Euphorbia EUPHOKBIACEiE 337 



campanulate, glabrous outside, hairy at the throat; lobes triangular, 

 fringed ; glands concave, appendages whitish-yellow, transversely elliptical, 

 margin somewhat undulating. Capsule 3-cornered-globular, slightly keeled, 

 glabrous, 2 mm. in diam. Seeds ash colour with a tinge of pink, 1 ■ 4(-l • 2) 

 mm. 1., l-"8 mm. br., angles and markings inconspicuous. 



2. E. myrtillifolia L. Syst. ed. 10, 1048 (1759) ; erect shrubby 

 perennial plants ; leaves obovate-elliptical or roundish, • 5-1 • 5 

 cm. 1. ; involucres solitary in the upper axils, hairy outside and 

 inside ; capsule minutely puberulous. — Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. 

 pt. 2, 38. E. myrtifolia L. Amoen. v. 379 (1760) & Sp. PI. ed. 2, 

 653 ; Sw. Ohs. Bot. 197 ; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 53. E. erecta 

 foliolis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 235. Browne's specimen, the 

 type, is in Herb. Linn. ; name in Solander's hand. 



Brmonel highest mountains, Liguanea, Broughtonl Massonl Blue 

 Mts., Priori Guava Ridge, 2000 ft., Eggers I above Gordon Town, Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 5196. 



Stem 1-2 ft. high; branches long, slender, more or less erect or 

 spreadirig, reddish, puberulous, becoming glabrate. Leaves shortly stalked, 

 apex retuse, base roundish, puberulous and paler beneath. Stipules very 

 short, truncate, fringed. Involucres 1-3 mm. 1., campanulate ; lobes smaU, 

 triangular, ciliate ; glands with a large roundish yellow appendage. 

 Capsule 2 mm. in diam., 3-angled-globular, slightly keeled. Seeds oblong, 

 acutely 4-angled, wrinkles reticulate. 



3. E. hirta L. Sp. PI. 454 (1753) ; stems erect or decumbent 

 at base, or sometimes prostrate, young parts hispid with yellow 

 spreading .hairs and pubescent with short curved hairs ; leaves 

 •5-5 cm. 1., more or less hispid to pubescent ; involucres cymose, 

 sparingly puberulous ; appendage not evident ; capsule minutely 

 puberulous with adpressed hairs ; seeds pinkish. — Jacq. Collect. 

 V. t. 11, /. 1 ; Brown in Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. sect. 1, 496 (incl. var.). 

 E. pilulifera Jacq. Collect.- ii. 361 (1788) & Ic. PL Bar. t. 478 ; 

 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 54; Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. pt. 2, 21 ; 

 Muell. Arg. in Fl. Bras. xi. pt. 2, 684 ; Millsp. in Field Columb. 

 Mus. Bot. ii. 61, 164; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 353 (non L.). 

 E. capitata Lam. Encyc. ii. 422 (1786) ; Descourt. Fl. Ant. Hi. 

 334, t. 227. E. obliterata Jacq. Fnum. PI. Carib. 22 (1760) & 

 Sel. Stirp. Amer. 151 ; Sw. Prodr. 76 & Fl. Ind. Occ. 872. E. pro- 

 cumbens DC. Cat. Hort. Monspel. Ill (1813). E. pilulifera v. 

 procumbens Boiss. loc. cit. ; Millsp. in Bot. Gaz. xxv. 14 with a fig. 

 Tithymalus dulcis pariofcarise &c. Shane Cat. 82 k Hist. i. 197. 

 E. reclinata minor &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 234, Tithymalus 

 botryoides zeylanicus &c. Burm. Zeyl. 223, <. 104. T. botryoides 

 erectus &c. Burm. Zeyl. 224, t. 105, /.I. E. inermis foliis 

 oppositis ovalibus &c. L. Fl. Zeyl. 88. Chamsesyce hirta 

 Millsp. torn: cit. 303, 402 (1909). Types in Herb. Hermann in 

 Herb. Mus. Brit, and in Herb. Linn. Leaves of E. obliterata 

 from Jacq. in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



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