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Distrib: Mediterranean region, W. Asia, Arabia, India, Ceylon. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : The seeds are ground and made into cakes by the very poor 



(Macadam). 

 VltruUus vulgaris, Schrad. — The Water Melon. 



Loc. • Cultivated in both states. Growing even in the poorest soil, 



called ' baikal' which is a light sand having little or no earthy 



admixture. (Adams). 

 Distrib. : Indigenous in tropical Africa, extensively cultivated in most 



warni countries. 

 Uses : The pulp is eaten fresh, the seeds are dried, ground and mixed 



with flour for food. There is a large import of fruit into some of the 



towns in Jodhpur. (Adams.) 



Coccinia Wight & Am. 



Coccinia indica, Wight ct Arn. Prodr. (1834) 347 



Vern. N. : Jungli Karela, goleda. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Barmer (No. . fc)617 !), Bhikamkor (No. 6693!), near 

 Badka (No. 6621 !) Jaisalmer : near Bap (No. 6615 !), Bada Bag, 

 ne^r Jaisalmer (No. 6618 !), Amarsagar (Nos. 6619 \, 6694 !), Vinjorai 

 (No. 6620!), Devikot (No. 1616!). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Indo-Malaya. 



Fl. in November. 



yidothria L. 



Melothria leiosperma, Cogu. in DC. Monogr. Phan. Ill (1881) 622. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Bhikamkor (No. 6603 !), Jaisalmer : Bada Bag (No. 

 6695 !), Sodakoer (No. 6602 !), Loharki (No. 6696 !). 



Distrib. : India, Ceylon. 



Fl. in November. 

 Melothria maicraspatana, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. Ill (881) 623, 



Vern. N.: Ak phutni vel. 



Loc: Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 6605 !), Bhikamkor (No. 6702 !), Mandor 

 (No. 6606 !), Osian (No. 6697 !), Balsamand (No. 6610 !), Barmer 

 (No. 6699), Phalodi (No. 6609 !), Jaisalmer : Sodakoer (No. 6611 I), 

 Loharki (Nos. 5922 !, 6698 !), Vinjorai dunes (No. 6607 !), near Bap 

 (No. 6612 !). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Melothria perpusilla, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. Ill (1881) 607. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer : Vinjorai (No. 6614 !), Shihad (No. 6613 !), .Jodhpur : 

 Jodhpur (No. 6708 !). 



Distrib. : Africa, Indo-Malaya. 



Fr. in November. 

 Melothria heterophylla , Cogn. in DC. Monogr. Phan. Ill (1881) 618. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 6604 !). 



Distrib. : India, Ceylon, China, Cochin China, Java. 



Blastania Kotschy & Peyr. 



BlastaniafimbriAtipula, Kotschy & Peyr. PL Tinu. (1865-1866) 15, t. 7. 

 Loc. • Jaisalmer : Bada Bag (No. 6601 !). 



Distrib. : Trop. and S. Africa, Arabia, Sind, Rajputaua, Gujarat. 

 Fl. in November. 



