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108 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 50
yellow, crescent-shaped with long and slender horns. Styles
free almost to the base. Capsule $ in. diameter smooth.
Seeds smooth.
Flowers. May, June.
Locality. Up to 9,000 ft.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, from Murree and Kashmir to
Kumaon.
Euphorbia falcata,
Linn.
A small, hairless annual, 6-12 in. high, with pale rigid stems
and branches. Leaves alternate, stalkless, oblong-inversely
egg-shaped or linear, sharp-long-pointed, 1 in. and less long.
Involucres hairless, hidden by the floral leaves, very small,
lobes fringed ; glands very small, half moon-shaped. Styles
free. Capsule rV in. long, thin, egg-shaped; cocci keeled.
Seeds transversely furrowed.
Locality. Gilgit.
Distribution. Kashmir, Punjab, Afghanistan, Persian
Baluchistan, westward to Arabia, Central and S. Europe,
N. Africa.
Euphorbia pilosa, Linn. Hairy Spurge.
A hairless or hairy perennial herb. Stems 1-3 ft., erect,
branched at the top. Leaves alternate, stalkless, oblong,
f-2i in. long, entire, narrowed to the base or rounded, tip
rounded. Inflorescence umbellate ;
bracts yellow-green.
Involucres $ in. diameter, 5-toothed ; glands yellow, margins
rounded, entire. Styles long, united about half-way up.
Capsule J in. diameter, more or less covered with small,
often firmly hairy tubercles. Seeds smooth.
Flowers. May.
Locality. Gulmarg, 8,700 ft. ; Tangmarg, forest, 7,200-
8,700 ft.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, up to 9,000 ft., N. and W. Asia,
Europe.
Euphorbia helioscopia, Linn. Sun Spurge.
A hairless annual herb. Stems 6-18 in. high, usually muchbranched
at the top. Stem-leaves alternate, short-stalked,
inversely egg-shaped or spoon-shaped, J-2 in. long ;
lower
ones smaller, tip finely toothed. Inflorescence umbellate,
rays often very short. Involucres 4-toothed ; glands yellow,
rounded, entire. Styles free. Capsules -| ir. diameter, smooth.
Seeds finely net-veined.