266 cxxxv. EUPHORBIACE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Euphorbia. 



E. PEPLUS, Linn. ; Wall. Cat. 7706, from Roxburgh, is a specimen of the true 

 plant, no doubt introduced into India. 



E. PEOSTBATA, Ait. Hort. Kew, ii. 139. Eugelmann (inTorrey, Bot. Mex. Bound. 

 Exped.) says of this American species, that it is found in India ; but I have seen no 

 specimen, nor does Boissier, who figures it well (Euphorb. Ic. t. 17), mention it as 

 Indian. It is a native of VV. Africa and the Mauritius. It closely resembles ~E. 

 microphylla, differing in the ciliate keel of the cocci. 



E. PBUNIF01IA, Jacq. Sort. Schoenb. iii. t. 277; Wall. Cat. 7690, from the 

 Calcutta Bot. Garden, is an American plant (E. geniculata, Ortega', Boiss. in DC. 

 Prodr. xv. ii. 72). 



E. PYBIFOLIA, LamTc. Diet. ii. 419 j Wall. Cat. 7084, from the Calcutta Bot. 

 Garden, is a native of Mauritius. 



E. (Anisophyllum) TENUIS, Ham. in Don Prodr. 62 ; annual, stems decumbent 

 much dichotomously branched pubescent, leaves opposite petioled entire ovate-oblong 

 obtuse pubescent beneath, floral lanceolate acute, limb of the glands entire rounded, 

 capsule trigonous pubescent. Nepal, at Bassaria, Hamilton. 



E. (Anisophyllum) UNIFLOEA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 473; annual, stems diffuse, di- 

 chotomous, filiform, leaves sublinear, base obliquely cordate tip serrulate, involucres 

 solitary, capsule glabrous. Frequent in fields, Roxburgh. Dalzell's plant of this 

 name (Bomb. Fl. 227) is E. microphylla, Heyne. 



2. SARCOCOCCA, Lindl. 



Evergreen glabrous shrubs. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, quite entire, 

 penni- or triple-nerved. Flowers in short axillary racemes, monoecious, 

 apetalous, bracteate. Disk 0. MALE FL. Sepals 4, 2-seriate, imbricate. 

 Stamens as many and opposite them, free ; anthers dorsifixed, oblong, at 

 length recurved. FEM. FL. Sepals 4 or 6, as in the male. Ovary 2-3- 

 celled ; styles short, erect, entire, at length recurved ; ovules 2 in each cell, 

 raphe dorsal. Fruit indehiscent, coriaceous or fleshy, endocarp hard. 

 Seeds 1-2, testa membranous, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons broad. Species 

 2-3, Indian and Malayan. 



S. pruniformis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1012 ; leaves from broadly 

 elliptic to ovate-lanceolate acuminate, fruit ellipsoid or globose. S. saligna, 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 1. 11; Beddome Forester's Man. 217; 

 Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 371. S. trinervia, Wight Ic. t. 1877. S. suma- 

 trana, Blume Mus. Bot. ii. 191. S. - salicif olia, Baill. Monogr. Bux. 

 49. Buxus saligna, Don Prodr. 63. B. coriaceus, Spreng. Syst. iv. 314. 

 Pachysandra ? coriacea, Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 148. Tricera nepalensis, Wall. 

 Cat. 7979 A, B, C, D. Lepidopelma podocarpifolia, Klotzsch in Heise Pr. 

 Wald. Bot. 118, t. 22. Myrica canarensis, Miquel in Herb. Ho/ienack. M. 

 triplinervis, Miq. I. c. No. 484. 



TEMPEEATE HIMALAYA; from Murree to Bhotan, nit. 5-9000 ft., Wallich, &c. 

 KHASIA MTS. and MTJNNIPOEE, alt. 4-6000 ft. DECCAN PENINSULA ; on the Western 

 Ghats from Canara southwards. CEYLON, alt. 5-8000 ft. DISTEIB. Afghanistan, 

 Sumatra. 



A handsome shrub ; branches green, terete. Leaves and their nervation very 

 variable, 1-5 in. long, sometimes caudate-acuminate, base acute or rounded ; petiole 

 - in. Racemes lax- or dense-fld., -f in. long, female fl. below the males ; pedicels 

 of the male bracteate and usually 2-bracteolate ; bracts very variable in number, of 

 the fern. fl. more numerous, decussate. Flowers yellow, J in. long. Sepals oblong, 

 obtuse. Stamens twice as long, fruit very variable in size and shape, rarely | in. 

 long, purple. After a long study I am obliged (following Herb. Wallich) to unite all 

 the Indian forms under one species. I recognize the following principal varieties. 



