562 CXV. EUPHOEBIACE.il. 



Seeds tuberculate 7. E. pycnostegia. 



Seeds smootli 8. E. zornioides. 



Leaves less than 1 in. long; capsules 



hairy 9. E. elegans. 



Floral leaves not distichously imbricating. 



Cocci winged 10. E. notoftera. 



Cocci not winged. 



Two upper limits of involucre-glands 



much larger than the two lower ones. 11. E. rosea. 

 Limbs of involucre-glands subeqnal. 

 Involucres in villous heads ; a decum- 

 bent villous herb 12. E. coccinea. 



Involucres in many-flowered cymes. 

 A dwarf glabrous shrub of the sea- 

 shore ; leaves entire; capsules 



glabrous IS. E. Atofo. 



Herb 6-18 in. high ; leaves serru- 

 late ; capsules hairy 14. E. hypencifoiia 



var. pai-viflora. 

 Involucres solitary, axillary. 



Erect glabrous herb ; leaves ob- 

 ovate or elliptic -oblong, not 



imbricating 15. E. erythroclada. 



Decumbent herb ; leaves linear- 

 oblong, secund, subimbricate ... 16. E. Hnearifolia. 

 Limb of involucre-gland inconspicuous or 0. 

 Erect or ascending herb 6-20 in. Iiigh, hispid 



with crisped hairs ; leaves ^-1^ in. long ... 17. E. pifulifcra. 

 Pro.strate herbs ; leaves small, less than i in. 

 long. 



Stems hispidly hairy; capsules pubescent 

 or hirsute. 



Leaves crenulate ; capsules pubescent ; 



seeds furrowed 18. E.thymifolia. 



Leaves entire ; capsules liirsutc; seeds 



pitted 10. E. granulata. 



Stems glabrous; capsules glabrous. 



Leaves nearly as broad as long ; seeds 



smooth 20. E. microphi/lhi . 



Leaves much longer than broad; seeds 



obscurely transversely rugose 21. A,'. Vlarkeana. 



1. Euphorbia acaulis, Boxh. Hort. Beng. (1814) j). ;iG. Stem 

 reduced to a .stout cyliiidric underground rootstock (5-18 in. long by 

 l-2.i in. in diam., with only the scarred tip of the buried stem showing 

 above ground. Leaves all radical, 0-12 by l||-2.] in., subsessile, fleshy, 

 nerveless, obovate or oblanceoUite, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at the 

 base, with curled margins, often spotted with red, glabrous. Cymes ou 

 long [)cdunclos from the crown of the rootstock, appearing after the 

 leaves have fallen, .'i-many-flowered, dichotomous, of variable length ; 

 bracts at the forks ovate-lanceolate, .scarious. Ijtvolucres about ^ in. iu 

 diam., greenish. Capsules j in. in diam.; pedicels 4 in. long or less; 

 cocci compressed ; styles combined to the nn'ddle. Seeds broridly 

 ovoid, subacute, smoolh (I/oolrr). 



The specilic name r<rrtu//s given to the ])lanf Ity K'oxbiirgh is 11 years 

 prior to the name fimifornuft, liueh.-llam. Grab. Cat. p. 179; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. J). 22(). Eiijihorbifi fnsifori)iis, Huch.-lJam. ex Don, I*"!. Nep. 

 (1825) p. GJ; Hook. f. Fl. B." 1. V. 5, p. 257; Woodr. in .loinn. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 1 2 ( 1 .S9i)) p. 309; Prain, iieng. PI. p. 921 .— Klownx : A pr.-May. 



