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THE FLORA OF THE INDIAN DESEIIT4- 

 (JODHPUR AND JAISALMER). 



BY 



E. Blatter, S.J., and Prof. F. Hallberg 

 Part III. 

 With 6 i:ilaies. 

 (^Continued frmn page 551 of Vol. XXVI.) 



AcANTHACEa;. 



Blej^hccris Juss. 



Blepharis sindica, T. Anders, in Journ. Lin. Soc. IX (1867) 500. 



Vern. N. : Bhongri. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 9130 !), Mandor (No. 9142 !), Osian (No. 

 9134 !), Balarwa (No. 9144 !, 9144 !), Bhikamkor (No. 9132 !), Phalodi 

 (No. 91361), near Bhadka, gravel and rocks (No. 9141!), Barmer 

 (No. 9133 !). Jaisalmer : Shihad (No. 9129 !), near Loharki (No. 9138 !) 

 near Jaisalmer (No. 9131!), Amarsagar (No. 9135 !), Devikot (No. 

 9139 !), Vinjorai (No. 9140!). 



Distrib. : Punjab, Rajputana, Sind, Gujarat. 



Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Uses : The plant is boiled in milk and taken as a tonic. It is given to 

 cattle for greater milk production. 



Ruellia L. 



Ruellia patula, Jacq. Misc. Bot. II (1781) 358, var. alba Saxtou in Rec. Bot. 



Surv. Ind. VI (1918) 288. 



Loc. : Kailana (No. 9110 !), Kailana rocks (No. 9111 !), Mandor (No. 



9112!), Kotda near Sen (No. 9113 1), Barmer rocks (Nos. 9114, 



9115 !). Jaisalmer: Vinjorai (No. 9J09 !). 



Distrib. : The type extends from India to tropical Africa. The variety 



has been found by Saxton in N. Gujarat. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Andrographis Wall. 



Andrographis echioides, Nees in Wall. PI. As, Kar. Ill (1832) 117. 

 Vern. N..: Goondlu (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Bori Mera (No. 9162 !), found occasionally about 



Jodhpur, but not common (Macadam). 

 Distrib : Tropical India, Ceylon. 

 Fl. and fr. in October. 



Barleria L. 



Barleria prionitis, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 636, var. diacantha var. nov. — Altitu- 

 dine 150 cm. attingens, formans frutices densos. Florum spicee 15 

 cm. attingentes, bracteolis 3 cm. longis spinosis albis. Calycis lobus 

 anterior bispinosus, posterior spina simplici. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur: Barmer (No. 9165 !), on rocky hillsides. 

 Barleria acanthoides, Vahl Symb. I (1790) 47. 



Vern. N. : Chapri, in Jaisalmer, Damasha in Jodhpur (Macadam). 



