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N. 0. EUPHOFIBIAOE^E. 
Leaves rather crowded, coriaceous, £-l|in., 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 |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, |-jin. diam. Seed one (Brandis), ovoid, truncate, 
yellowish white, says Trimen. 
Use : — The infusion of the Leaves has powerful emetic 
qualities (Watt). 
N. 0. EUPHORBIACEjE. 
1112. Euphorbia hypericifolia, Linn., h.f.b.i., 
v. 249. 
Syn. : — E. parviflora, Linn., Roxb. 394. 
Veru. : — 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 $-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, 
xVn. 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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