Euphorbia.'] EuphorbiacecE. 7 



hair; 1. opp., very shortly petiolate, \-\ in., oblong-oval, very 

 unequal-sided and subcordate at base, obtuse, finely serrate in 

 upper part, slightly hairy on both sides, the upper ones more 

 orbicular, crowded and imbricated round the fl.-head; inv.- 

 glands usually 4, with large spreading petaloid fringed limbs ; 

 capsule very small, hairy; seeds slightly rough, with a few 

 transverse ribs and furrows, white. 



Dry region ; very rare (?). Gunner's Quoin, Batticaloa Dist. ; Nil- 

 gala, Uva. Fl. Jan.-March ; pinkish-green. 

 Also in Peninsular India and Burma. 



6. E. hyperlcifolia, L. Sp. PI. 454 (1753). Ela-dada- 

 kiniya, S. 



Herm. Mus. 47. Burm. Thes. 224. Fl. Zeyl. n. 504. Thw. Enum. 

 268. E. parviflora. L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1047(1759); Moon, Cat. 38. 

 C. P. 2125. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 249. Burm. Thes. t. 105, f. 2. 



Annual, 6-18 in., spreading or erect, usually with long- 

 ascending branches from the base ; stem cylindrical, usually 

 slightly pubescent; 1. opp., very shortly petiolate, \-\ in., 

 oval-oblong, rounded and usually unequal at base, obtuse, 

 faintly denticulate-serrate, slightly pubescent and whitish 

 beneath, with prominent veins; fl.-heads minute, stalked, in 

 small very shortly peduncled axillary cymes; inv. oblong, 

 glabrous, lobes small, lanceolate, glands with a large rotundate 

 white petaloid limb; styles, short, bifid; capsule very small, 

 lobes rounded, slightly hispid ; seeds smooth. 



Waste and cultivated ground ; a common weed. Fl. Sept.-Dec. 

 &c. ; white or pinkish. 



Throughout the Tropics, except Pacific Is. and Australia. 



The Ceylon plant is E. parviflora, L., maintained as distinct by many 

 botanists. It varies but slightly except in habit, being usually slender 

 and more or less decumbent, but occasionally quite erect with stout 

 stems. 



There is only a drawing, no specimen, in Herb. Herm. 



7. E. hirta, L. Sp. PL 454 (1753). Sudadakiriya, 6-. 

 Palavi, T. 



Herm. Mus. 31. Burm. Thes. 223, 224. E. pilulifera, L. I.e. Moon, 

 Cat. 37, 38. Thw. Enum. 269. C. P. 3337. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 250 {E. pilulifera). Burm. Thes. tt. 104, 105, f. i. 



Annual; stem 6-12 in., decumbent, ascending, or erect, 

 cylindrical, rather stout, with more or less copious spreading 

 bristly hair; 1. opp., \-\\ in., on very short petioles, lanceolate- 

 oblong, very unequal-sided, acute or subacute, serrate, 

 sparingly hairy on both surfaces, pale glaucous or pinkish, 

 and with prominent veins beneath ; stip. pectinate, soon 



