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7. E THYMIFOLIA, Willd. ii, 898. A common weed; stems 

 red, hairy, prostrate ; leaves opposite, obliquely ovate-serrate ; 

 calyx and corol of four semilateral parts each. Commonly found 

 on gravel walks. 



8. E HIRTA, Willd. ii, 897. Annual, hairy, obliquely-erect, 

 with the apices recurved ; leaves opposite, obliquely-oblong, serru- 

 late ; flowers small, numerous, in globular, axillary, shortly- 

 peduncled clusters. A common weed. 



9. E PARVIFLORA, Willd. ii, 898. Very like the last, but 

 easily distinguished by its smoothness, and its having fewer flowers ; 

 leaves obliquely-oblong, serrulate, smooth ; flowers few, peduncled 

 between the leaves. Wot so common as the preceding. 



10. E UNIFLORA, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 473. Annual, dichoto- 

 mous, diffuse, filiform, smooth ; leaves somewhat linear, with the 

 base obliquely-cordate, and serrulated towards the apex ; flowers 

 solitary; capsules smooth. Rather rare. Our specimens are from 

 Dasgaum, in the Concan. 



2. EXCCECAR1A, Linn. 



1. E AGALLOCHA, Willd. iv, 864. A small tree; leaves about 

 the extremities of the branchlets alternate, petioled, ovate or ovate- 

 cordate, serrulate, smooth ; flowers in aments, axillary ; male ones 

 often crowded ; female solitary ; capsule 3-lobed, with 3 recurv- 

 ed styles; the flowers are triandrous, and very fragrant. In salt 

 marshes, not very common. The white, milky juice is said to be 

 highly acrid and dangerous. 



3. FALCONERA, Royle. 



1. F MALABARICA, R. Wight Ic. 1866. A small tree, with 

 thick, spreading branches; leaves large, ovate-oblong or lanceolate- 

 serrate, quite smooth, bigiandular at the base ; flowers in long, 

 naked, rigid spikes, appearing when the tree is destitute of leaves; 

 fruit purple, size of a pea. Found sparingly on the hills from 

 Nassick to Vingorla. The milky juice is of a highly poisonous 

 nature. No. 1314 of Graham's Catalogue. 



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4. MICROSTACHYS, Juss. 



1. M MER CUR i ALTS, Juss. Euphorb. Annual, erect-branched; 

 leaves ovate-cordate, serrate, smooth, from 1 to 2| inches long; 

 racemes axillary, solitary, as long as the leaves, filiform, cernuous^ 

 few-flowered ; male perigonium 3-leaved, oval-pointed ; female 

 6-leaved; jstigma 3-cleft, spreading; capsule 3-celled. Southern 

 Concan. Syn. T ragia mercurialis, Willd. iv, 324. 



