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Sonchus oleraceus, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 794. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer: Near Loharki, on sand dune (No. 10122 !). 

 Distrib. : All temperate and many tropical countries. 

 Fl. in November. 



Launcea Cass. 



Launcea nvdicaidis, Hook, f . Fl. Brit Ind. Ill (1881) 416. 

 Vern. N. : Akria, jangli gobi, ban gobi (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 10125 !), Barmer, rocks (Nos. 10123 !, 



10126!). 

 Jaisalmer: Bada Bag (No. 10124!). 

 Distrib. : From India westwards to the Atlantic. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Launcea chondrilloides, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Ill (1881) 415. 

 Vern. N. : Dhud phad. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (Nos. 10133 !, 10140 !, 10127 !), Mandor 



(No. 10138 !), Osian (No. 10137 !), Balarwa (10142 !), Bhikamkor (No. 



10143!), Barmer (Nos. 10128 !, 10129 !), near Badka (No. 10136!), 



Kotda near Seu ( No. 10139 !), Jaisalmer : Loharki (No. 16134 !), 



Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (No. 10136 ! ). Jaisalmer, sand (No. 10130 !), 



near Devikot (Nos. 10141 !, 10132 !, 10131 !). 

 Distrib. : India, Afghanistan, Persia, Arabia, Egypt. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Uses : The water in which the plant has been boiled is taken against 



constipation. 



Tagetes L. 



Tagetes erecta, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 887. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Balarwa (No. 10146 !). Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (No. 



10147 !). 

 Distrib : Probably Mexico. 

 Fl. in October and November. 



Flaveria Juss. 



Flaveria contrayerha, Pers. Syn. II, 489. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Balarwa No. 10148!), Osian (No. 10149!), near Badka, 



sand (No. 10150!). 

 Distrib. : Peru, naturalized in India. 

 Fl. in October and November. 



Oleace.e. 



Jasniinum L. 



Jasminum grandiflorum, L. Sp. PI. (1762) 9. 

 Vern. N. : Chameli. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer: Amarsagar (No. 9097 !), Bada Bag (No. 9098 !). In- 

 troduced. 

 Loc: Distrib. : Sub-tropical N. W. Himalaya. 

 Fl. in November. 



Salvadorace^. 



Salcadora Garcin. 



Salvadora persica, L. Sp. PL (1753) 122. 

 Vern. N. : Jal, fr. called pilu (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Balarwa (No. 9107 !), frequent in the salt districts of Pach 



Padra, and not uncommon about villages where it is probably 



planted (Macadam). 

 Distrib. : India, Ceylon, W. Asia, Egypt, Abyssinia. 



