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plateau (Nos. 10275!, 10276!), Amarsagar (Nos. 10277 !, 10278!, 



10279 !), Vinjorai on rocks (Nos. 10280 !. 10281 !), 

 Distrib. : India, Baluchistan, Nubia, Socotra, 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Hdiotropium eichwaldi, Steud. ex DC. Prodr. IX 1845) 535. 

 Vern. N. : Khali bui, Tinderu. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (No. 10209 !), Seu, near tank (No. 10210!), 



Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (Nos. 10208 !, 10211 !). 

 Distrib. : W. and C. Asia, India, Australia. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : The leaves rolled up and put into the ear are said to cure 

 ear-ache (Macadam). 



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



Vern. N. : Jal bangra. Kali bui (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodhpur : A common weed in cultivated places (Macadam). 



Distrib. : Rajputana, Sind, Baluchistan. 

 Heliotropium avalifolium, Forsk. Fl. Aegypt. Arab. (1775) 38. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 10212 ! ), Balsamand (No. 10213 !). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, India, Australia. 



Fl. and fr. in October. 



Heliotropium undulatum, Vahl. Symb. I, 13. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No, 10214 ! ), Phalodi (No. 10215 ! ), Balarwa 

 (No. 10216 !), Mandor (No. 10217 !), Kotda near Seu (No. 10218 !). 

 Jaisalmer : Near Loharki (No. 10219 !), Loharki (No. 10220 !), Amar- 

 sagar (No. 10221!), N. of Jaisalmer (No. 10222!), Devikot (No. 

 10223 !), Vinjorai (No. 10224 !). 



Distrib. : N. Africa, W. Asia, India. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Note : We have not found a sufficient reason to separate H. undulatum 

 Vahl. from H. tuberculosum Boiss. {^^H. widulatum, Vahl var. tvber- 

 culosum Boiss. (See Cooke Fl. Bomb. II, 212). 



Heliotropium undulatum, Vahl. Symb. I, 13, var. suberosa, 0. B. Clarke, 



in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV, 151. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Kotda near Seu (No. 10225 !). Jaisalmer : Near Bap 

 (No. 10227 !), Bap (No. 10226 !), Loharki. gravel and rocks (No, 

 10228 !), Sodakoer (No. 10229 !). 



Distrib. : N. Africa, W. Asia, India. 



Fl. and fr. in November. 



Note : The mature fruit has nutlets with a simple or bilobed corky out- 

 growth on the back. This character appears to be constant and we, 

 therefore, retain Clarke's name, although the nutlets in our specimens 

 are four and each of them contains one seed. 



Heliotropium paniculatum, R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 494, 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (Nos. 10235 !, 10234 !. 10232 !, 10233 !), Kai- 

 lana, near a tank (Nos. 10236!, 10237 !), Balarwa (No. 10231 !), Osian 

 (No. 10238 !), Phalodi (Nos. 10239 !, 10240!). Kotda near Seu (No. 

 10241 !), Barnier, sand (Nos. 10242!, 10243!). Jaisalmer: Shihad 

 (No. 10244 I), Shihad gravel (No. 10245 !), near Loharki (No. 10246!), 

 Loharki (No. 10247 !), Sodakoer (No. 10249 !). Jaisalmer (Nos. 10250 !, 

 10251 !), Bada Bag (No. 10262 !), Vinjorai, rocks (No. 10253 !). 

 Specimens attacked by a kind of spike disease were found in the 

 following localities :■ — 



Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 10260 !), Kailana (No. 10259 !), Bhikamkor 

 (No, 10257 !), Phalodi, sand dunes and gravelly soil (No, 10256 !), 

 Barm^r, sand (No. 10256 !). Jaisalmer : Loharki (No. 10261 I), 



