Order 106. Euphorbiacece. 289 



branched with smooth red stem ; leaves none ; bracts imbri- 

 cated^ leafy cordate, obliquely ovate, blunt, glands white, long- 

 tubed, with 4 segments, 2 larger, capsule smooth or nearly so. 



Hills above Lanoli. Kocks in Wari country (D.). The Konkan 

 and Deccan peninsula (H".). 



The above description is of my plant, which agrees with D.'s. H.'s 

 description does not agree at all, the greatest, but not the only dif- 

 ference being that he describes both leaves and floral leaves; but as 

 he makes the identification with D.'s plant without any mark of doubt, 

 I have left it so. 



To this section, in which the flowers are rather conspicuous, belong 

 also * -E". pycnostegia, a slender branched herb, smooth, leaves oblong, 

 floral leaves ovate cordate or roundish, collected in an oblong head, 

 limb of glands large obliquely obovate, cocci obtusely furrowed. W. 

 Ghauts (H.). * E. zornoides H. calls probably a variety of this, with 

 narrower cauline and smaller floral leaves. * E. notoptera, a foot high, 

 smooth, leaves narrow linear oblong, distant, bracts with fringed 

 lobes, cocci 2-winged. Konkan and Canara (.#.). * E. coccinea, small, 

 rigid, slender, with white hairs and purple stem, leaves obliquely 

 elliptic or obovate, involucres in leafy roundish heads, two of the 

 glands with conspicuous rosy or purple limbs, capsules woolly. 

 Konkan (H.). None of these are in D. or 6?. 



The next 3 species are small weeds, which may be found all together 

 about Poona in the rains, and in other localities. 



2. E. hypericifolia (E. parviflora, D.). Smooth, light 

 green, leaves oval oblique blunt serrulate, involucres small in 

 cymes, limb of the glands white tinged with pink. Dudh 

 mogra. 



Poona, Tanna, &c. Common throughout the hotter parts of India 

 and the tropics of both hemispheres (H.). 



3. E. pilulifera (E. hirta, D.). A coarse weed, hairy and of 

 a dark hue, leaves oblong, very oblique acute serrulate, in- 

 volucres in round sessile heads, limbs of glands not noticeable. 

 Ndyati. 



Commonly distributed like the last. 



4. E. thymifolia. A very small weed, all red and hairy, 

 stems prostrate, leaves ovate oblique serrate, dark, involucres 

 very small in close terminal cymes, white tinged with red. 

 Dhdkti dudhi, hazdrddnd. 



Throughout India and Ceylon and all hot countries (H.). To this 

 section belongs * E. microphylla (E. uniflora, D.), slender, much- 

 branched, smooth, leaves very short, obliquely oblong, involucres 

 solitary all up the stem and branches. Konkan (D.). Rather rare. 



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