(J. L>. Hooker.) \Euphorlio. 



3. CHAJLESYCE.E (see p. 245). 



17. E. thymifolia, Burm. Fl. Ind. 2, and Thes. Zeylan. t. 105, f. 2; 

 annual, more or less hispidly pubescent, branches prostrate, leaves opposite 

 ij-in. petioled obliquely oblong obtuse crenulate glabrous or pubescent 

 beneath, stipules elongate, involucres subsolitary very minute axillary 

 especially in the crowded terminal branchlets, lobes short ciliate, glands 

 very minute stipitate with a minute limb or 0, capsules erect obtusely keeled 

 pubescent, seeds with 5-6 shallow transverse furrows. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. 

 xv. ii. 47, and Fl. Orient, iv. 1089 ; LamJc. Diet. ii. 423 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 473 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 227 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 302 ; Wall. Cat. 

 7710, in part. E. Burmauniana, /. Gray in Webb. Pliyt. Canar. iii. 239; 

 Thwaites JEmim. 269. E. prostrata, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 179 (not of Alton). 

 E. rubicunda, Blume Cat. Hort. Bogor. 73. E. foliata, Hamilt. ex Dillw. 

 Rev. Hort. Malab. 52. E. maculata, Aubl. PL Guian. i. 479. ? E. pro- 

 strata, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 179. Aiiisophyllum thymifolium & Burman- 

 nianum, Klotzsch Sf Garcke in Bot. UeisePr. Wald. 25. Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 x. t. 33. 



Throughout INDIA and CEYLON in the plains and lower hills, ascending in Kashmir 

 to 5500 ft." DISTEIB. All hot countries except Australia. 



Usually a much-branched prostrate plant, with many short leafy stems spreading' 

 from the root. Leaves distichously spreading, rather thick, base obliquely truncate ; 

 stipules fimbriate with a long point. Involucres 3 ' in. long, turbinate, pubescent ; 

 glands stipitate, limb obscurely lobed. Capsule^ in. broad, shortly stipitate, erect 

 from an early stage. 



18. IS. granulata, Forsk. FL ^%. Aral. 94; perennial?, hispidly 

 villous, stems many prostrate from the root leafy, leaves opposite T ' -g in. 

 obliquely obovate%blong-obovate or rounded quite entire tip rounded or 

 retuse, involucres axillary subsolitary hairy, limb of gland or minute, styles 

 minute, cocci hirsute npt keeled, seeds faintly pitted. Valil Symb. ii. 54 ; 

 Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xy. ii. 33, and Fl. Qfient. iv. 1087. E. Forskalii, var. 

 fi and y, J. Gay in I$^e7)b. Phyt. Canar.'iii. 242. E. fragilis, Dene, in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. Ser. 2 (1834), 241. E. arillata* Edgeiv. in Journ. As.' Soc. Bcng. 

 xvi. 1218 ; T. Anders. Flor. Aden, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 34. E. villosa, Herb. 

 Royle. ? E. a3gypti'acu, var. indica. Boiss. in DC. L c. 35. E. thymifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 7710 E. Auisophyllutn Forskalii, Klotzsch $ Garcke in Bot. 

 Reise Pr. Wald. BoL 25. 



The PANJAB PLAINS nd TCOHILKTJND, l&byle, &c. MALWA, Edgeivorth. SCIND, 

 Slocks, Perry. DISTB.IB. Affgh^nistau, Arabia, Egypt, Canaries. 



Root in old plants crowned bym short rootstock ; branches spreading and straggling 

 from the root, 3-6 in., very brlBe. Leaves spreading distichously, villous on both 

 surfaces, the largest ^ in. 'long, waque, coriaceous, base narrow or cordate; stipules 

 minute, ciliolate. Involucres veify minute,- axillary and on short leafy branchlets, 

 subsessile, turbinate ; lobes short, obtuse, ciliate ; glands usually without a limb. 

 Capsule 5 ' in. diam., cocci rounded at the back. Seed with a thickly mucous testa. 

 The Scind specimens are less hirsute than the Panjab ones. Boissier describes this 

 as annual, but I think it is certainly a perennial. 1 find no specimen of Boissier's 

 E. agyptiaca var. indica in Herb. Kew, where its author states there is a specimen 

 from Bombay, but I suspect that the plant alluded to is E. granulata. 



19. E. microphylla, He-yne in Roth Nov. Sp. .229 ; annual, quite 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy, sterns very many prostrate and spreading from 

 thf root leafy, leaves opposite %-\ in. very short obliquely oblong rounded- 

 oblong or subquadratc tip rounded truncate >r rptuso and more or lesr< 



