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8. E. prolifera, Bucli.-Ham. ex Don Prod. 62 ; F. B. I. v, 264 ; 

 Collett FL Siml 447. E. cuneifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 471. 



A glabrous perennial herb. Stems many, up to 1 ft. high, erect from a 

 stout woody rootstock, often emitting from near the base proliferous 

 barren shoots bearing very narrow acute leaves. Stem-leaves alter- 

 nate, sessile, coriaceous, 1-3 in. long, narrowly linear or linear-oblong 

 or spathulate, obtuse or acute ; upper or floral leaves sometimes 

 oblong or ovate ; nerves 3, very slender. Involucres J in. in diam. 

 shortly campanulate ; lobes triangular, fimbriate, glabrous on both 

 sides ; glands yellow, stalked, peltate reniform or crescent- 

 shaped, the horns usually short and blunt, the intervening margins 

 entire or toothed, bracteoles many. Capsule J in. in diam., smooth ; 

 styles connate below the middle. Seeds globose, smooth. 



Dehra Dun (Gamble), Mo*radabad (T. Thomson), Sub-Himalayan tracts 

 of Rohilkhand and N. Oudh (Duthie). DISTRIB. : Punjab Plain, 

 Central and W. Himalaya from Nepal to Kashmir ascending to 6,000 

 ft. in Kumaon, also in China. 



9. E. elegans, Spreng. Syst. in, 794 ; F. B. I. v, 246 ; Cooke 

 Fl. Bomb, ii, 566. 



A dichotomously branched annual, 1-2 ft. high, clothed with long soft 

 spreading hairs. Leaves opposite, crowded or in distant pairs, sub- 

 sessile, -| in. long, broadly elliptic -oblong, often obliquely so, obtuse, 

 serrulate towards the tips ; stipules minute, setaceous ; floral leaves 

 up to f in. long, broadly elliptic or obovate, closely imbricating and 

 forming short spikes at the ends of the branches. Involucres J in. 

 long, turbinate, hairy on both sides ; limb J in. or more ; lobes pink, 

 obovate-cuneate, sinuate at the tip. Capsule hairy, cocci globose ; 

 styles elongate, 2-fid. Seeds quadrangular, transversely grooved, 

 glabrous. 



Malwa near Indore, in black soil (Edgeworth). DISTEIB. : Central 

 and W. India ; found on rocks, and often as a weed of cultivation. 



10. E. cristata, Heyne ex Roth Nov. Sp. 226 ; F. B. I. v, 247 ; 

 Prain Beng. PL 924. 



An annual herb, clothed with long flexuous hairs. Stem slender, 6-10 

 in. long, prostrate or ascending, dichotomously branched. Leaves 

 slightly hairy on both surfaces, opposite, subsessile, membranous, 

 J-f in. long, obliquely ovate -cordate, obtuse, serrulate upwards, 

 stipules short, subulate. Floral leaves suborbicular, distichously 



