Euphortifa. dodecandria trigynia. 465 



T. cuneifoUum. Willd. 2. 864. 



Leaves obovate, cuneate, smooth, entire, fleshy. Pa- 

 nicle terminal, inferior peduncle from two to four-flower- 

 ed. 



Native place uncertain. In the Botanic garden at 

 Calcutta, it flowers chiefly during the rains, and ripens 

 abundance of seed in the cool season. 



PEMPHIS. Forst. 

 Calyx tubular, twelve-toothed. Petals six. Germ se- 

 mitrilocular ; ovula many on a receptacle rising from the 

 bottom of the cell. Capsule superior, one-celled, many- 

 seeded. 



P. angustifolia. R. 



Shrubby, hoary. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolar. 



Found by Colonel Hardwicke, growing on the shores 

 in corol sand between Port Louis and Petit Rivier, on the 

 Mauritius ; in flower in August. At a distance, he says, 

 it resembles much a common Myrtle bush. 



DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



EUPHORBIA. Schreb. gen. n. 823. 

 Calyx one-leafed, gibbous. Corol four or five-petalled, 

 sitting on the calyx. Capsule tricoccous. 



1. E. ligularia. R. 



Arboreous ; branches five-angled. Flowers stipulary. 

 Leaves petioled, wedge-shaped. Peduncles from three 

 to fifteen-flowered. 



Ligularia. Rumph. Amb. 4. t. 40. 



Beng. MMnsa-sij. 



I have only found this plant in Bengal, about the 



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