74: EUPHORBIACEM. [EUPHORBIA. 



Floral leaves distichously imbricat- 

 ing and concealing the involucres. 

 Erect dichotomously branching 

 herbs clothed with long soft 

 hairs : 



Limb of glands sinuate at the apex, 



rose-coloured . . . 9. E. elegans. 



Limb of glands pectinate . . 10. E. cristata. 



Floral leaves not distichously imbrica- 

 ting ; involucres in many-flowered 

 cymes ; leaves serrulate ; capsule 

 hairy . . . . . 11. E. hyper id folia. 



Glands of involucre with a narrow wing 

 or wingless : 



An erect or ascending herb 6-20 in. 

 high, hispid with crisped hairs ; 

 leaves J-l J in. long, acute . . 12. E. hirta. 



Prostrate herbs ; leaves less than J in. 

 long, rounded or retuse at the 

 apex : 



Stems more or less hispidly hairy 

 capsule pubescent or hirsute : 



Leaves Crenulate ; capsule pubes- 

 cent ; seeds furrowed . . 13. E. thymifolia. 



Leaves entire ; capsule hirsute ; 

 seeds pitted . . . . 14. E. granulata. 



Stems and capsule glabrous : 



Leaves about as broad as long ; 



seeds smooth . . . 15. E. micro phylla. 



Leaves much longer than their 

 breadth ; seeds obscurely trans- 

 versely rugose . . . 16. E. ClarJceana. 



1. E. acaulis, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 36; Fl. Ind. ii, 472; 

 Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 562. E. fusiformis, Buch.-Ham. ex Don Prod. 

 (1825), 62 ; F. B. I. v, 257 ; Prain Beng. PL 923. E. nana, Royle 

 III 329, t. 82, ff. 2 & 3. Vern. Ban muli (Rohilkhand). 



