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above, pale beneath ; base narrow, obliquely cordate ; main nerves 
few, distinct ; stipules pectinate, soon falling. Jnvolucres many, 
stalked, less than ,'; in. long, crowded in small axillary shortly stalked 
cymes ; glands minute, globose, limb very small or obsolete. Cap- 
sule 3; in. in diam., appressedly hairy. Seeds »; in. long, ovoid, 
trigonous, minutely rugose, reddish-brown. 
An abundant weed within the area of this flora, flowering during the 
greater part of the year. Dustris.: Throughout the hotter parts 
of India ; also in Ceylon and in nearly all tropical and subtropical 
regions. The plant has medicinal properties similar to those of LE. 
thymifolia. 
13. E, thymifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl. 454; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 473 ; 
F. B. I. v, 252; Watt E. D.; Collett Fl. Siml. 446 ; Prain Beng. 
Pl. 925; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 569. 
A small annual herb, more or less hispidly pubescent, the whole plant 
often with a pale coppery tinge. Stems prostrate, and usually closely 
flattened on the ground, 4-12 in. long, divaricately branched, slender, 
cylindric. Leaves very small, opposite, petioled, }4-} in. long, obli- 
quely oblong, obtuse, crenulate, glabrous above, glaucous and usually 
slightly pubescent beneath; stipules elongate, fimbriate. Jnvolu- 
cres minute, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together in the axils, campanu- 
late, very shortly stalked ; glands very minuie, or none, limb none- 
Capsules erect, shortly stalked, ~; in. broad, obtusely keeled, pubes- 
cent. Seeds 3, in. long, quadrangular, bluntly pointed and with 
5-6 shallow transverse furrows. : 
Very common within the area, and often a conspicuous garden weed 
especially on gravel-walks, flowering during the greater portion of 
the year. DistTrip.: Throughout the greater part of India and in 
Ceylon, ascending to over 5,000 ft. on the Himalaya. It is found 
also in all hot countries except Australia. The leaves and seeds 
are said to be aromatic and astringent and the juice acts as a violent 
purgative. ‘Trimen remarks that the severed end of a branch made 
to touch lightly the surface of water has the singular effect of violently 
repelling all floating particles in the neighbourhood. 
14. E. granulata, Forsk. gypt.-Arab. 94; F. B. I. v, 252; 
Watt E. D.; Prain Beng. Pl. 925 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii, 569. 
A small hispidly hairy prostrate perennial herb. Branches many, 3-6 
in. long, very brittle. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, coriaceous, 
+5} in. long, obliquely oblong or obovate-oblong, rounded or retuse 
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