258 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Eupliorlia. 



fimbriate. Capsule ^ in. diam., pedicel in. long or less, sometimes very short. 

 Seeds broadly obliquely ovoid, subacute, smooth. Unlike as Royle's nana is to Rox- 

 burgh's figure of acaulis, I am convinced that these are merely forms of one, the length 

 of the cyme probably depending on the moisture of the soil, and whether produced 

 in open ground or amongst herbage. The Concan specimens are intermediate. 



7. GALARKH^EUS (p. 246). 

 * Perennial herbs. Capsules smooth (see also E. pilosa and khasyana). 



31. E. himalayensis, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113 (? ofKlotzscli) ; 

 erect, glabrous or pubescent above, leaves 1-2 in. alternate sessile elliptic- 

 or linear-oblong obtuse, nerves obscure spreading, involucral 4 orbicular or 

 rhombic-ovate, rays few short, involucres campanulate hairy within, lobes 

 rounded tomentose, styles stout united below the middle, capsule in. diam. 

 and seeds quite smooth. P E. himalayensis, Kloizsch in Sot. Seise Pr. 

 Wald. 115. Tithymalus himalayensis, Kl. I. c. t. 20. 



TEMPEEATE HIMALAYA (Hojfmeister ?) ; Sikkim, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



Stems 6-10 in. from a perennial stock, rather succulent, simple or sparingly 

 branched, base scaly. Leaves rather coriaceous. Involucres in. diam., hidden by 

 the involucral leaves ; glands large, transversely oblong. Capsule shortly stipitate ; 

 cocci rounded. Seeds ^ in. long, short broadly oblong, and very smooth ; caruncle 

 peltate. The stout styles distinguish this from the smooth -fruited forms of E. pilosa 

 and sikkimensis. Klotzsch's figure of E. himalayensis represents a miserable specimen 

 of a Euphorbia without fruit, which it is impossible to identify ; it has minute in- 

 volucres with obscurely ciliate lobes. 



32. E. Wallichii, HooJc.f.; tall, erect, stem pubescent above, leaves 

 3-5 in. alternate sessile linear- or elliptic-oblong or -obovate acute, nerves 

 many spreading, involucral 3-4 large rounded or rhombic-ovate acute, rays 

 few short, involucres hemispheric hispid lobes broad margins woolly, styles 

 slender united to the middle 2- fid, capsule ^ in. diam. and seeds smooth. 

 E. involucrata, Wall. Cat. 7696 A, B (excl. loc. Silhet}, (not of E. Meyer.} 

 Euphorbia, No. 330, Aitchison in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 93. 



WESTERN and CENTEAL HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Kashmir, Chamba and Jamu, 

 Aitchison, Thomson, &c. DISTEIB. Kurrum Valley, Afghanistan, alt. 10-12,000 ft. 



Stems 1-2 ft. from a perennial stock, simple or sparingly divided above. Leaves 

 membranous, sparsely hairy especially on the broad midrib above and beneath ; invo- 

 lucral 1 in. diam. Involucres ^ in. diam. ; lobes very broad, rounded; glands large 

 reniform. Capsule depressed globose ; cocci woody ; pedicel' very short. Seeds in. 

 long, globosely oblong very smooth, grey-blue ; caruncle minute. A large species 

 distinguished from all other Indian ones by the large involucres, capsules and 

 seeds. There are two sheets of it in Herb. Wallich, one, A, from Gossainthan 

 (indicating that it was procured by Wallich's native collectors at some elevation in 

 Nepal towards the snowy ranges) ; the other, B, is stated in the lithographed cata- 

 logue to be from Silhet, but this in the original ticket is queried, and is doubtless an 

 error, for the specimens are identical with those under A. The Western Himalayan 

 specimens seem the same species, but it has not been collected between central Nepa 

 and Jamu. Aitchison describes it as a very handsome species growing in large 

 tufts. 



33. E. Jacquemontii, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113; stem simple 

 or crisply puberulous, leaves 2-2^ in. subpetiolate lanceolate subacute 

 glabrous, floral 3 ovate obtuse, umbel-rays 5 very short, involucre campanu- 

 late hirsute without velvety within, lobes elongate ciliate, styles rather long, 

 capsule small and seeds smooth. 



