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Sodakoer, riverbed (No. 10262 !), Jaisalmer, rocky plateau 

 (No. 10263!), near Devikot (No. 10265 !), Viujorai, sandy plain 

 (Nos. 10266 !, 10267 !). 



Distrib. : Indo-Malaya, Australia. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Heliotropium strigosum, Willd. Sp. PL I, 743. 



Vern. N, : Choti santri (Macadam). 



Loc. : Jodbpur : Common about gardens (Macadam). We have not 

 seen this species. 



Distrib. : W. Asia, Indo-Malaya, Australia. 



Trichodesma R. Br. 



Trichodesma indicum, B. Br. Prodr. (1810) 496. 

 Vern. N, : Sal konta. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodbpur (No. 10151 !), Mandor (No. 10152 !), Balarwa 

 (No. 10153!), Barmer, rocks (No. 10154 !). Jaisalmer : Amarsagar 

 " (Nos. 10155 !, 10156 !), Bada Bag (No. 10157!). 

 Distrib. : Mauritius, Persia, Baluchistan, Cabul, India, Cejdon. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Sericostoma Stocks. 



Sericostoma pauciflorum, Stocks in Wight Ic. (1850) t. 1377. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (No. 10177 !), Mandor (No. 10178 !), Osian 



(No. 10179 !), Balarwa (Nos. 10180 !, 10181 !), Bhikamkor (No. 



10182 !), Bhikamkor, dunes (No. 10183 !), Phalodi (Nos. 10184 !, 



10185 !), Kotda near Seu, rocks, (No. 10186 !), Barmer, sand (Nos. 



10187!, 10188!). Jaisalmer: Loharki (10190!), Amarsagar (No. 



10191 !), Vinjorai, dunes (Nos. 10192 !, 10193 !) . 

 Distrib. : India. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Amebia Forsk. 



Arnebia hispidissinia, DC. Prodr. X (1846) 94. 

 Vern. N. : Rambas, rambaiya (Macadam). 

 Loc: .Jodhpur : Kailana (Nos. 10168!, 10169!), Osian (No. 10170!), 



Balarwa (No. 10171 !), Bhikamkor (No. 10172!), Badka (No. 10173 !). 



Jaisalmer: Loharki (No. 10174!), Sodakoer (No. 10175 !), Vinjorai, 



sand (10176!). 

 Distrib. : Egypt, Nubia, W. Asia, India. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



CONVOLVULACE^. 



Cvscitta L. 



Cwscuta hyalina, Roth Nov. PL Sp. (1821) 100 (non Wight). 

 Vern N. : Amar bel. 

 Loc: Jodhpur : Jodhpur Fort (No. 2990 !), Balarwa (Nos. 3544 !, 3547 !), 



Phalodi (No. 2983 1), Bhikamkor (No. 35481), Seu (No. 3546!). 



Jaisalmer: Vinjorai, sandy plain (No. 6662 !), Jaisalmer (No. 3570 !), 



Devikot (No. 3545 1, Loharki (No. 2989 !), Amarsagar (No. 2982 !). 

 Distrib.: India, Baluchistan, Abyssinia. 

 Fl and fr. in October and November. 

 Note : Cuscvia has been found parasitic on the following plants : Various 



Ficoideoe, Tribulus, Calotropis procera, Aerua, Amarantus polyganius, 



BoerJutvia, Desmodium, Rhynchosia. 

 Uses: Boiled in water the plant is taken against pain in tb« chest. 



