182 cxxviii. EUPHORBiACEiE. [. Euphorbia. 
peduncles *25 in. long or less, hairy. Involucres minute, limb of 
glands narrow or wanting. Fruit very small globose, hairy. Seeds 
pale brown angled rugulose. Hab. Common weed in waste ground, 
Singapore, Tanglin. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Rantau Pan- 
jang (Kloss); Salak (Seimund). Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. Distrib. 
All warm countries.- Native names: Ambin Jantan; Kurumak 
Susu; Gelang Susu. 
(6) E. thymifolia Burm. FI. Ind. 112; Thes. Zeylan. t. 105, 
Fig. 2; Hook . fit. l.c . 252. 
A much branched usually prostrate herb forming a tuft about 
8 in. across, glabrous or somewhat hairy. Leaves opposite oblong, 
base inequilateral, tip round, edge at tip serrate, glabrous, -i in. 
long, -05 in. wide; petioles very small. Stipules fimbriate with a 
long point. Involucres 1 or 2 axillary very small, lobes short 
ciliate, glands stipitate. Capsules small pubescent on a short 
stalk. Seeds transversely grooved. Hab. Common in paths and 
gravelly spots, Singapore, Tanglin; Pasir Panjang. Malacca 
(Griffith); Merlimau (Cantley). Perak, Thaiping (Wray). Native 
name: Segan Padang. 
Cultivated Species. 
E. neriifolia Linn. Hort. Cliff. 196 part; Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 
255. Shrub or small tree, fleshy; branches jointed obscurely 
5-angled, stipular thorns from small tubercles. Leaves sub¬ 
terminal obovate or sub-spathulate. Involucres in small 
peduncled cymes from sinuses, hemispheric. Styles un¬ 
divided. Native name : Sesudu. Use : Leaves after extrac¬ 
tion of latex by punctures preserved in syrup as a sweetmeat. 
E. Tirucalli Linn. Hort . Cliff. 197. Small tree 12 to 20 ft. tall, 
trunk 6 to 10 in. through, brown. Branches cylindric green, 
very milky. Leaves very small, caducous. Hab. Introduced 
probably from India, a native of Africa. Use : Latex inserted 
into cuts in bullocks to form the elevated recognition marks. 
E. pulcherrima Willd. Allg. Gartenz. ii. 27. Poinsettia pulcherrima 
Grab. Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. xx. 412. Cultivated for 
ornament. 
2 . BUXUS, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves small opposite, coriaceous entire. 
Flowers in very short dense axillary racemes, apetalous. Male 
flowers 4 in 2 rows imbricate. Stamens as many opposite them; 
anthers dorsifixed. Female flowers, sepals 6, 2 outer smaller. 
Ovary 3-celled; styles 3; ovules 2 in a cell. Capsule ovoid 
3-valved. Styles persistent, endocarp splitting from exocarp. 
Seeds oblong black. Species 20, temperate and tropical regions. 
(1) B. rupicola Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 166. 
Shrub; bark pale corky. Leaves elliptic-oblanceolate blunt, 
base narrowed stiffly coriaceous, 2*25 to 3 in. long, *75 to 1 in. 
