118 



fimbriated at the . margin : glands transversely ovate : styles, 

 united at the middle, undivided, capitate at the apex : capsule 

 acutely 3-cornered. 

 Bombay. Concan. Deccan. In woods and near temples. 



(18) E. NivtriiA. 



Ident. Ham. in Linn. Trans. XVI. p. 886.— Dec. 1. c. p. 79. 



Syn. E. nereifolia, Boxl.flor. Ind. II. 467. 



Engrm. Wight's Icon. t. 1862.— Eheede Mai. II. t. 83. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby, somewhat verticiUately branched: 

 podaria shortly conical, truncated, very much scattered, spirally 

 arranged in 2 rows : prickles stipular, short, divaricate : leaves 

 obovate-lingulate, obtuse, attenuated at the base, short-petioled, 

 middle nerve somewhat keeled beneath : cymes axillary, short- 

 peduncled, 3-headed : lobes of the hemispherical involucre broad, 

 truncated, denticulate : styles united at the middle, scarcely 

 thickened at the top. 



Guzerat. Chittagong. Coimbatore and other parts of the 

 Peninsula. 



(19) E. AM-TiQTTOETiM. (I/inn.) 



Ident. Linn. Hort. Cliff, p. 196.— Dec. 1. c. p. 81. 



Engrm. Eheede Mai. II. t. 42. — "Wight's Icon. t. 897. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby, 3-comered: branches spreading or 

 decumbent, repandly toothed : prickles stipular, short, diverging : 

 leaves obovate-spathulate, attenuated at the base : cymes solitary 

 or twin from the upper lobes of the angles, 3 — 1-headed : floral 

 leaves ovate, membranaceous and torn at the margin, shorter than 

 the involucre : lobes of the involucre connivent, ovate, fimbriated : 

 styles united at the base, undivided : capsule deeply 3-furrowed ; 

 shells compressed, keeled. 



Common in most parts of the country, flowering in the cold 

 season. 



(20) E. TOETiLis. (BoifL) 



Ident, Bottler in Wight Icon. III. p. 898.— Deo. I. c. p. 81. 



Erigrm. Wight's Icon. t. 898. 



Spec. Chae. Shrubby, 3 — 4-cornered: branches spirally 

 twisted, angles compressed, repandly toothed : prickles diverging : 

 cymes , fascicled in the sinuses of the ribs, short-peduncled, 3- 

 headed : floral leaves oblong, minute : involucres campanulate : 

 styles very short, united at the base, dilated at the apex, 2-lobed. 



Peninsula. 



