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Flores axillarea solitarii, raro gemini ; pedicelli florum circa 2^ mm., 

 fructus vero 5 mm. loiigi. Calyx 3 mm. longus, non ampliatus in 

 fructu ; lobi siibiilati, tubo aequilongi ; pedicellus et caJyx hirsutis- 

 simi. Corolla larga, valde exserta, conspicua, rubra purpurascens. 

 Vexillum hirsutum in dorso. Stamina diadelpha. Ovarium dense 

 hirsutum. Stylus glaber. Stigma largum, penicillatum. 



Legumen •■■>-5 cm. longum, lineare, attenuatum basim versus, valde 

 curvatum, cuspidatum, argento-canescens. Semma numerantia 

 usque ad 8, diiplo latiora quam longa, subcylindrica, aliquantulum 

 compresaa, colore olivse, variegatoe. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Balsamand (No. 6966 !), Jodhpur (No. 6965 I), Kotda 

 near Sen (No. 6972 !), Barmer, rocks No, 6973 !). Jaisalraer : Vin- 

 jorai (No. 6971 !), Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (No. 69701), N. of Jai- 

 salmer vNo. 6969 !), Bada Bag (No. 6968 !). 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Vern. N. : Bishoni. 



Uses : The leaves boiled in water and eaten are considered to be good 

 against syphilis. 



Note : Baker in Hook. f. Brit. Ind. II, 112 has evidently united speci- 

 mens identical with or at least very similar to o.irs with T. spinosa 

 Pers. We consider Roxburgh's description of T. sjnnosa (under 

 Galeya spinosa Willd. in Fl. Ind. Ill, 383) to be the correct one. 

 Iq the same way we include Wight's description and plate (Ic. 372) 

 under 7'. spinosa, as hs says himself that he has copied them from 

 Roxburgh's drawing. Baker's description differs in several points 

 from Roxburgh's and can therefore not be considered as that of T. 

 spinosa Pers. Baker's material comes from the Western Peninsula, 

 whilst Roxburgh's plant is a native " of dry barren land on the 

 coast of Coromandel." We may add that we have never foand T. 

 spinosa in the Western Peninsula. 



Sesbania Scop. 



Seshania aculeata Poir. Encycl, VII (1806) 128. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 7023!), Balarwa (No. 7019 1). Jaisal- 

 mer: Amarsagar (No. 7024 !), Vinjorai (No. 7022!), Devikot (No. 

 7021 !), between Phalodi and Bap (No. 7020 !). 



Distrib. : Tropics of the Old World. 



Fl. in Oct., fr. in Oct. and Nov. 



Alysicarpus Neck. 



Alysicarpus monilifer DC. var. venom, var. nov. — Legumen conspione re- 

 ticulato-venosum, saape uno semine. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer: Bada Bag (No. 7225 !, 7226 !). 



Distrib. of type : India, Nubia, Abyssinia. 



Fl. and fr. in Nov. 

 Alysicarpus hamosns Edgew. in Jour. As. Soc. Beng. XXI (1853) 171. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer : Bap (No. 7227 !). 



Distrib. : India. 



Fl. and fr. in Oct. and Nov. 

 A/i/sicarpus myin'dis DC Prodr. II (1825) 353, 



Loc: Jodhpur: Balsamand (No, 7228 !). Jaisalraer: Jaisalmer, sand 

 (No. 7229 !, 7230, 7231 !). 



Distrib. : Tropics of the Old World. 



Fl. in Oct., fr. in Oct. and Nov. 

 Ali/sicarpus rvyosus DC. Prodr. II (1825) 353. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : 25 miles S E. of Luni (No, 7232 !). Jaisalmer : between 

 Phalodi and Bap in field (No, 7233 !). 



