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5699!). Jaisalmer: Loharki (No. 5709 !), Bap (Noa. 5703 !, 5705!), 

 Sodakoer, dried-up river bed {No. 5704 I), Amarsagar (No. 5700 !), 

 Jaisalmer, on rocks (No. 6708 I), Vinjorai, on rocks (No. 5751 !). 



Distrib. : Rajputana, Sind, Arabia, Abyssinia, Nubia, Kordofan. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Cleome brachycarpa, Vahl. ex DC. Prodr. I (1824) 240. 

 Vern. N. : Nodi (Macadam), Navli. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 5713!, 5722!, 5719!), Mandor (No. 



5714!), Bhikamkor, common on sand dunes (No. 5718!, 5721 !), 



near Badka (No. 5717 !), Phalodi (No. 5712 !), Balarwa (No. 5710 !). 



Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer (No. 5720!), Bada Bag (No. 5711!), Vinjorai, 



sandy plain (No. 5716 I), near Bap (No. 5715 !). 

 Distrib. : Punjab Plains, Sind, westward to Arabia, Abyssinia and N. 



Africa. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Uses : Used to cure worms in camels' noses (Macadam). 



Cleome brachycarpa var. ylauca var. noo. Folia 3-foliolata, infra et supra 

 pallida glauca, glabra excepto margine glanduloso-pubescente, petiolus 

 longior typo usque ad 13 mm. attingens. IJami glaucescentes foliis 

 paiilisper pallidiores. Semina minuto-reticulata. 

 Loc: N. of Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (No. 5753 !). 

 Fl. and fr. in November. 



Cleume viscosa L. Sp. PI. (1753) 672. 



Loc. : .Jodhpur : Balsamand (No. 5726 !), Kailana (No. 5731 !), Bhi- 

 kamkor (Nos. 5725 !, 5723 !), Balarwa (No. 5724 \J, Barmer, rocks 

 (No. 5729!). Jaisalmer: Between Phalodi and Bap (No. 5727!), 

 Amarsagar (No. 5728 !), Bada Bag (No. 5730 !). 



Distrib : Throughout the tropical regions of the world. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Gynandropsis DC. 



Gt/nandropsis pentaphylla, DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 238. 



Vern. N. :Bagra (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 5698 !), very common at .Jodhpur where 

 it comes up in great quantities along the roadsides and fields during 

 the rains ^ Macadam), Balarwa, cultivated ground and gravel (No. 

 5734!), Osian (No. 5735 ! ), Bhikamkor (No. 5737 ! , Seu (No. 5738 !), 

 Barmer, on gravel (No. 5740 ! ). Jaisalmer : Bada Bag (No. 5732 ! ), 

 Jaisalmer, wet ground (No. 5736 ! ), Bap (No. 5733 ! ), Vinjorai (No. 

 5739!). 



Distrib. : A common weed in all tropical countries. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : The seeds infused in boiling water are used as a cure for 

 coughs, bruised they are applied as a poultice to sores that have 

 maggots in them. The green leaves applied to the skin and tied 

 down form a good blister (Macadam). The seeds are given to 

 horses against stomach ache, the leaves are used against rheuma- 

 tism in man, 



Gynandropsis pentaphylla var. nana var. nov. — Alta 11 cm. Folia glaberrima 

 exceptis aliquibus glandulis stipitatis in margine. Petala 5 mm. lon^n^yVs 

 Loc: Jaisalmer: Vinjorai (No. 5741 ! ). 

 Fl. and fr. in November. 



