74 EUPHORBIACEA. [EUPHORBIA. 
Floral leaves distichously imbricat- 
ing and concealing the involucres. 
—Erect dichotomously branching 
herbs clothed with long soft 
hairs : —— 
Limb of glands sinuate at the fai 
rose-coloured . 9. E. elegans. 
Limb of glands ad er ‘ . 10. E. cristata. 
Floral leaves not distichously imbrica- 
ting ; involucres in many-flowered 
cymes; leaves serrulate; capsule 
hairy : : - : . 11. E. hyperieifolia. 
Glands of involucre with a narrow wing 
or wingless :-— 
An erect or ascending herb 6-20 in. 
high, hispid with crisped hairs ; 
leaves 3-14 in. long, acute . . 12. EH. hirta. 
Prostrate herbs ; leaves less than 4 in. 
long, rounded or retuse at the 
apex :— 
Stems more or less hispidly hairy * 
capsule pubescent or hirsute :— 
Leaves Crenulate ; capsule pul: 
cent ; seeds furrowed. 13. E. thymifolia. 
Leaves entire ; capsule hinsatto' 
seeds pitted . : : . 14. E. granulata. 
Stems and capsule glabrous :— 
Leaves about as broad as long ; 
seeds smooth 5 ; . 15. E. microphylla. 
Leaves much longer than their 
breadth ; seeds obscurely trans- 
versely rugose ; : . 16. E. Clarkeana. 
1. E. acaulis, Rozb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 36; Fl. Ind. wi, 472 ; 
Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 562. EE. fusiformis, Buch. “Ham. ex Don Prod. 
(1825), 62 ; F. B. I. v, 257 ; Prain Beng. Pl. 923. E. nana, Royle 
Ill. 329, t. 82, f.2¢& 3.—Vern. Ban muli (Rohilkhand). 
