N. 0. EUPH0RBIACE.E. 1121 



Leaves rather crowded, coriaceous, f-ljiii., elliptic or obovate, 

 or lanceolate, acute at base, obtuse, but sharply apiculate, 

 (mucronate), entire, glabrous, nearly sessile. Flowers pale-green, 

 minute, 3 sometimes 4-merous. Solitary, sometimes 2-3 together, 

 axillary, on long, slender peduncles. Males -g-in. across, in axillary 

 pedunculate, 5-10fid. clusters ; perianth-lobes triangular ; stamens 

 opposite the lobes ; disk fleshy, 3-lobed ; the lobes alternating 

 with stamens; bisexual. Perianth superior, obconical ; Drupe 

 yellow, i-i'm. diam. Seed one (Brandis), ovoid, truncate, 

 yellowish- white, says Trimen. 



Use :— The infusion of the Leaves has powerful emetic 

 qualities (Watt). 



N. 0. EUPHORBIACE^. 



1112. Euphorbia hyper ici folia, Linn., h.f.b.l, 

 v. 249. 



Syn. :— E. parviflora, Linn., Roxb. 394. 



Vern. : — Hazardana (Pb.) ; Nayeti Dudh mogra (Bomb.) , 

 Dhakti-dudhi (Mar.) ; Ela-dada-kiriya (Sing.). 



Habitat : —Common throughout the hotter parts of India, 

 from the Punjab to the Southern Deccan. 



A rather slender, rarely stout annual, 3-18in. long, glabrous 

 or sparsely pubescent, erect or decumbent. Leaves J-lin., 

 rarely more or less, not coriaceous, more or less serrulate on 

 all the margins except toward the base, opposite, obliquely, 

 broadly or narrowly oblong, obtuse; nerves distinct; base 

 rounded or cordate. Stipules minute, setaceous, lacerate or 0. 

 Involucres, very minute, turbinate, glabrous, with quite entire, 

 minute bracts at the base of the pedicel ; glands very shortly 

 stipitate ; lobes usually projecting above the glands; limb of 

 the latter white or pale-pink, always small, but very variable 

 in size, sometimes 0. Styles, very short. Capsule sub-globose, 

 i^in. in diam. Cocci more or less pubescent or glabrous. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, 4-angled, with a thin, mucous coat, bluish when dry, 

 very variable as to the amount and depth of the shallow depres- 

 sions on the faces which are often obsolete. 

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