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often named baj-baran, from its supposed power of 

 acting as a lightning-conductor, it is a typical xero- 

 phyte in structure; mansha or mansha-siju {Euphorbia 

 nerifolia), a tree sacred to Monsha, the goddess of 



serpents, with its ^^ _..^ 



stipulary spines 

 and obovate fleshy 

 glabrous leaves ; 

 E. Nhntlia is an- 

 other kind of siju 

 (fig. 234); lal-pata 

 {Euphorbia pul- 

 cherrima), a fa- 

 vourite garden plant cultivated for its showy scarlet- 

 coloured leafy bracts; rang-chita {Pedilanthtis tithy- 

 maloides) (see fig. 114), a common hedge plant with 

 round green stems, thick glabrous, opposite, cordate 



Fig:. ■^34' — Euphorbia Ni<vulia (a kind ot siju) 



a. single stamen with Hlament jointed to a pedicel. 

 b, Involucre, c, Pistil, d, Stamen. 



Phyllantlius Niruri (bhuiii-amla) 



leaves, and flowers in red boot-shaped cyathium ; 

 amlaki {Phyl/anthits Eniblica) and norh {P. distichiis), 

 common trees with distichous simple leaves, the 

 branchlets with their leaves look like, and are often 

 mistaken for pinnate leaves; some species of Phy/lan- 



