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Plants of the Punjab. 
Herss, Erect, wirn AnterNate ExstipuLATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Euphorbia 
dracunculoides, 
Kangi. 
EUPHORBIACE®. 
ia. hv. 262. 
The Plains to 
8,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Hughes- Buller). 
Euphorbia Maddeni, 
EUPHORBIACE®. 
Beeb... y. 268. 
Himalaya, 
5-9,000 ft. 
Mashobra. 
Mahasu (Collett). 
Murree. 
Euphorbia falcata, 
EUPHORBIACER. 
F. B. I. v. 268. 
Rawalpindi 
(Aitchison). 
Gilgit (Giles). 
Baluchistan 
(Boissier). 
Euphorbia prolifera, 
EUPHORBIACE®. 
F. B. I. v. 264. 
The Plains to 
6,000 ft. 
Valleys below 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Asparagus filicinus, 
Asparagus gracilis, 
Asparagus capitatus, 
Lear Marains ENTIRE. 
PETALS NONE. 
medium size, annual, smooth, stems many, leafy, 
much branched, branches spreading, leaves 1-14 in., 
linear-lanceolate, nearly short-pointed, base generally 
pointed, rarely rounded or almost heart-shaped, floral 
leaves 2, broader at the base, shorter, flowers solitary, 
top-shaped, hairy within, lobes ovate, bristly, glands 
curved, styles short, free, capsules 1-1 in. diam., smooth, 
sceds patchy ; in other respects like the last species. Oil 
expressed from the seeds has been found superior to lin- 
seed oil. 
small to medium size, stem leaves 2 by 4 in., ovate, 
with a broad tip narrowed into the stalk, floral opposite, 
flowers solitary in the axils of branches or of the leaves 
of the branches or sometimes in umbels, lobes 4 or 5, glands 
yellow, curved, with long horns, styles nearly free, seeds 
smooth ; in other respects like the last species. 
small, stems and branches stiff, pale, leaves 1 in. 
or less, sessile, oblong with a broad tip, very long-pointed, 
flowers minute, top-shaped, lobes fringed, glands very 
minute, capsule 1-10 in., thin, ovoid, cells keeled, seeds 
transversely furrowed; for other characters see the last 
species. 
small, perennial, rootstock thick, woolly, leaves 
4 by 4-2 in., very narrow, linear or linear-oblong, blunt- 
or short-pointed, base rounded or short-pointed, nerves 
3, flowers 4 in. diam., shortly bell-shaped, lobes triangu- 
lar, fringed, glands stalked, kidney-shaped or horned, 
or oblong, entire or toothed, bracteoles many, styles stout, 
rolled round, deeply divided, capsule }-} in. diam., broad, 
smooth, long-stalked, rather depressed, seeds mottled 
or not; for other characters see the last species. 
Leafless Plants, Herbs. 
see 
Leafless Plants, Herbs. 
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Leafless Plants, Herbs, 
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