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Plants of the Piinjah. 



HerbSj Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Euphorbia 

 dracunculoides, 



Kangi. 



Euphorbiace^. 

 F. B. I. V. 262. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes-Buller). 



Euphorbia Maddeni, 



Euphorbiaceje. 

 F. B. I. V. 263. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Mashobra. 

 Mahasii (Collett). 

 Murree. 



Euphorbia f alcata, 



EuPHORBIACEiE. 



F. B. I. V. 263. 



Eawalpindi 



(Aitchison). 



Gilgit (Giles). 



Balucliistan 



(Boissier). 



Euphorbia prolif era, 



EuPHORBIACE^g. 



F. B. I. V. 264. 

 The Plains to 

 6,000 ft. 

 Yalhys below 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Asparagus filicinus, 

 Asparagus gracilis, 

 Asparagus capitatus, 



Petals none. ' ^ 



medium size, ' annual, smooth, stems many, leafy, 

 much branched, branches spreading, leaves 1-1| in., 

 linear-lanceolate, nearly short-pointed, base generally 

 pointed, rarely rounded or almost heart-shaped, floral 

 leaves 2, broader at the base, shorter, flowers solitarj', 

 top-shaped, hairy within, lobes ovate, bristly, glands 

 curved, styles short, free, capsules |-| in. diam., smooth, 

 seeds patchy ; in other respects like the last species. Oil 

 expressed from the seeds has been found superior to lin- 

 seed oil. 



smill to medium size, stem leaves 2 by | in., ovate, 

 with, a broad tip narrowed into the stalk, floral opposite, 

 flowers solitary in the axils of liranches or of the leaves 

 of the branches or sometimes in umbels, lobes 4 or 5, glands 

 yellow, curved, with long horns, styles nearly free, seeds 

 smooth : in other respects like the last species. 



small, stems and branches stiff, pale, leaves 1 in. 

 or less, sessile, oblong with a broad tip, ver}' long-pointed, 

 flowers iTunute, top-shaped, lobes fringed, glands very 

 minute, capsule 1-10 in., thin, ovoid, cells keeled, seeds 

 transversely furrowed ; for other characters see the last 

 species. 



small, perennial, rootstock thick, woolly, leaves 

 3 by |-| in,, very narrow, linear or linear-oblong, blunt - 

 or short-pointed, base rounded or short-pointed, nerves 

 3, flowers ^ in, diam., shortly bell-shaped, lobes triangu- 

 lar, fringed, glands stalked, kidnev-shaped or horned, 

 or oblong, entire or toothed, bracteoles many, styles stout, 

 rolled round, deeply divided, capsule ^-^ in. diam., broad, 

 smooth, long-stalked, rather depressed, seeds mottled 

 or not ; for other characters see the last species. 



see Leafless Plants, Herbs. 



F5ee Leafless Plants, Herbs. 



see Leafless Plants, Hevb.s. 



