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Seetzenia Br. 



Seetzenia orientalis, Dene, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, III (1836) 281. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer . N. of Jaisalmer. gravel (No. 7144!), Jaisalmer, 



gravel (No. 7159!), Vinjorai, rocks (Nos. 714a!, 71bO !), near Devikot 



(No. 7158!) 

 Distrib. : Kajputana, Sind, Arabia, N. and S. Africa. 

 Fl. and fr. in November. 



Peganmn L. 



Peganum hannala, L. Sp. PI. (i 753) 444. 

 Loc. : Near Palli, plentiful (King). 

 Distrib. : India to Arabia, N. Africa, Mediterranean. 



Zygophyllum L. 



Zygophyllum simplex, L. Mantiss. I (I7t57) 68. 



Vern. N. : Lunvva (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Phalodi (Noa. 7124 !, 7130!), very common in the salt 

 district about Pach Padra. Jaisalmer: Amarsagar (Nos. 7129!, 

 7128!), Jaisalmer, rocks (No. 7126!), Bap, gravel (No. 7127!), 

 Vinjorai, rocks (No 7125 !). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, W. Asia, Sind, Rajputana. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Fagonia L. 



Fagonia cretica, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 386. 



Vern. N. : Damasha (Macadam). 



Loc: Kailana (Nos. 7142!, 7137!, 71631, 7165!), Balsamand (No. 

 7135 !), very comon in sandy patches amongst the rocks of Jodhpur 

 (Macadam), Bhikamkor (No. 7168!), Phalodi, sand dunes and 

 gravel (No. 7164!), Barmer (No. 7136!). Jaisalmer: Amarsagar 

 (No. 7167 !), Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (.No. 7141!), Viniorai (Nos, 

 7167!, 7139!), Bap (No. 7138 !), near Bap (No. 7161 !). Sluhad (No. 

 7140!), Loharki (No. 7162!), near Loharki (No. 7166!), sandy 

 tracts between Baiotra and faisalmer (Macadam). 



Distrib: Both shores of the Mediterranean, in S. extra-trop. Africa, 

 warmer dry parts of Asia, Western N. and S. America. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Note : Fagonia cretica as taken above includes F. arahica, L. and jF. 

 liruguieri, DO , which are kept separate by Edgeworth and Hooker 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1, 425. F. cretica is an extremely variable 

 plant. The form and size of the leaves and stipules are very 

 variable ; sometimes the leaves are nearly absent, and their place ia 

 supplied by the long and hard spiny stipules ; in other cases the 

 leaves are for the most part simple with inconspicuous stipules. 

 There is also great difference in the amount of general pubescence ; 

 it varies from nearly perfect smoothness to viscosity. 



Uses : The stems form a favourite tooth brush (Macadam). 



GekaniacejB. 



Monxonia L. 



Monsonta senegalensis, Guill. and Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. I (1830) 131. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana, rocky hills (Nos. 7115!, 7114!, 7113!), 



Mandor (No. 7116!). Jaisalmer: Bada Bag, on hill (Nos. 7117!, 



71181). 

 Distrib.: Rajputana, Sind, Baluchistan, Arabia, Senegambia. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



