Euphorbia EUPHORBIACK^E 337 



campanulate, glabrous outside, hairy at the throat; lobes triangular, 

 fringed ; glands concave, appendages whitish-yellow, transversely elliptical, 

 margin somewhat undulating. Cajisid,' 3-cornered-globular, slightly keeled, 

 glabrous, 2 mm. in diam. Seeds ash colour with a tinge of pink, 1'4(-1*2) 

 mm. 1., 1--8 mm. br., angles and markings inconspicuou-. 



2. E. myrtillifolia L. X//*/. >d. 10, 1048 (1759) ; erect shrubby 

 perennial plants; leaves obovate-elliptical or roundish, ">-! 5 

 cm. 1. ; involucres solitary in the upper axils, hairy outside and 

 inside ; capsule minutely puberulous. JBo/.s.s. in DC. Prodr. xv. 

 pt. 2, 38. E. myrtifolia L. Amcen. v. .".TO (ITi'.in A: Sp. PL <-<L 2, 

 G53 ; Sw. Obs. But. 197 ; Griscb. Fl. Br. W. In<L 53. E. erecta 

 foliolis Arc. Browne Hist. Jaw. 235. Browne's specimen, the 

 type, is in Herb. Linn. ; name in Solander's hand. 



Brmvnel highest mountains, Liguanea, Broughtonl Massonl Blue 

 Mts., Prior ! Guava Ridge, 2000 ft., Eggers ! above Gordon Town, Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5196. 



Stem 1-2 ft. high ; branches long, slender, more or less erect or 

 spreading, reddish, puberulous, becoming glabrate. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 apex retuse, base roundish, puberulous and paler beneath. Stipules very 

 short, truncate, fringed. Involucres 1*3 mm. 1., campanulate ; lobes small, 

 triangular, ciliate ; glands with a large roundish yellow appendage. 

 Capsule 2 rnm. in diam., 3-angled-globular, slightly keeled. Seeds oblong, 

 acutely 4-angled, wrinkles reticulate. 



3. E. hirta L. Sp. PL 454 (1753); stems erect or decumbent 

 at base, or sometimes prostrate, young parts hispid with yellow 

 spreading hairs and pubescent with short curved hairs ; leaves 

 5-5 cm. 1., more or less hispid to pubescent ; involucres cymose, 

 sparingly puberulous ; appendage not evident ; capsule minutely 

 puberulous with adpressed hairs ; seeds pinkish. Jacq. Collect. 

 v. t. 11, f. 1 ; Brown in FL Trop. Afr. ri. st'ct, 1, 496 (incl. var.). 

 E. pilulifera Jacq. Collect, ii. 361 (1788) A: L: PL liar. t. 47^ : 

 Griseb. FL Br. W. Lid. 54; Boiss. In DC. Pro.lr. xv. pt. 2, 1' 1 ; 

 MiielL An/, in FL Bras. xi. pt. 2, 684 ; Mi1l*p. in Firl.l C<>linnl>. 

 Mm. Bot. ii. 61, 164; Urb. Symb. Ant. ir. :>.">:'> (nun L.). 

 E. capitata Lam. Encyc. ii. 422 (1786); Dc*<;,nrt. FL Ant. Hi. 

 334, t. 227. E. obliterata Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 22 (1760; ,v 

 Sel Stirp. Anwr. 151 ; Sw. Prodr. 76 & FL Lid. Ore. S72. E. pro- 

 cumbens DC. Cat. Hort. Monspcl. Ill (1813). E. pilulifera v. 

 procumbens Botsx. lo<-. cit. ; MiJluji. in Bot. Gaz. av.r. 1 4 with a fi<j. 

 Tithymalus dulcis parictarite d r c. Sloanc Cut. S 2 A- \lixi. i. 1 ( .>7. 

 E. reclinata minor tfcc. Jlrairnt* llixt. Jam. L'.">t. Tithymalus 

 botryoides zeylanicus etc. Bunn. Zrijl. L'L':!, t. 104. T. Uitryoidrs 

 erectus Arc. Bnrm. Zc//L 2i'4, /. 10-"), /'. 1. E. inurmis foliis 

 oppositis ovalilms ^'c. L. FL Z< >i/. SS. Chani;c-\ c-e hirta 

 .V////.s^. torn. cit. 303, 402 (1909). Typ.-v in JI,-rb. Eermann in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit, and in Herb. Linn. Leaves <>t /,'. l,Hterata 

 from Jacq. in Herb. Mus. llrit. 



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