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Shihad (No. 9007 !), near Loharki (No. 9041 !), Vinjorai sandy plain 



(No. 9043 !), Amarsagar (No. 9040 !). 

 Distrib. : N. Africa, Arabia. Afghanistan, Baluchistan, India, Ceylon. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Amarantus L. 



Amaranlus spinosus, L. Sp. Pi. (1753) 991. 

 Loc. : In many places of Eastern Jodhpur. 

 Distrib. : In many tropical countries. 

 Amarantus paniculatus, L. Sp. PI. (1763) 1268. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur Fort (No 9014 !). 



Distrib. : Cultivated or an escape in Africa and Asia. 

 Amarantus gangeticus, L. Syst. Nat ed. 10 (1759) 1268. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 9012 !), Phalodi (No. 4016!). Jaisalmer; 



Jaisalmer (No. 9013 !), N. of Jaisalmer, wet ground (No. 9071 !). 

 Distrib. : In the tropics generally. 

 Amarantus gangeticus var. tristis, Prain Beng. PI. 869. 

 Vern. N. : ChandeJa. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Bhadka (No. 9011 !). 

 Uses : Used against stomach ache in children. 

 Amarantus vividis, L. Sp. PI. (1763) 1405. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur ; Jodhpur (No. 5982 !). Jaisalmer : Jaisalmer (No. 9009 !), 



Amarsagar (No. 9010 ! ). 

 Distrib. : All tropical countries. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Amarantus blitum L. var olerncea, Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. (1885) 721. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Balarwa (No. 9016!), Phalodi (No. 9017!), Seu 



(No. 90151). 

 Distrib. : Cultivated in warm and tropical conntries. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Amarantus polyqamtis, L. Amcen. Acad. IV (1759) 294. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 9030 ! ), Balsamand (Nos. 9025 !, 9024 !), 

 Balarwa (Nos. 9032!, 9031!), Bhikamkor (Nos. 9019!, 9018!), 

 Phalodi (No. 90-'5 !), Banner, (No. 90341). Jaisalmer: Bap (No. 

 9027) !), Shihad (No. 9029 !), Amarsagar (Nos. 9033 ! , 9023 ! ), 

 Jaisalmer (Nos. 9070 !, 9028 !), Devikot (No. 9022!), Vinjorai 

 (No. 9021!), Vinjorai, sandy plain (No. 9020!). 

 Distrib. : Most hot countries. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 



Mrua Forsk. 



Ai^rua tomentosa, Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt. Arab. CXXII and 170 {=Mrua 



jaianica Wight). 

 Vern. N. : Bui (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Osian (No. 5953 !), Bhikamkor (Nos. 5977 ! , 9075 !), 



Phalodi (Nos. 5961!, 9072!), near Bhadka (No. 9073 !), Barmer 



(No. 5978 !), Jaisalmer : Sodakoer sandy plain (No. 5958 !), 



Sodakoer river bed (No. 9074 ! ), Loharki (No. 5975 !), Jaisalmer. 



rocky plateau (No. 5981 !), Amarsagar (No. 5960 1), Devikot (No. 



5966 !), Vinjorai (Nos. 5956 ! , 5957 !). 

 Distrib. : Cape Verd Islands, E. and W. trop. Africa, N. Africa, 



Arabia, India, Ceylon (not Java). 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Uses : The white woolly seeds are much used to stuff beds and pillows 



and its use is said to be protective against rheumatism (Macadam). 



