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THE FLORA OF THE INDIAN DESERT. 

 (JODHPUR AND JAISALMER.) 



BY 



E. Blatter, S.J. and Prof. F Hallberg. 

 Part II. 



With 13 plates. 



* 

 (Continued from pcuje 246 of Vol. XXVI.) 



RosACEiE. 



Neurada L . 



I\eurada procumbens, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 441. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer, gravel (No. 932y !), on sand (No. 9008!), 



Vinjorai, dunes (No. 9330 !). 

 Distrib.: N. Africa, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, Sind, Punjab. 

 Flowers and fruits in Nov. 



COMBRETACE.E. 



Anof/eissus Wall, 



Anogeissus pendula, Edgevv, in Journ. As. Sec. Beng. XXI (1853) 171. 

 Vern. N.: Ehndruk, dhau. 



Loc: Jodhpur : Kailana (No. 6597!), on the rocks between Sagur and 

 Balsaniand (Macadam.). Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (No. 6598!), Bads 

 Bag near Jaisalmer (No. 6596 !), generally in rocky places (Macadam). 



Distrib.: Gujarat, Bundelkhand, N.-W. Provinces, Rajputaua. 



Fr. in October and November. 



Uses : The wood is extremely hard and consequently difficult to work, 

 but is excellent where a hard wood is necessary, in cabinet-making, 

 in-laying, etc. The leaves are used in dyeing, producing a dark 

 green (Macadam). 

 Anogeissus aeuviinata, "Wall ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 16. 



Vern N.: Dau. 



Loc: Marwar (Macadam). 



Distrib.: Rajputana, Central Provinces, Northern Circars, Burma, 

 Chittagong. 



Uses : The wood, which is very hard, is excellent for cabinet-making, 

 in-laying, etc. Also used for building purposes (Macadam). 

 Anogeissus rotundifolia, spec. nov. 



Arbor circa 6 m. alta (quam vidimus). Partes novelise (rami, folia, iu- 

 florescentia) cinereo-tomentoste. Folia alterna, numerosa, juniora 

 late elliptica vel suborbiculata, matura vero orbiculata vel suborbicu- 

 lata, latiora quam longa, diametrum 2 cm. attingentia, apice ebtusa, 

 rotunda, vel emarginata, generatim mucronata. Nervi lateraies, 

 generatim 7, prominentes in facie inferiore. Petiolus 3 mm. attingens, 

 fortis. 



Pedunculi subtermmales vel axillares, solitarii, foliis longiores (saepe 

 duplo). Capitula globosa, densa, 15 mm. attingentia (staminibus 

 exclusis). Calycis tubus compressus, 2-alatus, para alata 1 mm. 



