80 - EUPHORBIACEZ. [EUPHORBIA. . 
imbricate in a rounded-head. JInvolucres subsolitary, } in. in diam., 
pubescent, throat ciliate, lobes linear-lanceolate, limb of glands pec- 
tinately laciniate and fimbriate. Coccz globose. Seeds with 3 or 4 
parallel furrows, white. Siva Sree 
Bundelkhand (Duthie) usually in cultivated ground ; C. India at Mandu 
(Edgeworth). This latter locality is just within the southern boundary 
of the area of this flora. Distrirp.: W. Behar, S. India, Ceylon and 
extending to Ava. 
11. E. hypericifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 454; F. B. I. v, 249; 
Watt E. D.; Collett Fl. Siml. 445, fig. 145; Prain Beng. Pl. 924 ; 
N. E. Brown in Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, 498; E. pilulifera, Linn. I. c. 
E. indica, Lamk. E. unifiora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. wu, 472. E.- 
parviflora Rozb. l. c. 
An erect decumbent annual, 3-18 in. long, branching at the base, glab- 
rous or puberulous. Leaves shortly stalked, opposite, 4-14 in. long, 
very variable in shape from linear-oblong to elliptic-ovate, subacute 
to rounded or retuse at the apex ; base obliquely rounded or cordate ; 
margins minutely serrulate, rarely entire, puberulous or glabrous 
on one or both sides ; stipules minute or none. Cymes axillary, 4-3 
in. in diam., laxly few-flowered or densely many-flowered ; peduncles 
~5-i in. long, often with a pair of leaves at the apex. Involucres 
very minute, cup-shaped ; glands orbicular or transversely elliptic, 
entire, green, bordered by a conspicious white or pink rounded limb. 
Capsule 5 in. in diam., pubescent or glabrous ; styles short, deeply 
bifid. Seeds ellipsoid, 4-angled, transversely rugose, reddish-brown 
with a glaucous hue. 
Abundant within the area of this flora as a weed in waste places, flower- 
ing all through the year. Distrrs.: Throughout the hotter parts. 
of India, ascending to 4,500 ft. on the Himalaya ; widely dispersed 
in all warm regions. 
12. EF. hirta, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 454; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 472 ; 
N. E. Brown in Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, 496. E. pilulifera, Jacq. (not 
of Linn.); F. B. I. v, 250; Watt E. D.; Comm. ‘Prod. Ind. 
531 ; Prain Beng. Pl. 925 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ti, 568. 
An annual with erect or ascending stems up to 2-ft. high, clothed with 
long often yellowish crisped hairs; branches often 4-angled. Leaves 
opposite, shortly stalked, 3-14 im. long, elliptic-oblong obovate or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, dentate or serrulate, dark-green. 
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