Euphorbia."] cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^, (J. D. Hooker.) \ 259 



WESTEKN HIMALAYA, Jacquemont. 



Rootstock as thick as the thumb, cylindric, rather fleshy; stems 1J ft. Leaves 

 often reddish, base narrowed, beautifully nerved. Involucral glands stipitate, margins 

 crisply undulate. Styles shortly 2-fid, connate of their length. Capsule microsco- 

 pically granulate. Of this and its variety I have seen no specimen; there is nothing 

 in the description to distinguish it from a smooth -fruited E. pilosa. 



VAE. &. lasiocarpa ; young capsule hirtellous. N.W. Himalaya, Jacquemont. 

 Kashmir (Pir Panjab) and Western Tibet ; Iskardo, Hugel. 



34. E sikkimensis, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113 ; quite glabrous, 

 leaves 2^-4 in. petioled linear-oblong or -lanceolate acute, nerves ascending 

 obscure, floral whorled and 3-4 involucral ovate-oblong obtuse, involucres 

 hemispheric glabrous without hirsute within, lobes ovate ciliate, styles very 

 slender connate to the middle, capsule 1 in. diam. smooth, seeds smooth. 

 Euphorb., Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 148, No. 713. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; in the inner valleys, alt. 8-10,000 ft., J. D. H. BHOTAN, at 

 Lammoo, Griffith. 



Stems 3 to 4 ft. from a woody rootstock, stout, but not woody, branched above. 

 Leaves |-| in. broad, thinly coriaceous, narrowed into a distinct but short petiole. 

 Mays several, often compound ; invol. leaves -* in. broad, yellow. Involucres \ in. 

 diam. ; glands transversely oblong. Styles very shortly 2-fid. Capsule % in. diam.; 

 pedicel about as long ; cocci globose. Seeds -^ in. diam., nearly globose; caruncle 

 small. The leaves narrowed into a slender petiole and short involucres distinguish 

 this from E. longifolia. 



35. E. Griffith!!, Hook.f.; tall, quite glabrous, stem branched above, 

 leaves 2-3 in. sessile linear acute or apiculate, nerves many obscure, floral 

 similar, involucral 3-4 small ovate red, base acute, involucres small cam- 

 panulate glabrous without villous within, lobes small orbicular villous, 

 styles stout united above the middle, capsule small and seeds smooth. E. 

 sikkimensis, Boise, in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 113 (the Shot an plant, Griffith 963, 

 only). 



BHOTAN HIMALAYA ; at Woolooka, alt. 7-8500 ft., Griffith. 



Stems from a perennial stock, stout, but not woody, 2-3 ft. ; branches slender. 

 Leaves rather membranous, \-% in. diam., narrowed into a very short petiole, nearly 

 black when dry; involucral scarlet or orange-red, \-\ in. Rays 8-12, slender, about 

 equalling the floral leaves or longer. Involucres much smaller than in sikkimensis ; 

 glands large, reniform. Capsule rather woody. Seeds not seen. Boissier (quoting 

 Griffith's No. 963) confounded this very distinct species with E. sikkimensis. The 

 scarlet colour of the invelucral leaves is evident in the dried specimens. 



36. E. Stracheyi, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 114; stems many 

 straggling from the rootstock branching prostrate or ascending pubescent, 

 leaves ^-f in. sessile obovate obtuse, involucral 2-4 broadly obovate, um- 

 bels _ solitary peduncled terminating the flowering branches, involucres 

 hemispheric, lobes ciliate, styles short nearly free, capsule globose pubescent 

 or minutely granulate, seeds smooth mottled. Euphorb. Watt. Cat. 7685 

 and 7695 (the Ismail specimens). 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich-, Kumaon, alt. 12-15,000 ft., Strachey & 

 Winterbottom (Euphorb. n. 5, 17, 19,20); Garwkal, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Duthie 

 Sikkim, alt. 12-16,000 ft., J. D. H. ; Bhotan, Griffith. 



Eootstock often long, stout, woody. Involucres J^-J- in. diam., hairy within ; 

 lobes often large ; glands reniform. Styles rather long, nearly free (connate to beyond 

 the middle, Boissier). Capsule in. diam., not deeply lobed ; pedicel very short. 

 Seeds oblong, caruncle minute. This varies excessively in size according to soil and 

 exposure. The umbels are almost invariably solitary, but there are indications of 



