- 
eet: 
Biscuoria. | EUPHORBIACE. | 83 
cres axillary, solitary, s4, in. long, campanulate, glabrous; lobes 
lanceolate, toothed ; glands minute, without a limb. Capsule glab- 
rous, y,in. in diam., cocci keeled. Seeds ¥ in. long, acutely 4-angled 
and with a blunt point, obscurely transversely rugose, pale-brown, 
mucous when moistened. 
Jumna ravines in the Meerut district (Duthie)... Distris.: N. W. 
India (Royle), and from Delhi to Lahore (Herb. Kew) ; also in Sind 
and the W. Peninsula. 
E. Trrvcatui, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 470; Brandis For. Fl. 439 ; 
Ind. Trees 558 ; F. B. I. v, 254 ; Watt E. D. ; Comm, Prod. Ind. 531 ; 
Prain Beng. Pl. 924 ; Gamble Man. 591 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb. ti, 570.— 
Vern. Sehnd. Usually known to Europeans as the “ Milk-bush ”’. 
A shrub or small tree up to 20 ft. high, with very smooth spreading 
terete rush-like almost leafless branches. Originally introduced 
from Tropical E. Africa the plant has become naturalized in many of 
the drier parts of India. It is a very useful hedge-plant, for by reason 
of its acrid milky juice cattle refuse to touch it. The wood is not 
attacked by insects, and being fairly strong and close-grained it is 
often used for rafters, also a good charcoal suitable for blasting powder 
can be prepared from it. 
E. PULCHERRIMA, Willd. Is the well-known Poinsettia so extensively 
grown in gardens throughout the hotter parts of India on account ~ 
of its large, very handsome crimson or whitish upper floral leaves. 
It is a native of Mexico.—Poinsettia pulcherrima, R. Grah. 
E. SPLENDENS, Boj. Is a small very prickly and much-branched shrub 
with very showy crimson flowers. It is largely grown in the gardens 
of Upper India and makes a pretty hedge. lt is a native of Mada- 
gascar, 
—£. geNnicuLatTa, Orteg. Is an annual herb introduced from Trop. 
America. It is often met with as a weed in Indian gardens. The 
narrow floral leaves are green towards the apex and almost white 
near the base. 
2, BISCHOFIA, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. V, 344. 
A large tree. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate, leaflets often crenate. 
Flowers minute, dicecious, in axillary or lateral panicled racemes ; 
males scattered or clustered, the females with longer pedicels. 
G2 
