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FLORA OF THE INDIAN DESERT. 641 



Distrib,: Tropics of the Old World, W. Indies. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : The plant is crushed and applied locally against snake bite. 



When crushed and mixed with water it is taken internally against 



exhaustion. 



Hoppea Willd, 



Hoppea dichotoma, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. N. S. Ill (1801) 434. 

 Vern, N.: Ramjetta (Macadam). 

 Log.: Jodhpur : In cultivated places, near water, about Jodhpur, 



not very common (Macadam). 

 Distrib.: India. 

 Uses: Used in piles and snake bite (Macadam). 



Limnanthemum Gmel. 



Limnanthemum parvifolium, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. IX (1845) 141. 

 Loc: Near Badka (No. 5775 !). 

 Distrib.: India, Ceylon. 



BORAGINACE^. 



Cordia L. 



Cordia rothii, Koem. & Schult. Syst. IV (1819) 798. 

 Vem. N. : Gondi (Macadam). 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur Fort (No. 10158!), Kailana (No. 10159!), 

 Phalodi (No. 10160 !). Jaisalmer : Bap (No. 10161 !), Jaisalmer 

 (No. 10162!). 



Distrib. : Abyssinia, Arabia, India, Ceylon. 



Uses: The berry is eaten. The bark, mixed with catechu, is chewed 



by the poor to redden the lips, as a substitute for the more costly 



pan (Macadam). 



Ehretia L. 



Ehretia aspera, Roxb. Cor. PI. I (1795) 41, t 55. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (Nos. 10164 !, 10165 !), Barmer (No. 10167 !). 



Jaisalmer : N. of Jaisalmer (No. 10166 !). 

 Distrib. : Abyssinia, Baluchistan, India. 



Heliotropium L. 



Heliotropium zeylanicum, Lam. Encycl, Meth. Ill (1789) 94. 



Vern. N. : Khali bui (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (Nos. 10195 !, 10194 !), Osian (No. 10196 !), 

 Bhikamkor (No. 10197!), near Badka, gravel (No. 10198!). Jai- 

 salmer : Loharki (No. 10199 !), Shihad (No. 10200 !), Amarsagar 

 (Nos. 10201 !, 10202 !). 



Distrib. : India, Trop. Africa. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : Eaten by camels. 

 Heliotropium supinum, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 130. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Barmer, rocks (No. 10204 !). Jaisalmer : N. of Jai- 

 salmer (No. 10207 !), Vinjorai, gravel near tank (Nos. 10205!, 10206!). 



Distrib. : Mediterranean, S. Africa, India. 



Fl. and fr. in November. 

 Heliotropium rariflorum, Stocks in Kew Journ. Bot. IV (1852) 174, 



Vern. N. : Kharshni. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Osian (No. 10268 !), Bhikamkor (No. 10269!), near 

 Badka (No. 10270 !) near Badka on sand (No. 10271 !), Barmer 

 (No. 10272!). Jaisalmer: Jaisalmer (No. 10274 !), Jaisalmer, rocky 



