Euphorlia.~] cxxxv. BUPHORBIACE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) 263 



stems erect many from the root leafy, leaves sessile linear-lanceolate sub- 

 acute base acute rarely rounded or subcordate, involucral 2 broader at the 

 base, involucres turbinate, lobes ovate ciliate, glands semilunate, styles short 

 free, capsule smooth, seeds oblong leprous. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 139, 

 and Ic. Euphorb. t. 91 ; Eoxb. FL Ind. ii. 474. E. lanceolata, Heyne in 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 230; Spreng. Syst. iii. 791. E. uniflora, Wall. Cat. 7700, 

 and Herb, Eoyle (not of Fl. Ind.). 



From the PANJAB toBEHAR in the plains and low hills, and southward to CANABA 

 and COROMANDEL. DISTEIB. Westwards to Arabia and Trop. Africa. 



Stems 12-18 in. high, often excessively branched dichotomously, branches divari- 

 cate. Leaves 1-1 1 in. long; involucral shorter. Involucres solitary, hairy within. 

 Capsule - in. diam., hardly depressed. Seeds oblong, with a white tuberculate 

 testa. Roth describes the margins of the leaves as scabrous. 



47. ZS. DXaddeni, Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 141; annual, quite gla- 

 brous, branched from the base, leaves |-1 in. alternate sessile obovate- 

 spathulate tip rounded base acute, floral longer opposite, involucral ovate 

 oblong obtuse, involucres subsessile turbinate, lobes triangular 2-fid, glands 

 semilunate 2-cornute, styles nearly free 2-fid, capsule smooth, seeds oblong 

 obscurely ribbed smooth. Euphorb. No. 15, Herb. Strachey fy Winter- 

 bottom. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kumaon to Murree, alt. 5-9000 ft., Madden, &c. 



Whole plant 4-10 in. .high, very variable in amount of branching, pale green, 

 branches sometimes dichotomously divaricate. Leaves membranous, always narrowed 

 at the base, sometimes retuse at the apex, nerves very slender. Involucres solitary 

 in the forks of the flowering branches, or the axils of their opposite leaves, sometimes in 

 rayed umbels ; -^ in. diam., glabrous. Capsule thin, longer than broad, sulci deep 

 between the oblong cocci, pale, f in. diam. ; pedicel very short. Seeds -^ in. long, 

 oblong, top rounded, caruncle orbicular. 



48. E. falcata. Linn. Sp. PI. 456 ; annual, dwarf, glabrous, stems 

 erect dichotomously divaricatingly branched, leaves sessile oblong-obovate 

 or linear cuspidately acuminate, floral 2-4 and involucral broader oblong or 

 the involucral cordate cuspidately caudately acuminate, involucres minute 

 turbinate lobes fimbriate glands semilunate, styles free, capsule small ovoid, 

 cocci keeled, seeds transversely furrowed. Boiss. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 140, and Fl. Orient, iv. 1111 ; Jacq. FL Austr. ii. t. 121 ; Eeichb. Ic. Fl. 

 Germ. v. t. 141. 



The PANJAB, at Rawul P'm&ee,Aitchison. GILGIT, Giles. DISTRIB. AfFghanistan 

 and westward to Arabia, Mid. and South Europe and N. Africa. 



A small annual, 6-12 in. high, with pale rigid stems and branches. Leaves 1 in. 

 and less, floral and involucral sometimes serrulate. Involucres glabrous, hidden by 

 the floral leaves, glands minute. Capsule -^ in. long, thin. Seeds pale, compressed 

 and obscurely 3 -sided, ecarunculate. I have seen only a single Indian specimen 

 from the Panjab in a young state, and another from Gilgit, but the characteristic 

 cuspidate leaves of the species are unmistakable. Dr. Aitchison's note says that it 

 is common. 



49. E. Rothiana, Spreng. Syst. iii. 796 ; annual or perennial, erect, 

 glabrous, glaucous, stem copiously branched above, leaves alternate linear- 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate base acute, floral sessile ovate or oblong-lanceolate 

 acute, involucral 2-3 triangular-ovate or ovate-cordate mucronate, involucres 

 shortly campanulate lobes toothed and mouth villous glands semilunate 2- 

 horned, styles free 2-fid, capsule smooth, seeds oblong bluish. Boiss. in 

 DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 156; Wight Ic. t. 1864; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 226; 



