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very acute. There are two small, spreading yellowish appendages 

 near the hilum, united at the base, reaching 1/3 the length of 

 the seed. 

 Miss Macadam aud King mention P. abi/ssinica as occurring in W. Raj- 

 putaha. As we have not found it anywhere we are afraid that 

 there must have been some mistake in the identification of the 

 plant. 



Oaryofhyilace^. 



Polijcarpcea Lam. 



I'olycarpcea corymbosa, Lam. Tab. Encycl. Meth. II (1800) 129. 



Vern. N. : Zutaniakhad. 



Loc. : Jodhpur; Jodhpur (No. 6868!), Mandor (No. 6872!), Bhikarn- 

 kor (No. 6880 1), Osian (No. 6881 !), Balarwa, fields (No. 6882 !), 

 Barmer, sand (Nos. 6879 !, 6878 !), Kotda, sand (No. 6874!), near 

 Badka (No. 6870!). Jaisalmer : Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (No. 6869!), 

 Shihad, gravel (No. 6871!), Vinjorai, dunes (Nos. 6873 !, 6875!), 

 Devikot (Nos. 6876!, 6877 !). 



Distrib. : In the tropics generally. 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Saponaria L. 



Saponai-ia vaccaria, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 409. 



Loc. : W. Rajputana, a weed of cultivation (King). 

 Distrib. : Temperate and subtropical countries. 



PORTULACACE^. 



Portulaca L. 



Pnrtulaca oleracea, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 445. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Mandor (No. 6730 !), Jodhpur (No. 6740 !). Jaisal- 

 mer: Between Phalodi and Bap (No. 67311), Bap (No. 6741!), 

 near Loharki (No. 6742 !), Amarsagar (No. 6743!), Bada Bag (No. 

 6723!), Jaisalmer, wet ground (No. 6728!), Vinjorai (No. 6729 !), 

 near Devikot (No. 6727 !). 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Portulaca quadrifida, L. Mantiss. (1767) 73. 

 Vern. N. : Lunki. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 6733 !), Balsamand (No. 6722 !\ Bhi- 



kamkor (No. 6734!), Osian (No. 6725!), Barmer, sand (No. 6735!). 



Barmer rocks (No. 6719 !), Kotda near Seu (No. 67201). Jaisalmer: 



N. of Jaisalmer (No. 6710 !), Amarsagar (No. 6726 !), Bada Bag 



(Nos. 6721!, 6724!). 

 Distrib. : Trop. Africa and Asia. 



Tamaricace.5;. 



Tatnarix L. 



Tamarix dioica, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 22. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Balsamand (No. 5887 !), in the salt-impregnated bed, 

 of the Luni (King). 



Distrib. : India. 

 Tamarix- orientalis, Forsk. Fl. Aeg. Arab. (1775) 206. Tamaiix arUeulata, 



Vahl. Symb. II (1791) 48, t. 32. 



Vern. N. : Faras. 



