EuphorUa.] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE;E. (J. D. Hooker.) 247 



4. E. cristata, Iteyne in Roth Nov f Sp. 226 ; annual, prostrate or 

 ascending clothed with long flexuous hairs, leaves opposite obliquely ovate- 

 cordate obtuse serrulate, floral distichously imbricate in a rounded head, 

 involucres subsolitary pubescent, limb of glands pectinately laciniate and 

 fimbriate, cocci globose, seeds with 3 or 4 parallel furrows. Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 19. E. fimbviata, Heyne in Roth 1. c. 227 ; Boiss. I. c., and 

 Euphorl. Ic. t. 8 ; Thwaites Enum. 269 ; Wall. Cat. 7693. E. capitata, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 7708 A. Wall. Cat. 7707 A. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne; Madras, Shuter ; Vellore, Griffith-, Palamcottah, 

 Wight. CENTRAL INDIA; Mandoo, alt. 4000 ft., Edgewostk. 'AVA, Wallich. 

 CEYLON ; Batticaloa district, Thwaites. 



Stems slender, 6-10 in., often dichotomously branched. Leaves g- in., sub- 

 sessile, membranous ; stipules short, subulate. Involucres subsessile, in. diam., 

 hairy, throat ciliate, lobes linear-lanceolate. I find no-characters whereby to separate 

 E. fimbriata from E. cristata. Boissier, who says that they are very closely allied, 

 distinguishes cristata by its slender prostrate stems, heads of floral leaves only half 

 the size, and seeds smooth between the furrows. He regards Roth's cristata )8. major 

 as the type of his fimbriata, and refers Roth's fimbriata to a variety (laxa), dis- 

 tinguished by its upper leaves not being imbricate. 



** floral leaves not distichously imbricating. 



5. E. long-istyla, Boiss. Cent. Euphorb. 9, and in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 20; annual, glabrous, erect, much branched, leaves opposite elliptic or 

 oblong obtuse distantly serrulate, floral gradually smaller, iiivols. pedicelled, 

 limb of glands cleft to the base into 7-9 bristles, cocci glabrous keeled, seeds 

 with 3 or 4 parallel furrows. E. elegans, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 7713. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne in Herb. Petrop. fy Wallich. 



Stems a foot high, flexuous, dichotomously much branched; branches capillary. 

 Leaves ^ | in. long, membranous, apiculate ; stipules lanceolate, toothed. Involucres 

 as long as their pedicels, glabrous below, velvety under the glands ; lobes deeply 

 fimbriate. Styles (not seen by me) very long, undivided. Capsule long-stalked. I 

 have seen only very imperfect specimens of this plant'in Wallich's Herbarium, and 

 have taken its characters chiefly from Boissier, who says that it probably assumes a 

 form with imbricate floral leaves. 



6. E. notoptera, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 26; ajfnual, erect or 

 ascending, glabrous, leaves often deflexed in very distant. 'opposite pairs 

 coriaceous linear-oblong obtuse mucronate margin often recurved serrulate 

 involucres 1-3 terminal between a pair of "linear acute floral leaves pedi- 

 celled campanulate lobes fimbriate, limb of glands rather large repand, 

 cocci with two distant dorsal narrow wings, seeds rugulose. 



The CONCAN and CANARA, Law, -Stocks, &&, in cultivated 

 Habit of -E. erythroclada, 12-15 in. high; Sterns 8-12 in. Leaves f-li in. long, 

 narrow, nerveless ; stipules very short and broad. Involucres rather large, | in. long ; 

 glauds transversely oblong. Capsule depressed-globose, rather rough, about -^ in. 

 diam. A very distinct species, easily recognized by the 2-wiuged cocci. 



7. E. erythroclada, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 25 ; quite glabrous, 

 stem tall erect dichotomously branched firm red-brown, leaves J-f in. in 

 distant opposite pairs obliquely oblong or obovate- or elliptic-oblong ser- 

 rulate tip rounded, involucres axillary solitary turbinate red, lobes short, 

 limb of glands small narrow rosy, capsule depressed, cocci acutely keeled, 

 seeds with 2-3 obsolete transverse ridges. *? E. pycnostegia, var. laxa, Boiss* 

 I. c. 18. 



