oxv. etjphoebiacejE. 569 



beneath, base usually unequal-sided, acute or rouuded ; main uerves few, 

 distinct ; petioles distinct, yij-g in. long ; stipules pectinate, soon falling. 

 Involucres numerous, less than Tr\, in. long, on a stalk of about the same 

 length, crowded in small axillary shortly ])edunculate globose cymes ; 

 gland minute, globose, either without a limb or with a very small 

 orbicular white entire one. Capsules ^y^ in. in diam.,appressedly hairy. 

 ISeeds ^ in. long, ovoid-trigonous, slightly trans\ ersely rugose, light 

 reddish-brown. ¥\. 13. I. v. 5, p. 250 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 369 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 923; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 3, p. 298. Euphorbia hirta, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 454; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 179 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 227 ; Trim. PL Ceyl. v. 4, p. 7. — Flowers more 

 or less throughout the year. 



The specitic name hirta occurs on the same page (Linn. iSp. PL p. 454) 

 as the nuiae 2)ilulifo^(t,to which it is really prior, as it precedes the latter 

 on the page. 



Common everywhere throughout the Presidency. — Distrib. Throughout tlie hotter 

 parts of India, Ceylou, and most tropical and subtropical countries. 



18. Euphorbia thymifolia, Linn. >Sp. PI. (1753) p. 454. A small 

 annual herb, mure or less hispidly pubescent ; stems prostrate, divari- 

 cately branched, slender, cylindric, more or less hairy. Leaves opposite, 

 very small, numerous, ^-| by yQ-g- in., obliquely oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, ci'enulate, glabrous above, glaucous and 

 usually slightly pubescent beneath, base rounded, very unequal-sided ; 

 petioles very sliort ; stipules fimbriate. Involucres axillary, solitary or 

 2-3 in an axil, campanulate, -^ in. long ; stalk very short ; gland minute 

 or ; limb 0. Capsules -^ in. long, obtusely keeled, pubescent ; styles 

 short, 2-tid. Seeds J^ in. long, quadrangular, bluntly pointed, with 5 or 

 6 transverse furrows. PL B. I. v. 5, p. 252 ; l)alz. & Gibs. p. 227 ; 

 Trim. PL Ceyl. v. 4, p. 8 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 369 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 923 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 300. 

 Euphorbia prostrata^ Grah. Cat. p. 179 {not oi Ait.). — Flowers: more or 

 less throughout the year. Vern. DhdJcti-dudhi ; Lahdn-nayati. 



Dbccan : widely, WooJrow ; Pooua, Woodrow ! Sind : Cooke ! ; Karachi, Bhola 

 Puran ! — Dlstrib. TJiroughout India in the plains and lower hills ; Ceylon and all 

 hot countries except Australia. 



19. Euphorbia granulata, Forsl: Fl. J^<iijpt.-Arab. (1775) p. 94. 

 A small hispidly-villons plant with a perennial root ; stems many from 

 the root, prostrate, hispid, leafy, 3-6 in. long, very brittle. Leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous, -jV^i ^y ^-^ in., obliquely oblong or obovate- 

 oblong, rounded or refuse at the tip, quite entire, villous on both surfaces, 

 base narrow or rounded or subcordate ; petioles short ; stipules minute, 

 ciliolate. Involucres minute, axillary and on short leafy branchlets, 

 subsessile, turbinate, ^V in. long ; gland usually without a Hmb. Cap- 

 sules -jV in. in diam. ; cocci hirsute, rounded at the back, not keeled ; 

 styles very short, 2-fid. Seeds quadrangular, bluntly pointed, -^ in. long, 

 faintly ])itted ; testa very mucous when wetted. PL B. I. v. 5, p. 252; 

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

 p. 923 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 295. 



Sind : Karachi to Magar Pir, Wijlicliam-Terry ! Tliere is but one very dilapidated 

 specimen in Herb. Kew. Iroui Sind. — Distrib. India (I'aiijab, Malwa, Chota Nagpur, 

 W. Peninsula); Afghanistan, Arabia, Egyjjt, Canary Isles. 



