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Corchorus antichorus, Raeusch, Nom. ed. 3 (1797) 158. 

 Vern. N. : Hadeka khet. 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer : Loharki (No. 5939 ! ), Sodakoer, in dried-up riverbed 



(No. 6941 ! ), Vinjorai, sandy plain (No. 5942 ! ), Jaisalmer, rocky 



plateau (No. 5943 ! ), near Bap (No. 5944!). Jodhpur . Jodhpur 



(No. 5937!), Balarwa (Nos. 5938!, 5994!), Barmer, gravel (No. 



5926!), Phalodi, on gravelly soil near town and lake, common 



(No. 5940 ! ), one .of the commonest plants of the sandy desert 



tracts. 

 Distrib. : Cape Verd Islands, Trop. Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, India. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Uses: The leaves are applied to wounds and a decoction of them is 



said to be efficacious in cases of skin eruption. (Macadam). 

 Corchorus tridens, L. Mant. App. (1771) 566. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Barmer, sand (No. 5989!), Jodhpur (Nos. 6917 1, 



6919!), near Badka (No. 5893!), Osian (No. 5892 ! ), Bhikamkor, 



dunes ( iNo. 5930 !), Phalodi (No. 5933!), Kotda, near Seu (No. 



5934!), Manctor (No. 6936!). Jaisalmer : Near Loharki ( No. 



6920 ! ), Loharki (No. 5927 ! ), Shihad (No. 59-28 ! ), Amarsagar (No. 



5929 ! ), between Phalodi and Bap (No. 5931 ! ), Vinjorai (No. 



6935!). 

 Distrib. : Trop. Africa, India, Australia. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Corchorus acutangulus, Lam. Encycl. II (1786), 104. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 5894 ! ). Jaisalmer : Bada Bag (No. 



6915!). 

 Distrib.: Trop Africa, India, Ceylon, Australia, West Indies. 

 Fr. in October and November. 



Linages. 

 Linum L. 

 Linum usitatissimum, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 277. — The Flax plant. 

 Vern. N. : Alsi. 

 Cultivated in a few places. (Erskine.) 



Zygophyllace^. 

 Tribulus Tourn. 



Tnbulus terrestris, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 387. 



Vern. N. : Gokru, Kanti, Konti (Macadam). 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (No. 7417!), Mandor (No. 7150!), Bhikam- 

 kor (No. 7157 !), Phalodi (No. 7151 !), Barmer, on rocks and sand 

 (Nos. 7146!, 7154 !). Jaisalmer: Bada Bag (No 7148!), Amarsagar 

 (Nos. 7153!, 7152!), Devikot (No. 7156 I), Vinjorai, (No. 7149!), 

 Shihad (No. 7145 ! ), very common about gardens, road sides, etc 

 (Macadam). 



Distrib. : All warm regions. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November ;fl. during and after the raina 

 (Macadam). 



Uses : Used as a tonic (Macadam). 

 Tribulus alatus, Del. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 111. (1812) 62. 



Vern. N. : Bakda (Macadam), 



Loc: Jaisalmer (No. 7132!), Loharki (No. 7122!), Devikot (No. 

 7J31 !) Jodhpur : In cultivated places, not very common (Macadam). 



Distrib. : Rajpntana, Sind to Arabia and N. Africa. 



Fl. and fr. in November. 



