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PART I. 



Menispermace^. 

 Cocculus DC. 



Cocmlus cebatha, DC. Syst. I (1818) 527. (-=C. Leceba, DC.) 



Vern. N. : Pilwan (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (No. 5615 !), Mandor (No. 5823 !), Balsamand 

 (No. 5fc)14 !), common in rocky places, often growing in Euphorbia 

 nenifolia bushes (Macadam). Jaisalmer : Bada Bag (No. 5616!). 



Distrib. : Central and S. Africa, Abyssinia, Kordofan, Eritrea, Nubia, 

 Egypt, Senegambia, Cape Verd Islands, Afghanistan, India. 



Fl. : All the year round (Macadam). 



Cocculus villoms, DC. Syst. I (1818) 525. 

 Vern. N.; Bajar bel (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer State (Macadam). 

 Distrib: Trop. Africa, India. 



Nymph^ace^. 



Nyviphaea L. 



NympJma lotus L. Sp. t*l. (1753) 511. 

 Vern. N. : Be. 

 Loc. : Between Seu and Badka in Jodhpur State (Nos. 5774 !, 5825 ! 



5826!). 

 Distrib. : Africa, Hungary, India, Java, Philippines, 

 Fl. in Nov. 

 Note: In the same tank we found Limnanthemum parvifolium, Griseb., 



and Chain sp. 

 Uses: Stem and root eaten as a vegetable. 



Papaveracea;. 

 Argemone L. 



Argemone mexicana, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 508. 

 Vern. N. : Sattyanasi (Macadam). 



Loc. : Very common about villages in Jodhpur State (Macadam). 

 We have not seen the plant which otherwise is spread all over India. 

 Distrib. : America. 



Uses : The yellow Juice is used in eye affection and the leaves are 

 given to camels. The juice rubbed on the body releaves rheumatic 

 pain. (Macadam). 



Papaver Tourn. 



Papaver somniferum, L. The Opium Poppy. 



"The poppy is cultivated to a small extent, chiefly in Sojat (Jodhpur 

 State), but opium is not extracted. The seeds are used medicinally 

 and the capsules are soaked in water which, after being strained, 

 is taken as an intoxicant." (Erskine.) 



Crucifer^. 



Farsetia Desv. 



Farsetia jacquemontii, Hook. f. and Th. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. V. (1861) 

 148. 



Vern. N. : Kagpilang. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 7307!), Mandor (Nos. 7309!, 5787!), 



Bhikamkor (No. 5776!), Osian (Nos. 7308 !, 5780 !), Balarwa (Nos. 



7310!, 5779!, 5784!), Phalodi (No. 5783!), Kotda near Seu, sand 



