Euphorbia. DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 471 
Seed solitary, ovate.  Integuments two, the inner one a 
white membrane adhering to the exterior one. Perisperm 
and embryo as in the other Euphorbia. 
8. E. dichotoma. R. 
- Somewhat shrubby, hairy. Leaves opposite, oval, ser- 
rate, three-nerved, hairy. Flowers in terminal and axil- 
lary heads, imbricated with hairy scariose bractes. Corol 
of four large obcordate, membranaceous petals. 
Found by Dr, Hunter at Oojjein; it blossoms in Octo- 
9. E. cuneifolia. R. 
Shrubby, particularly near the root, erect. Leaves al- 
ternate, sessile, cuneiform, entire, smooth. Umbel trifid 
then bifid. Involucres sgt. involucels cordate. Cap- 
sules smooth. - 
Found by Colonel Hardwicke in the northern parts of 
Hindoostan ; in flower in March. 
10, E. sessiliflora. R. 
Root tuberous. Stém simple, round, smooth. Leaves 
alternate, postin, oblong, obtuse. Flowers Scoot ses- 
Sile, 
This pretty little species was brought from Pegue by 
the Rey. Mr. Felix Carey to this garden, where it blos-_ 
Soms freely during the month of February, at which time — 
itis perfectly destitute of leaves; like the rest it is abund- 
antly lactescent. 
| Root an irregularly shaped single tuber, about the size of 
4 potatoe, in our small plants, Stem erect, simple, round, 
Smooth, about a foot high. Leaves sessile, alternate, 
oblong, obtuse, smooth, entire, nearly veinless ; about 
three inches long and about half as much broad, deuidix : 
Us in the cold season, and appearing — the rains . 
set in, when erie done flowering, — Stipz 2 
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