CXV. BUPHOBBIACEili. 567 



flexuous, <j;labrous. Leaves numerous, opposite, j-| by g-^ iu., cori- 

 aceous, obliquely obovate or linear-spathulate, rounded at the apex, 

 crenulate, serrulate or deutate, base rounded, very uneqnal-sided ; 

 petioles short ; stipules iuterpetiolar, triangular. Involucres solitary 

 or few, in small leafy axillary and terminal nearly sessile cynjes ^ in. 

 long to the extremity of largest limb, subcampanulate ; stalk Jy in. long; 

 lobes triangular, ciliate ; gland small, about 3"^ iu. long, ti-ansversely 

 oblong ; limbs of the glands rosy, very conspicuous, those of the 2 

 upper glands long, ^ by yL iu,^ obliquely oblong, crenulate at the apex, 

 those of the 2 lower glands much suialler, 3L in. long, oblong or sub- 

 orbicular, creuulate at the tip. Capsules jV in. long, glabrous ; styles 

 y^ in. loug, connate about g-way up from the base, then divaricate and 

 shortly 2-fid at the apex ; cocci slightly rough, bluntly keeled. Seeds 

 y^^ in. long, transversely rugose. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 251 ; Trim. 11. Ceyl. 

 V. 4, p. 6; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (]899) p. 369.— 

 Flowei's : Aug. 



S. M. Country: Baclaini, Couke\, Bhiva\, Woodrowl — Distrib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula) ; Ceylon, Afghanistan. 



12. Euphorbia coccinea, Roth, Nov. PL Sp. (1821) p. 228. 

 Whole plaut villous with white hairs; root woody; stems filiform, 

 purple, angularl}^ tiexuous, brittle, 4-8 in. loug, decumbent or prostrate, 

 softly hispid with loug weak hairs. Leaves subsessile, in scattered 

 opposite jjairs i-| by y\y-4 iu., rather coriaceous, entire, broadly elliptic 

 or obo\ate-obloug, obtuse, oblique, hairy or glabrate above, densely white- 

 pilose beneath; base broadly auricled on one side ; stipules linear- 

 lanceolate, villous. Involucres in the axils of crowded small orbicular 

 terminal leaves, campanulate, subsessile, J^ in. long, forming small 

 villous heads of 2-4 Howers (rarely reduced to a single flower) ; the 

 tube hairy ; the lobes lanceolate, ciliate ; limb of glaud ^V '^>' tV ^^'■> 

 rosy, broadly obovate, denticulate at the apex, glabi'ous. Capsules y^iu. 

 long, white- woolly, truncate at the base; cocci compressed, keeled; 

 styles slender, gljy in. long, 2-fid. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 248; Woodr. ni 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369.— Flowers : July-Dec. 



Rare. Konkan : Lcavl, Sfocksl Deccan : Diksal near Eailway Station, /fi/or/row ; 

 Rajwade, Woodroiv. — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



13. Euphorbia Atoto, Forst. Prodr. (1786) n. 207. A dwarf 

 glabrous shrub with a loug stout root ; steui stout, much-branched, 

 swollen at the nodes, erect or decumbent. Leaves opposite, subsessile, 

 |-1 by '^-\ in., elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, entii-e, base rounded, 

 slightly unequal-sided; stipules small, fimbriate. Involucres axillary 

 or in small leafy terminal cymes, pedicellate, turbinate, glabrous ; lobes 

 triangular ; limb of glands small. Capsules glabrous ; styles short, 2-fid. 

 Seeds smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 248 ; Trim. Fl. CeyL v. 4, p. 6 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369. 



Doubtfully indigenous in the Bombay Presidency. Woodrow in his list {I. c.) 

 gives the habitat of the plant as N. Kanara, but his specimens wei'e obtained from 

 Kandapur, which is in S. Kanara and outside tho Presidency limits. — Distrib. 

 S. India; Ceylon, Malay Archipelago, China, Australia. 



14. Euphorbia hypericifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 454. 

 Vak. parviflora, Hoolc f. Fl. B. I. v. 5 (1887) p. 250. Annual, 



