568 CXT. EUPHORBIACEiE. 



(3-18 iu. higli, erect or spreading, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. 

 Leaves opposite, 4-1 by 5-g in., elliptic-obiong, obtuse, serrulate, base 

 rounded, usually unequal-sided ; nerves prominent beneath, slender ; 

 stipules minute, iimbriate, soon ialliiig. Involucres in axillary and ter- 

 minal usually pedunculate and niany-Howered cymes, minute, turbinate, 

 glabrous, with many subulate bracts at the base of the pedicel ; lobes 

 lanceolate, ciliate ; limb oF gland usually wliite, orbicular, rounded at 

 the apex. Capsules subglobose, hairy ; styles short, 2-fid. Seeds y'^; in. 

 long, smooth. Trim. ¥\. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 7; Praiu, Beng. PL p. 923; 

 AVatt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 3, p. 296. Eupliorhia hi/pericifoUa, Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 369. E. parvijJora (sp.), Linn. 

 Syst. ed. 10 (1759) p. 1047 ; Grab. Cat. p. 179 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 227. 

 — Flowers : Aug.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Law ! Deccan ; Bowdlian near Pooua, Cooke ! ; banks of the 

 Miila River near Poona, KanUkarl; Purandhar, Br. Barnes I Gujarat: Sural, 

 Kanifkar '. ; Godra, C'oukel 8ind: Karachi, Cooke I — Uistuib. Common tliroiighout. 

 the hotter parts of India ; Cejlou, Tropics generally except Australia and the Pacific 

 Islands. 



15. Euphorbia erythroclada, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. v. 15, ])art 2 

 (1862) p. 25. An erect glabrous herb 1-2 ft. high, alternately and 

 dichotomously branched ; stem and brancht^s terete, polished, reddish- 

 brown, with long internodes. Leaves membranous, 4-§ by 5-5 in., in 

 distant opposite pairs, obliquely oblong or obovate or elliptic-oblong, 

 very obtuse, serrulate, base very unequal, i-ounded ; petioles A'ery short; 

 stipules scarcely discernible. Im'olucres solitary, axillary, turbinate, 

 red ; lobes very short, triangular, ciliate ; glands transversely ovate 

 with a narrow rosy limb. Capsules depressed, g iu. in diam. ; cocci 

 acutely keeled. Seeds 4-angled with 2-3 obsolete transverse ridges. 

 M. B. I. V. 5, p. 247. 



I have only seen the 2 imperfect slieets of tliis plant in Herb. Kew. idcntifled and 

 mentioned by Sir .7. D. Hooker (Fl. B. I. 1. c). There is absolutely no evidence as to 

 the locality whence these specimens were procured, the " Hab. Malabar, Konkan, &c." 

 being merely on tlie printed label of Ilei-b. Hook. f. & Thomson. 



16. Euphorbia linearifolia, Roth, Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) p. 224. 

 Glabrous ; stems many from a stout root, decumbent, about 1 ft. long, 

 dark-purple, swollen at the nodes. Leaves |-| by yo~i "^v opposite, 

 secund, subiml)ricate, thickly coriaceous, linear-oblong, apiculate, pale 

 beneath (the lowest leaves shorter, ovatc-oblong), base unequal-sided, 

 rounded. Involucres solitary in the uppermost axils, ^ in. long ; pedicel 

 jif. in. long; limb of gland -^ in. long, obovate, cuneate, rounded and 

 crenulate at the apex, white. Styles nearly y\j in. long. Capsules not 

 .seen. Fl. B. I. v. 5, p. 249 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 369. 



Kanaka: Diggi (N. Kanara), Talhol , 1('»49.' 



The plant is but little known. There is but one specimen in Herb, Kew. marked 

 as above. 



17. Euphorbia pilulifera, lAnn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 454. Aniuial, 

 6-20 in. high, ci-cct (ir ascending, hispid with long often yellowish 

 crisped hairs ; stems usually terete ; brandies often 4-angled. Leaves 

 opposite, \-\h by j-,^ in., oblitpK^y (jhlong-lanceolate or obovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acute or subacute, serrulate or dentate, dark green above, pale 



