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8 E. prolifera, Buch.-Ham. ex Don Prod. 62; F. B. I. v, 264 : 
Collett Fl. Siml. 447. E. cuneifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 471. 
A glabrous perennial herb. Stems many, up to 1 ft. high, erect from a 
stout woody rootstock, often emitting from near the base proliferous 
“barren shoots bearing very narrow acute leaves. Stem-leaves alter- 
nate, sessile, coriaceous, 1-3 in. long, narrowly linear or linear-oblong 
or spathulate, obtuse or acute; upper or floral leaves sometimes 
oblong or ovate; nerves 3, very slender. Involucres } in. in diam. 
shortly campanulate ; lobes triangular, fimbriate, glabrous on both 
sides; glands yellow, stalked, peltate reniform or crescent- 
shaped, the horns usually short and blunt, the intervening margins 
entire or toothed, bracteoles many. Capsule } in. in diam., smooth ; 
styles connate below the middle. Seeds globose, smooth. 
Dehra Dun (Gamble), Moradabad (T. Thomson), Sub-Himalayan tracts 
of Rohilkhand and N. Oudh (Duthie). Distris.: Punjab Plain, 
Central and W. Himalaya from Nepal to Kashmir ascending to 6,000 
ft. in Kumaon, also in China. : 
9. E. elegans, Spreng. Syst. wi, 794; F. B. I. v, 246; Cooke 
Fl. Bomb. ii, 566. 
A dichotomously branched annual, 1-2 ft. high, clothed with long soft 
spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, crowded or in distant pairs, sub- 
sessile, }-} in. long, broadly elliptic-oblong, often obliquely so, obtuse, 
serrulate towards the tips ; stipules minute, setaceous; floral leaves 
up to ~ in. long, broadly elliptic or obovate, closely imbricating and 
forming short spikes at the ends of the branches. Involucres } in. 
long, turbinate, hairy on both sides ; limb } in. or more ; lobes pink, 
obovate-cuneate, sinuate at the tip. Capsule hairy, cocci globose; 
styles elongate, 2-fid. Seeds quadrangular, transversely grooved, 
glabrous. oe 
Malwa near Indore, in black soil (Edgeworth). Distrip.: Central 
and W. India; found on rocks, and often as a weed of cultivation. 
10. E. cristata, Heyne ex Roth Nov. Sp. 226; F. B. I. v, 247; 
Prain Beng. Pl. 924. 
An annual herb, clothed with long flexuous hairs. Stem slender, 6-10 
in. long, ,prostrate or ascending, dichotomously branched. Leaves 
slightly hairy on both surfaces, opposite, subsessile, membranous, 
3-2 in. long, obliquely ovate-cordate, obtuse, serrulate upwards, 
stipules short, subulate. Floral leaves suborbicular, distichously 
