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cxxxv. EUPIIORBIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Euphorbia. 



tall and stout form 16 in. high, of which there are specimens gathered on the banks 

 of the Chenab by Thomson. As I am not so convinced of Linnaeus' parviflora Iviut; 

 the same species as hypericifolia or indica, I shall give Boissier's diagnostic character 

 of all the species that 1 have here brought together, leaving it to Indian botanists 

 to test their value. 



1. E. HYPEEICIFOLIA ; glabrous, erect, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate from a 

 subcordate or rounded base, stipules lanceolate ftmbriolate, invblacral lobes lanceolate, 

 mouth hirtulous, glands rounded much smaller than their rounded white limb, 

 capsule glabrous, seeds unequally scrobiculate and rugose. Not Asiatic according to 

 Boissier. 



2. E. INDICA ; sparsely puberulous, stem ascending or decumbent, leaves obovate 

 obtuse from a rounded base, stipules setaceous ciliate from a broad base, involucres 

 glabrous within and without, lobes triangular fimbriolate, glands ovate as broad or 

 broader than their ovate-rounded limb, capsule^ appressedly hairy, seed with 5-6 

 transverse broken furrows. Asiatic and African. 



3. E. PAEVIFLOEA ; stem ascending minutely crispulously hairy, leaves elliptic- 

 oblong obtuse from an unequal base, cymes subsessile, involucre campanulate, throat 

 ciliate, lobes triangular or lanceolate, limb of rounded glands large orbicular obovate, 

 capsule appressed-hairy, cocci keeled, seed papillose. Ceylon, Java, Pegu, Burma. 



4. E. BEACTEOLAEIS ; stems slenderly filiform dichotomous with spreading hairs, 

 leaves ovate obtuse from a rounded base, tip repand pale and appressedly hairy 

 beneath, stipules very short triangular-lanceolate, floral leaves (bracts) numerous 

 minute, involucres hairy within, lobes lanceolate hairy, glands minute orbicular as 

 broad or narrower than the white roundish limb, cocci rounded hairy, seeds smooth 

 except tbe_ outer ftrces which have 1 or 2 subtransverse and obsolete furrows.- 



India, JL 

 spicuous 



ilghiris, Perrottet. Differs from parvijlora in the incou- 

 eed and slenderness of the branches. 



Li, JIooJc. f. ; annual, quite glabrous or sparsely hairy, 

 ; ' uMfche root, branches divaricate, leaves in rather distant 

 pairs ]Hci t -iig or linear-oblong obtuse serrate 



-afcsile chiefly in the axils of crowded 



termin; ib of all 4 glands conspicuous 



broad white or rosy *' H^^^^Rapsule glabrous obtusely keeled, 



seeds o .os. E. indica, Aitch. q Hemsl. 



i ' l! . 



* and Lahul, alt. 4000-4500 ft., 

 ^6-7000 ft., C. B. Clarice. Dis- 



ly leafy, often purplish, hairs if 

 metimes with a broad purple 

 beneath ; base almost auricled 

 'nvolucres about T ' in. long, 

 lish, contrasting with its pale 

 psule or more, flexuous. Capsule 

 mucose. Similar to states of E. 

 tary much larger involucres with much 

 much larger capsule. Possibly E. hispida, 



t, 4-10 in. 



Edgewortk, C 

 TEIB. Affghani 

 Stems rathe: 

 present long flex 

 blotch on the upp 

 on one side; nerl 

 campanulate, glabro 

 rose or white limb, 

 about T ' g in. diam., 

 Jiypericifolia, but 



larger limbs, long slencfer styles, and 

 Boiss. (see end of genus). 



14. E. pilulifera, Linn. Amcen. Acad. iii. 114; annual, erect or 

 ascending, hispid with copious crisped hairs, leaves opposite elliptic-oblong 

 obovate or oblong-lanceolate acute toothed or serrulate, nerves distinct, floral 

 minute, involucres numerous in axillary and terminal dense-fld. sessile or 

 peduncled cymes minute pubescent, limb of glands very narrow or obsolete, 

 cocci compressed keeled pubescegt, seeds pale brown acutely angled trans- 

 versel} shallowly rugulose. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 21 ; Jacq. Icon. 



