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Plate 50] EUPHORBIA 109
Flowers. May.
Locality. Chenar Bagh.
Distribution. Punjab, W. Himalaya, up to 8,000 ft., in
fields, Afghanistan and westward to the Atlantic, Japan.
Euphorbia Jacquemontii, Boiss. Jacquemont's Spurge.
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A perennial herb. Stems li ft. high. Leaves 2-2i in. long,
almost stalkless, lance-shaped, hairless, often reddish,
beautifully nerved, base narrowed. Involucres bell-shaped,
hairy without, velvety within, lobes elongate, ciliate, glands
stalked, margins crisply wavy. Styles rather long, shortly
bifid, united for i their length. Capsule small. Seeds smooth.
Locality. Pir Panjal Iskardo.
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Distribution. W. Himalaya.
Euphorbia Thomsoniana, Boiss.
Thomson's Spurge.
A perennial, hairless herb. Stems simple, sparingly leafy,
1 ft. high, unbranched, scaly at the base. Leaves f-l| in. long,
stalkless, alternate, elliptic or egg-shaped, more or less blunt,
leathery. Involucres bell-shaped, i in. broad, hairless without,
with 4 hairy lines within, lobes short, fringed ; glands almost
stalkless, transversely oblong. Styles long, slender. Capsule
large, oblong, short -stalked, i in. long, i in. diameter ; cocci
separated by a shallow furrow. Seeds i in. long, pale, smooth,
oblong.
Locality. Leh, 10,000-12,000 ft. ; Gilgit.
Distribution. Apparently endemic in Kashmir.
Euphorbia tibetica, Boiss. Tibetan Spurge.
A perennial herb, quite hairless. Stems many, almost erect
or straggling, 6-12 in. high, with forked branching. Leaves
i-f in. long, alternate, stalkless, linear- or spoon-shaped-oblong,
tip rounded or truncate, notched or toothed. Involucres
axillary or in the forks, very short, TV in. broad, hairless
within, lobes small, egg-shaped, lobulate or toothed; glands
large, transversely oblong. Styles short, stout. Capsule
^-^ in. diameter, pale green, smooth, furrows between the
oblong cocci shallow. Seeds smooth.
Locality. Karakoram, 10,700 ft.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, up to 15,000 ft.