286 Dr. Francis Hamilton's Commentary 



2. Euphorbia Nivulia ramis teretibus seminudis, spinis stipulari- 



bus geminatis spiralibus, foliis lingulatis mucronatis acute 



carinatis. 

 Euphorbia Nereifolia. Hort. Beng. 36. 

 Tithymalus arbor, Indica, spinosa, foliis latis, linguae caninae 



facie Hermanni apiid Burm. Thes. Zet/l. 95. 

 Tithymalus aizoides, arborescens, spinosus, caudice rotundo 



Nerii folio Commelini apud Burm. I. c. 96. 

 Tithymalus zeylanicus spinosus arborescens. Pluk. Aim. 369? 

 Ela Calli. Hort. Mai. ii. 83. t. 43. 

 Sij Bengalensium. 

 Habitat ubique in Indiae sepibus. 



I should have been inclined to have considered this as the 

 Sudu Sudu Tikos of Rumphius {Herb. Amb. iv. 88.), used much 

 in the hedges of Bali ; for, as the plant is very prickly, he is 

 evidently wrong in taking it for the Tiru Calli ; but, speaking 

 of its branches, he says, " non erectos sed procumbentes et fla- 

 gellosos," which is by no means applicable to the Ela Calli ; and 

 we must therefore consider this as a third species, nearly allied 

 to the two former. 



Tinu-CALLi, p. S5. Jig. 44. 



According to the notions prevalent at the time among bo- 

 tanists, Commeline would not admit this to be an Euphorbium ; 

 but further observations have justified the arrangement of the 

 natives of Malabar. From the term Portigalli Nivuli given by 

 the Brahmans, they probably considered it as an exotic intro- 

 duced by Europeans ; and, although it has spread wonderfully 

 over the whole Indian peninsula, scarcely any plant being there 

 more common, it is still rare in Gangetic India ; and, when 

 Rumphius wrote, seems to have been recently introduced into 



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