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Echinops L. 



Echinops echinatiis, DC. in Wight Contrib. 24. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (Nos. 10090 !, 10091 !), near Badka (No. 



10092 !). Jaisalmer : Vmjorai (No. 10089 !). 



Distrib. : India, Afghanistan. 



Fl, and fr. in October. 



Note : We have noted specimens with blue and lilac flowers. 



Triclwlepis DC 



Tricholepis radicans, DC. Prodr. VI (1837) 564. 

 Loc. : W. Rajputana (King). 

 Distrib. : India. 



Volutarella Cass. 



Volutarella divaricata, Benth. and Hook. f. in Gen. PI. II. (1873) 476. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : In cultivated places about Jodhpur, not very common 

 (Macadam), Mandor ( No. 10100 !). Balsamand ( No. 10097 !), 

 Balarwa (No. 10102 !), Bhikamkor (No. 10094 !), Phalodi (No. 

 10103 !), Banner, sand (No. 10104 !). Jaisalmer : Between Phalodi 

 and Bap (Nos. 100951 !, 10096 !), near Bap (No. 10098 !), near 

 Loharki (No. 10093 !), Jaisalmer, sand (No. 10101 !), Vinjorai, sandy 

 plain (No. 10099 !). 



Distrib. : India, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : Said to be a powerful purgative (Macadam). 



Dicoma Cass. 



Dicoma tomentosa, Cass, m Bull. Soc. Philom. (1818) 47. 



Vern. N. : Vajradanti. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. lOlIl !, 10109!), Bhikamkor (No. 

 10108 !), Osian (No. 10115 !), Barmer (No. 10113 !), near Badka (No. 

 10117 !), Kotda near Seu, on rocks (No. 10118 !). Jaisalmer : 

 Near Bap (No. 10116!), Amarsagar (10107!), Bada Bag (No. 

 10106 !), Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (Nos. 10110 !, 10105 ! ), Vinjorai, 

 gravel (No. 10114 !), Vinjorai, dunes (No. 10112 !). 



Distrib.: Trop. Africa, India. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November, 



Uses : The roots are used as tooth-brushes. 



Lactuca L. 



Lactuca runcinata, DC. in Wight Contrib. (1834) 246. 



Loc. : Jodhpur Fort (No. 10119 !). 



Distrib. : India, Ceylon. 



Fl. in October. 

 Lactuca remotiflora, DC. in Wight Contrib. (1834) 26. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 10121!), Balsamand (No. 10087!), 

 Barmer (No. 10120 !). 



Distrib. : India, Arabia. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Somhus L. 



Sonchus asper, Hill. Herb. Brit. I (1769) 47. 

 Loc : Jaisalmer: Amarsagar (No. 10121a!). 

 Distrib. : All temperate and many tropical countries. 

 Fl. and fr. in November. 



