EUPHORBIACE.E. 3^1 



leaves : each branch again with three leaves and axillary 

 rays, and these again forked. Cyathiums i/io inch 

 across : glands semi-circular or kidney-shaped. Capsule 

 J^ inch, its segments with rounded back. Seed acute, 

 ovoid. 



A weed, native of Europe, temperate Asia, Afghanistan, 

 Punjab, Japan. 



Nilgiris : Ootacamund and the downs to Lovedale, Coonoor, 

 and Pykara. Fyson 3090. Bourne 2857, 4622. 



Euphorbia rothiana Spr. ; F.B.I, v 263, I 49. Stem 

 erect or weak at the base, becoming woody. Leaves 

 narrow, erect, oblanceolate obtuse, narrowed to the base, 

 two to four by % inch, one-nerved, erect. Flowering 

 branches three to five, long or short, bifid once or twice : 

 if long with four or five pairs of bract-leaves, if short 

 with one or two pairs only, and forking at these : these 

 branch-leaves broader and shorter than the usual ones, 

 ovate-triangular, M by J^ inch. Cyathiums ^ inch 

 across : glands two-horned. Capsule ^toYe inch, quite 

 smooth. Very variable as regards size and shape of 

 leaves and bracts, but remarkable for its numerous narrow 

 erect leaves. Wight Ic. t. 1864. 



In damp places. Nilgiris : near Ootacamund, Snowdon to 

 Pykara. Flowers in June. Pulneys : at lower levels. Fyson 

 658,3091. Bourne 4621, 232. 



Gen. Dist. Hills of Central India, southwards to Ceylon. 



SARCOCOCCA. F.B.I. 135 II. 



Glabrous shrubs with alternate, stalked, entire, 

 leathery, leaves and short axillary spikes of male and 

 female flowers, each with its bract and four sepals, two 

 inner and two outer. Stamens of the male, as many, 

 opposite the sepals, with thick filaments and oblong 

 anthers which are eventually curved over backwards. 

 Ovary, in the female, of two to three cells with two 



