566 CXV. EDPHORBIACE.^. 



glal)r()ii.s outside, 5 in. long (includino; a stalk i in. long) ; lobes fim- 

 briate ; gland transversely oblong, about J^ in. long; limb of gland 

 wliite or rosy, the lobes -^-L |iy _i_ in,, broadly obo\ate, 8ubtrunc-ate at 

 the apex. Capsules subglobose ; cocci obtusely angled, glabrous ; styles 

 short, each 2-lobed. Seeds jV^tV ^"- '*^"o' 4-augled, bluntly pointed, 

 smootli, nob rugose nor tuberculate nor grooved. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 24(5 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 922. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Law ! Deccan : Mawal (Poona districts), Woodrow ; one mile 

 south of Karkala Station (G. I. P. R.), Kcmitkar ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



9. Euphorbia elegans, Spreng. Syst. v. 3 (1826) p. 794. Stem 

 1-2 It., dichotomously branched ; branches numerous, slender, clothed 

 with long close or scattered weak soft hairs. Leaves opposite, distant, 

 subsessile, |-| by ^-g in., broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse, serrulate : 

 floral leaves subsessile, reaching § hj ^ in., broadly ellij)tic or obovate, 

 obtuse, softly hairy inside, much imbricating, forming short spikes at 

 the ends of the branches. Involucres hairy outside and inside, 5 in. 

 long (including stalk), turbinate ; limb of gland ^ in. and more long, 

 the lobes not oblique, rosy, obovate-cuneate, sinuate at the apex. Cap- 

 sules hairy outside ; cocci subglobose ; styles long, 2-fid. Seeds yV~iV ^"• 

 long, 4-angled, bluntly pointed, transversely parallel-grooved, glabrous, 

 ri. B. I. V. 5, p. 246 ;■ Woodr. in Joimi. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369. 

 Ei(i->horhia strobilifera, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 229 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs, p, 226. E. rupestris, Law, ex Grab. Cat. PI. Bomb. p. 251 

 {not of Eriwalcl. nor C. A. Mey.). — Flowers ; Aug.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : on rocks in tlie Wari country, Dalzell ^~ Gibson. Deccan: Aliuiati 

 Eailway Station (Bijapur Aisivicis), KanUkar \ S. M. Counthy : Badami, Coo^'c! — 

 DisTRiR. India (W. Peninsula). 



10. Euphorbia notoptera, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. v. 15, part 2 (1862) 

 p. 26. An erect or ascending glabrous herb 1-2 ft. high ; stems dicho- 

 tomously branched, terete, with loiig internodes. Leaves in distant 

 opposite pairs, |-lg by -y-| in., shortly petiolate, often deflexed, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, very shortly mucronulate, remotely serrulate and with 

 subrevolute margins, glabrous, bas(! subcordate with very unequal lobes; 

 nerves obscure ; stipides very short and broad. Involucres solitary or 

 2-3 together, terminal, \ in. long (including th(i stalk), caiiipaiiulate, 

 with pectinate lobes, supported at the biise by linear acute floral leaves 

 |-| in. long ; gland transversely oblong; limb of gland with lobes y.Tin. 

 long by y^-^ hi. broad, rounded or subtruncate at the apex, white. 

 Capsules depressed-globose, rough, -^ in. in diani. ; cocci with 2 distant 

 narrow wings. Seeds jL in. long, 4-augled, bluntly pointed, tuberculately 

 rugulose. The Avinged cocci distinguish this from all other species. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 5, p. 247; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369. 

 — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



In cultivated fields, Dalzell without locality in IFcrb. Kew. Konkan : S/ocks !, 

 Law I, Hooker]; Vingorla, KaniUcarl, Woodrow. Kanaka: Law]; near Kunipta, 

 Ta3of, KM! — DisTiiin. Tiulia (W. Peninsula). 



11. Euphorbia rosea, Hctz. Obs. Bot. fasc. 4 (1786) p. 26. A 

 perennial glabrous or sparsely hairy herb with a long woody tap-root; 

 stems numerous, 4-8 in. long, brittli", prostrate, sjireading, slender, 



