530 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL H[ST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVI. 



Corallocarpus Welw. 



Corallocarpus epigceus, 0. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II (1879) 

 628. 



Vern. N. : Karela. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Barmer, sand (No. 6599 !), near Kotda (No. 6600 !), 



Osian (No. 6707 !). 

 Distrib.: India, Ceylon. 



Cucurbita L. 



CuGurbita maxima, Duchesne. 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (No. 6670 !). 



Cactace.e. 



Opuntia Tourn. 



Opuntia dillenii, Haw. — The Prickly Pear. 



Vern. N. : Nagphani (nagphani means snake-hooded and refers to 



the shape of the leaves (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jodhpur and Jaisalmer States ; often found in dry rocky places 



near villages (Macadam). 

 Used for fences. 



FiCOIDE.E. 



Triantlicmn L. 



Trianthema monogyna, L. Mantiss. (1767) 69. 



Vern. N. : Safed santer, Sarta (Macadam), Hata. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 6753 !), Seu (No. 6755 !), Jaisalmer : 

 Vinjorai, sandy plain (No. 6754!), Jaisalmer (No. 6751!), Shihad 

 (No. 6752 !), very frequent in gardens and cultivated places 

 (Macadana). 



Distrib. : Most tropical regions. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Note : Cap of fruit containing two seeds, truncate, slightly mitriform, 



oblique, with a raised margin, higher on one side. ; mouth closed 



(downivards) by a thin membrane. Lower part of capsule containing 



3-5 seeds. 



Trianthema triquetra, Rottl. *t Willd. in Gesellsch. Naturf. Fr. neue 



Schr. IV (1803) 181. 



Vern. N. : Lunki. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (Nos. 6756 !, 6769 !), Phalodi (No. 6764 !). 

 Jaisalmer : Bap (Nos. 6761 !, 6757 !), Jaisalmer (No. 6766 !), Jaisal- 

 mer, on sand (No. 6762 !), Amarsagar (No. 6758 !), Vinjorai (Nos. 

 6760 !, 6765 !), Vinjorai, on gravel (No. 6767 !), Vinjorai, sandy plain 

 (No. 6768 !), Devikot (Nos. 6763 !, 6759 !). 



Distrib. : India, Ceylon. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Note : Trimen, in his Fl. of Ceylon II, 269, makes the variety Rottleii, 

 which cannot be retained, as the only character of importance, viz., 

 the folding of the calyx-teeth " over top of ripe capsule " is not 

 constant. Our specimen No. 6760 combines the characters of the 

 type and of Trimen's variety. 

 Trianthema pentandra, L. Mantiss. (1767) 70. 



Vern. N. : Santer, Sarta. 



This species, is represented by the follovving varieties : — 

 Var. a. rubra car. nov. — Fructus maturus ruber. 



