474 DODECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. Euphovbia. 



A native of Coromandel and Bengal, on neglected gra- 

 vel walks, &c. 



18. E. dracumculoides. Willd. 2. 905. 



Annual, erect, unarmed, ramous above the base. Um- 

 fceZ three or four fid, dichotomous. Involucres d^A invo- 

 lucells linear, sessile, diverging, entire and smooth. Pe- 

 tals two-horned. 



Beng. Cliagwl-pMtpMti. 



A native of Coromandel and Bengal. It flowers dur- 

 ing the cold season. Difi'ers from exigua,m being ramous 

 up to the umbel ; in having the leaves, involucres, and in- 

 volucells; linear and spreading horizontally ; and in the 

 filaments being nearly cylindric. 



39. E. peltata. R. 



Annual, erect. Leaves and involucres ovate-lanceo- 

 late ; vivolucells from oblong to cordate, serrulate. Pe- 

 tals peltate. Capside round and smooth. 



A native of the interior parts of the Coast of Coroman- 

 del ; seeds brought from thence to the Company's Bota- 

 nic garden at Calcutta, grew and have continued sowing 

 themselves, and producing plants every cold season with- 

 out care. 



Stem annual, erect, ramous, round, smooth ; the height of 

 the whole plant a foot. Branches curved upwards. Leaves 

 alternate, sessile, wedge-shaped, and lanceolate,finely ser- 

 rate, very smooth. Umbels terminal, in six rays ; the par- 

 tial ones from four to two-cleft. Involucres like the leaves, 

 only a little broader. Involucells from oblong to cordate, 

 the nearer the apex the broader, all are smooth, and fine- 

 ly serrate. Flowers solitary, sessile, small, of a greenish 

 yellow. Petals peltate. Capsules round, scarcely any an- 

 gle to be seen, smooth in every part. 



