254 (xxxv. EUPHORBIACE.E. (J. 1). Hooker.) [Eujphurbia. 



in the broad rounded fimbriate lobes of the involucre and distinct limb of the gland. 

 Of Boissier's var. scindica the specimens are wretched. I have seen no Mauritian 

 specimens of this. 



Var. erectn stem simple or branched from the base erect, leaves longer some- 

 times i- in. long:, involucres sometimes in distant axils. E. uuiflora, oxb. (Edgew. 

 tnss.) Probably a state drawn up in long grass. 



21. E. burmanica, Hookf. in Ic. Plant, t. 1548; annual, quite gla- 

 brous, stems many very slender spreading from the root prostrate, leaves 

 J-i in. opposite in rather distant pairs petioled obliquely linear subacute 

 subspinulosely serrate, involucres minute axillary subsolitary, lobes fim- 

 briate, glands narrower than the rounded limb, capsules minute glabrous, 

 cocci acutely keeled, seeds acutely 3-gonous faces obscurely undulate. E. 

 thymifolia, Wall. Cat. 7710 H, in part. 



BURMA ; banks of the Irawaddy at Segaiu, Wallich. 



Hoot slender, giving off numerous rather rigid dichotomously branching filiform 

 stems 4-6 in. long. Leaves very uniform, coriaceous, base obliquely rounded ; 

 margins recurved when dry, more spinulosely serrate than iu any species of the section ; 

 stipules setaceous and lacerate. Involucres about -J- a m - long, pedicelled, campanu- 

 late, quite glabrous ; lobes narrow, often longer than the glands, serrate or lacerate ; 

 glands transversely oblong with a semilunar or almost semicircular limb that is 

 broader than itself. Styles short, 2-fid. Capsule about y 1 ^ in. diam., quite glabrous, 

 nodding ; pedicel very long, slender. A very distinct species, easily known by the 

 minute narrow coriaceous sharply serrate leaves. The limb of the gland is, though 

 small, larger in proportion than in its allies. 



4. TIRUCALLI (see p. 245). 



E. TIRUCALLI, Linn. Hort. Cliff. 197 ; an erect unarmed shrub or 

 tree, branches spreading cylindric scattered whorled or clustered, leaves or 

 few small linear-oblong, involucres shortly pedicelled clustered in the forks 

 of the smaller branches, glands peltate, cocci compressed velvety, seeds 

 ovoid smooth. Boiss. in DQ. Prodr. xv. ii. 96 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 470 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 439 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 417 ; Grak. Cat. Bomb. PI. 179 ; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 76; Thwaites Enum. 268 ; Bentli. Fl. Hongk. 

 301 ; Wall. Cat. 7687. E. viminalis, Mill. Diet. Ed. i. 15. E. rhipsaloides, 

 Lemaire 111. Sortie. 1857, Misc. 72. Tiru-calli, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 286. Rheede Hort. Mai. ii. t. 44. 



Naturalized in BENGAL, the DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON. Cultivated in 

 N.-W. INDIA, BURMA and the EASTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. A native of 

 Africa. 



A small tree, 12-20 ft., trunk 6-10 in. diam., green, cylindric, densely branched 

 above ; bark brown, cracked ; branches slender like stout rushes, becoming as thick as 

 the little finger. Leaves %-\ in. caducous, obtuse, flaccid, pubescent at length 

 glabrous. Involucres chiefly female, small, yL in. long, turbinate, subsessile with 2 

 .small leaves at the base of the pedicel; lobes short hairy, glands transversely ovate, 

 punctate ; bracteoles very numerous lacerate. Styles short, recurved, 2-lobed, stigmas 

 capitate. Capsule \ in., dark brown. Hamilton (Trans. Linn. Soc. 1. c.) regards 

 this plant as a comparatively recent introduction into India from Africa. 



22. E. epiphylloides, Kurz For. Flor. ii. 416 ; an erect unarmed 

 fleshy small tree, branches jointed flattened with thick crenate wings, 

 leaves subsessile obovate glabrous tip rounded or retnse, involucres in shortly 

 ]r<l u in-led dichotomoua glabrous cymes in the crenatures of the branches, 

 .;) psules glabrous. 



ANDAMAN ISLAND; on the rocky coast of Escape 13ay, Kurz. 



