuberances of the an- 
gles. Peduneles solitary or in pairs ; three-flowered. 
Sanscrit, Seehoondee. 
Beng. Nara-shij. 
Teling. Buma chumadoo, 
Schadida calli. Rheed. Mal, 2... 42, 4 
. Very common on barren uncultivated lands allo over 
India. In Bengal it blossoms during the cold season. 
A, E. arborescens. R. - 5 SES 
Arboreous, leafless. Branches numerous, ascending, 
triangular, armed, as in antiqguorum, 
Native place uncertain, but I believe, Bengal. a the 
Botanic garden at Calcutta it grows to be a pretty large 
tree, with a round distinct trunk, and numerous branches 
forming a large, dense, subglobular head. 
—5b.E. lactea. R, 
Shrubby, ereet. postin erect, appressed, wianglas 
armed, leafless. 
A native of the Moluccas, differing: ne ‘antiquorin 
in being more slender, in having the centre of the three 
Sides milky, coloured; and particularly in.the erect 4P- 
pressed habit of the numerous. branches. It has bee 
be psa Yeas. in the. Botanic garden at pens: but bas 
TRS 45 Be: bet ee ti ves . ae Sh i 169% wie tah i 
GR trigona. R. i Se eer oe 
Shrabby, three-sided ; egies acenay’ ‘repand w 
pair of short spines, ned. a sues sessile obovate _ cite 
