BISCHOFIA.] EUPHORBIACEM. 83 



ores axillary, solitary, T \j in. long, campanulate, glabrous ; lobes 

 lanceolate, toothed; glands minute, without a limb. Capsule glab- 

 rous, jV n - in diam., cocci keeled. Seeds $ in. long, acutely 4-angled 

 and with a blunt point, obscurely transversely rugose, pale-brown, 

 mucous when moistened. 



Jumna ravines in the Meerut district (Duthie). DISTRIB. : N. W. 

 India (Royle), and from Delhi to Lahore (Herb. Kew) ; also in Sind 

 and the W. Peninsula. 



E. TIRUCALLI, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 470 ; Brandis For. Fl. 439 ; 

 Ind. Trees 558 ; F. B. I. v, 254 ; Watt E. D. ; Comm. Prod. Ind. 531 ; 

 Prain Beng. PL 924 ; Gamble Man. 591 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 570. 

 Vern. Sehnd. Usually known to Europeans as the " Milk-bush ". 

 A shrub or small tree up to 20 ft. high, with very smooth spreading 

 terete rush -like almost leafless branches. Originally introduced 

 from Tropical E. Africa the plant has become naturalized in many of 

 the drier parts of India. It is a very useful hedge-plant, for by reason 

 of its acrid milky juice cattle refuse to touch it. The wood is not 

 attacked by insects, and being fairly strong and close-grained it is 

 often used for rafters, also a good charcoal suitable for blasting powder 

 can be prepared from it. 



E. PTTLCHERRIMA, Willd. Is the well-known Poinsettia so extensively 

 grown in gardens throughout the hotter parts of India on account 

 of its large, very handsome crimson or whitish upper floral leaves. 

 It is a native of Mexico. Poinsettia pulcherrima, It. Grah. 



E. SPLENDENS, Boj. Is a small very prickly and much-branched shrub 

 with very showy crimson flowers. It is largely grown in the gardens 

 of Upper India and makes a pretty hedge. It is a native of Mada- 

 gascar., 



E. GENICULATA, Orteg. Is an annual herb introduced from Trop. 

 America. It is often met with as a weed in Indian gardens. The 

 narrow floral leaves are green towards the apex and almost white 

 near the base. 



2. BISCHOFIA, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. V> 344. 



A large tree. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate, leaflets often crenate. 

 Flowers minute, dioecious, in axillary or lateral panicled racemes ; 

 males scattered or clustered, the females with longer pedicels. 



