6 Euphorbiacece. [Euphorbia. 



by the Portuguese from E. tropical Africa, where it is native, and is Fl. 

 Zeyl. n. 196. It grows to a considerable tree if not cut or clipped, and 

 may be recognised by its being thornless and having cylindric branches, 



3. E. AtotO, Forst. Prod. n. 207 (1786). 



E. maritima, Moon, Cat. 38. Thw, Enum. 427 {E. bifida, Thw. var. 

 Hk. and Am.), 269. C. P. 2 131. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 248. Rheede, Hort. Mai. x. t. 58. 



A dwarf shrub, stem usually prostrate or decumbent, stout, 

 much branched, glabrous and shining, thickened at nodes; 1. 

 opp., shortly petiolate, f-i in., oval or oblong-oval, obtuse at 

 both ends, entire, glabrous, the upper ones not imbricating; 

 fl.-heads axillary, or in small terminal cymes, stalked ; inv.- 

 glands oblong, inconspicuous; capsule glabrous; seeds smooth. 



Seashore ; rare. Batticaloa ; Aripo ; Trincomalie ; Galle. Fl. Dec- 

 April. 



Also on the coasts of Malabar, Andaman Is., Malaya, China, Pacific 

 Is., Australia. 



There are Ceylon specimens from Koenig in Mus. Brit. 



4. E. rosea, Reiz. Obs. Bot. iv. 26 (1786). Mudu-dada- 

 kiniya, .S*. 



Thw. Enum. 269. C. P. 2126, 2129. 

 Fl. B. Ind. v. 251. 



A perennial herb, with a long woody tap-root and a short 

 flattened rootstock ; stems very numerous, prostrate, spread- 

 ing, slender, flcxuose, glabrous; 1. numerous, opp., \-\ in., 

 oblong strap-shaped or linear-spathulatc, rounded and very 

 unequal at base, rounded at apex, glabrous, rather thick; 

 petiole short; stip. interpetiolar, triangular; fl.-heads few, 

 stalked, in small axillary nearly sessile cymes ; inv. campanu- 

 late, glabrous, glands with large petaloid conspicuous rounded 

 appendages, broader than long; capsule small, slightly rough, 

 lobes bluntly keeled ; seeds transversely wrinkled. 



Sandy seashores ; common, especially in dry region ; rarely inland, 

 as shore of Mineri Tank. Fl. Dec.-Feb. ; bright pink. 



Also in S. India and Afghanistan. 



The bright pink colour of the involucral gland-appendages renders 

 the flowers decidedly conspicuous. Koenig's type-specimens (Mus. 

 Brit.) are from Ceylon. C. P. 2126, from Batticaloa, is a very narrow- 

 leaved form. 



5. E. crlstata, Heyne in Koth, Nov. Sp. 226 (1821). 



E. fimbriata, Heyne in Roth, Thw. Enum. 269. C. P. 3568. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 247. Boiss, Ic. Euphorb. t. 8 {E. fimbriata). 



Annual; stem erect or spreading, 6-12 in., much branched, 

 slender, cylindrical, more or less clothed with scattered white 



