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Sphceranthus L. , 



Sp/iceranthus indieus, L. Sp. PI. (17'53) 927. 

 Loc. : W. Rajputana (King). 

 Distrib. : Africa, Indo- Malaya, Australia. 



Ccesulia Roxb. 



Coesulia axillaris, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 62. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : 2.'5 miles S. E. of Limi (No. 10024 !). 

 Distrib. : India, Ceylon. 

 Fl. in November. 



Gnaphaliuvi L. 



Gnaphalium pulvinatum, Del. Fl. Aegypt. 122, t. 44, f . 1 . 



Loc. : Jaisalmer: N. of Jaisalmer (No. 10025!), on wet ground. , 



Distrib. : Lidia, Egypt. 

 Fl. in November. 



Peffolettia Cass. 



Peyolettia senegalensis, Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat. XXXVIII, 232. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Mandor (No. 10029 !), Kailana (Nos. 10026!. 10032!), 



Kotda near Seu (No. 10033 1), Barmer, on rocks (Nos. 100311, 10036 !). 



Jaisalmer : Jaisalmer, on rocky plateau (Nos. 10027 !, 10037 !), ; 



Jaisalmer, sand (No. 10034 !), Amarsagar (No. 10035 !), Vinjorai, sandy ! 



plain (No. 10028 !). ' ' 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Cape Verde Islands, Trop. Arabia, Rajputana. I 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. j 



Note : The Flora of Trop. Africa mentions this plant as occurring in j 



Sind ; but, to our knowledge, no Indian Flora has ever noted this | 



genus. ■ 



Vicoa Cass. 



J^icoa auriculata, Cass, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser, 1, XVII (1829) 418. | 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 10038!), 25 mi!e8 S. E. of Luui (No. 



10030 !). I 



Distrib. : India, Ceylon. ;i 



Fl. in October and November. ] 



Pulicaria Gaertn. 



Pulicaria crispa, Benth. in Gen. PI. 11, 336. 

 Vern. N. : Dhola lizru (Macadam). 

 Loc : Jaisalmer : Vinjorai, sandy plain (Nos. 10042 !, 10041 !), Jodhpur, 



not very common (Macadam). 

 Distrib. : India to Arabia, Trop. Africa, Cape Verde Islands. 

 Fl. in November. 



Uses : The bruised leaves are applied to the head to relieve headache 

 (Macadam). 

 Pulicaria angustifoUa, DC. Prodr. V, 479. 

 Vern. N. : Soneli (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (No. 10068 !), Mandor (No. 10066 !), near 

 Badka, sand (No. 10070 !), Jaisalmer: Bap (No. 10069 !), Sodakoer, 

 dried up river bed (No. 10071 !), Vinjorai, dunes (No. 10065 !). 

 Distrib.: India, Baluchistan. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Fulicana vrightiana, C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. 118. 

 Vern. N. : Souela. 



