80 EUPHORBIACEM. [EUPHORBIA. 



jimbricate in a rounded head. Involucres subsolitary, J in. in diam., 

 pubescent, throat ciliate, lobes linear-lanceolate, limb of glands pec- 

 tinately laciniate and fimbriate. Cocci globose. Seeds with 3 or 4 

 parallel furrows, white. 



Bundelkhand (Duthie) usually in cultivated ground ; C. India at Mandu 

 (Edgeworth). This latter locality is just within the southern boundary 

 of the area of this flora. DISTRIB. : W. Behar, S. India, Ceylon and 

 extending to Ava. 



11. E. hypericifolia, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, 454 ; F. B. I. v, 249 ; 

 Watt E. D.; Collett Fl. Siml. 445, fig. 145 ; Prain Beng. PL 924 ; 

 N. E. Brown in Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, 498 ; E. pilulifera, Linn. I. c. 

 E. indica, Lamk. E. uniflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 472. E. 

 parviflora Roxb. I. c. 



An erect decumbent annual, 3-18 in. long, branching at the base, glab- 

 rous or puberulous. Leaves shortly stalked, opposite, J-1J in. long, 

 very variable in shape from linear-oblong to elliptic -ovate, subacute 

 to rounded or retuse at the apex ; base obliquely rounded or cordate ; 

 margins minutely serrulate, rarely entire, puberulous or glabrous 

 on one or both sides ; stipules minute or none. Cymes axillary, J-J 

 in. in diam., laxly few-flowered or densely many-flowered ; peduncles 

 iVi in. long, often with a pair of leaves at the apex. Involucres 

 very minute, cup-shaped ; glands orbicular or transversely elliptic, 

 entire, green, bordered by a conspicious white or pink rounded limb. 

 Capsule % in. in diam., pubescent or glabrous ; styles short, <Jeeply 

 bifid. Seeds ellipsoid, 4-angled, transversely rugose, reddish-brown 

 with a glaucous hue. 



Abundant within the area of this flora as a weed in waste places, flower- 

 ing all through the year. DISTRIB. : Throughout the hotter parts 

 of India, ascending to 4,500 ft. on the Himalaya ; widely dispersed 

 in all Warm regions. 



12. F. hirta, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, 454 ; Roxb. FL Ind. ii, 472 ; 

 N. E. Brown in Fl. Trop. Afr. vi, 496. E. pilulifera, Jacq. (not 

 of Linn.) ; F. B. I. v, 250 ; Watt E. D.; Comm. Prod. Ind. 

 531 ; Prain Beng. PL 925 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 568. 



An annual with erect or ascending stems up to 2-ft. high, clothed with 

 long often yellowish crisped hairs ; branches often 4-angled. Leaves 

 opposite, -shortly stalked, J-1J in. long, elliptic -oblong obovate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, dentate or serrulate, dark-green 



