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Loc. : Kailana (No. 6940 !), Balsaraand (No. 6939 1), Balarwa (No. 

 6941!). Jaisalmer : between Phalodi and Bap (No. 6938!), Bada 

 Bag (No. 7220!). 

 Distrib. : Afghanistan, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 

 Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 

 Crotalaria retusa L. Spec. ?1. (1753) 715. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Balsamand (No. 6937 !). 

 Distrib : Tropics of the Old World. 

 Fl. and fr. in Oct. 



Cyamopsis DC. 



Ct/amopsis psoralioides DC, Prodr, II (1825) 216. 



Vern. N. : Guar. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 7018!), Balarwa (No. 67121), Osian (No. 

 7008!), Phalodi (No. 7017 !), near Badka (No. 7011 !). Jaisalmer: 

 Amarsagar (No. 7016 !), Jaisalmer, sand (No. 7009!, 7014 !), Shihad 

 (No. 7015 !), near Devikot (No. 7013 !), Vinjorai (No. 7010 !). 



Distrib. : Afghanistan, cultivated in India. 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Uses: Grown as a vegetable. The whole plant is a good fodder for 

 cattle. 



Medicaffo L. 



Medicago laciniata All. Fl. Pedem. I (1785) 316. 

 Loc. : North of Jaisalmer ( No. 7221 ! ). 



Distrib. : Punjab, Salt Range, Rajputana, Sind, Baluchistan, Egypt, 

 Abyssinia. 



Indigofera L. 



Indigofera Unifolia Retz. Obs. Bot. fasc. 4 (1786) 29 et fasc. 6 (1791) t. 2 

 Vern. N. : Bekar (Macadam). 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 70411,7040!), Mandor (No. 7042 1), 



Osian (No. 7039 1 ), Balarwa (No. 7C137 !, 70^5 ! ), Bhikamkor (No. 



7038 ! ), near Badka, sand (No. 7044 1 ). Jaisalmer : Vinjorai (No. 



7043 ! ), common about cultivated places (Macadam). 

 Distrib. : Abyssinia, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon, N. Australia. 

 Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov, 

 Uses: The seeds are ground and eaten by the very poor in times of 



famine (Macadam). 

 Indigofera cordifolia Heyne ex Roth Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 357. 



Loc : Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 7201 ! ), Kailana (No. 7181 ! ), Mandor 



(No. 7180!), Osian (No. 71951, 7193 1), Bhikamkor (No. 7190!), Phalodi 



(No. 7183!), Barmer, rocks ,No. 7179 !), Barmer (No. 7178 !, 7189 1), 



near Badka (No. 7185 1,7188!), Kotda near Seu, gravel (No. 



7198 1). One of the commonest plants. Jaisalmer: .laisalmer (No. 



71771, 7186 1), Jaisalmer. rocky plateau (No. 71«7!, 7196!;, Bada Bag 



(No. 7192 1), Amarsagar (No. 7199 H, Devikot (No. 7191 1), Vinjorai, 



dunes (No. 7184 !, 7200 !), Vinjorai, gravel (No. 71821), near Bap 



(No. 7194 !), Shihad (No. 7197 !). 

 Distrib. : India, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, N. Australia. 

 Fl. and fr, in Oct. and Nov. 

 Indigofera trigonelloides Jaub. & Spach I II. V (1857) 92,482. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 70791), Kailana (No. 70751), Bhikamkor 



(No. 7074 1), Phalodi (No. 7076 !). Jaisalmer : Loharki (No. 7078 I), 



Jaisalmer, gravel (No. 7077 1). 

 Distrib: Punjab, Rajputana, Sind, Afghanistan, Arabia, Abyssinia. 



