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Loc. : Jodhpur: Phalodi (Nos. 5885!, 5886!). Jaisalmer : Bap (No. 

 5884 !). 



Distrib : Punjab, Sind, Afghanistan, Arabia, North, Central and 

 South Africa. 

 Tamtrii: gallicd, L. Spec. PI. (1753) 270. 



Vern. N. : Imli (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jaisalmer State (Macadam). Jodhpur: In the salt-impregnated 

 bed of the Luni (King). 



Distrib. ; Mediterranean region, N. and trop, Africa, India, S. Asia. 



Uses : The seeds are roasted and eaten by the poor instead of the 

 betel nut and are much liked by women. Boys gamble with them. 

 Sherbet made from the fruit is very beneficial in cases of " Looh " 

 (fever brought on from exposure to the hot wind). The shade of the 

 tree is supposed to be injurious to health. A heated traveller 

 restins beneath its shadow is said to suffer afterwards from fever 

 or rheumatism, and popular superstition avers that the tree is 

 always haunted by some ghost, whose purpose is to scare away the 

 unwary (Macadam). 



ELATINACEiE. 



Bercjia L. 



Be.rgia ammannioides, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 34. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos 57(14 !, 5762 !), 25 miles S. E. of Luni 



(No. 6773 !), Mandor (Nos. 5771 1, 5772 !). Jaisalmer : Vinjorai (No. 



5769!), Jaisalmer, wet ground (No. 5768!), N. of Jaisalmer (No. 



5763!), Amarsauar (No. 5766!), between Phalodi and Bap (No. 



5767 !), near lake between Phalodi and Bap (No. 5770 !), Devikot 



(No. 5765!). 

 Distrib. : Konkan, Deccan, Sind, Abyssinia, Nubia, Senegambia, 



Australia. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Bergia odorata, Edgew. in Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Beng. VII (1838) 765. 

 Vern. N. : Kakria, Karbuja, Rohwan (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Balarvva (No= 5754 !), Kailana (No. 5755 I), Phalodi 



near lake (No. 5761!). Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (No. 



5760 !), Vinjorai, near lake (No. 5756 !), Devikot (No. 5757 !), 



between Phalodi and Bap, gravel (Nos. 5758!, 5697!), Loharki 



(Nos. 5696!, 5759!), common near cultivated places (Macadam). 

 Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Egypt, Persia, Sind, Gujarat. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Note : The petals are white, the style purple. 

 Uses : Used for cleaning teeth and, in Jodhpur, applied to broken 



bones. The leaves rubbed down in water are used as a poultice for 



sores (Macadam). 

 lievf/ia eesfivosa, W. & A. Prodr. 41. 

 Loc. : Western Rajputana (King). 

 Distrib. : Punjab, Rajputana. 



Malvace.*:. 



Sid a L. 



Sida spinosa, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 683. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 5638 !), Mandor (No. 5619 !), 26 miles 

 N. E. of Luni (No. 5639 !), Kotda near Seu (No. 5622 !). Jaisalmer: 

 Bada Bag (No. 5640 !), Loharki (No. 5623 !). 



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