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FLORA OF THE INDIAN DESERT 535 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 10063!), Kailana (No. 10056!), Mandor 

 (No. 10062 !), Osian (Nos. 10055 !, 10057 !), Balarwa (No. 10067 !), 

 Phalodi (No. 10061!), Barmer (No. 100591). Jaisalmer : Between. 

 Phalodi and Bap (No. 10056!), near Bap (No. 10060!). 



Distrib. : India. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Pnlicaria rajputance spec. nov. 



Suftrutex perennis, foliosus, bipedalis, partibus omnibus, exceptis 

 capitulis dense albo-lanatis, parte inferiore lignoso, interdiim glabres- 

 cente : rami virgati. Folia 6 cm. attingentia, alterna, sessilia, 

 linearia-oblonga vel sub-spathulata, besi aiiriculata., semiamplexi- 

 caulia ( margine non recurvato), serrata vel irregulariter deiitata vel 

 simiato-dentata. 



Capitula generatim pauca, circa 8 mm. diametro, ad apices ramorum 

 solitaria, heterogama ; involucrum hemisphsericum, pnbescens ; 

 bracteaj pluriseriatse, graciles, setacese, acuminatse, exteriores 

 breviores. Receptaculum convexiusculum, foveolatum. Corollae 

 feminete ligulatse, flavije patentes, bracteis longiores, hermaphroditue 

 pappo jequilonga3. 



Pappus duplex : exterior paleis brcvissimis in cupulam miniroam 

 laceram cum interiore connatis, interior setis pluribus barbellatis, 

 incrassatis versus apicem ; setie 6-plo longiores acheeniis. Achsenia 

 glabra. 



This species is nearly related to P. cnspa, Benth. It differs in the 

 following points : The plant is woolly all over ; the margin of the 

 leaves is not recurved ; the ligules are much longer than the bracts ; 

 the pappus is six times as long as the achenes. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 10043 ! 10044 !), Mandor (No8.10050 !, 

 10051 !), Balsamand (No. 10039 !), near Badka (No. 10046 !), 

 Jaisalmer: Between Phalodi and Bap (No. 10047!), near Jaisalmer 

 (No. 10045!), near Devikot (No. 10048!), Vinjorai (Nos. 10049!, 

 10052!, 10053!). 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Lagasca Cav. 



Lagasca mollis, Cav. in Anal. Cienc. Nat. VI (1803) 332. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 10054 !). 



Distrib. : Central America ; a weed of cultivation in many parts of India. 

 Fl. and fr. in October. 



Eclipta L. 



Ectipta erecta, L. Mantiss. II (1771) 286. 



Vern. N. : Jal bangra (Macadam). 



Loc: Jodhpur: Balsamand (No. 10077!), Barmer (No. 10073!), 

 Jaisalmer: Between Phalodi and Bap. (No. 10072!), Bap (No. 

 10078 !), Amarsgar (No. 10074!), Jaisalmer (No. 10079!), Vinjorai, 

 near tank (No. 10076 !), Devikot wet ground (No. 10075 !). 



Distrib.: Cosmopolitan in warm countries. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Blainvittea Cass. 



Blainvillm rhomboidea, Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat. XXIX (1823) 494. 



Loc : Jodhpur : Kailana (No. 10080 !), Balarwa (No. 10082 !). Jaisal- 

 mer : Bada Bag (No. 10081 !). 

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

 Fr. in October and November. 



