974 JO URNAL, B 0MB A Y NA T URAL HIST. SO CIE T Y, Vol. XX VI 



Naias australis, Bory ex Chamisso in Linnsea IV (1829) 501. 



Loc. : Jodhpur: Kailana (No. 9337 !). 



Distrib. : Mauritius, Madagascar. Not been noted from India before. 



Fr. in October. 

 Naias Welwitschii, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welwitsch. II (1899) 95. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer : Bap (No. 9336 !). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa. Not been observed in India before. 



Fl. and fr. in October. 



Cyperace^.* 

 Cyperus L. 

 Cyperus pumilus, L. Sp. PI. (1762) 69, 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana ',No. 2877!), Mandor (Nos. 2485 !, 2480!). 

 Jaisalmer : N. of Jaisalmer (No. 2906 !), Bada Bag (No. 2437 !), 

 Vinjorai (Nos. 1962 !, 1960 !), Devikot, wet ground (No. 1957 !). 

 Distrib. : Tropics of the Old World. 

 Fr. in October and November. 

 Cyperus pygmcBus, Rottb Descr. et Ic. (1773) 20, t. 14, f. 5. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana tank (No. 2879 !). Jaisalmer: N. of Jaisal- 

 mer (No. 2924). 

 Distrib. : Trop. and warm countries of the Old World. 

 Fr. in October and November. 

 Cyperus difformis, L. Cent. PI. pt. 2 (1755), in Amoen. Acad. IV (1788) 302 

 Loc : Jodhpur : Balsamand (No. 2947 !), Mandor (No. 2488 !). 

 Distrib. : Warm regions of the Old World. 

 Fr. in October. 

 Cyperus niveus, Eetz. Obs. fasc. 5 (1789) 12. 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer: near Loharki (No. 2454!). 

 Distrib. : India, Afghanistan, China. 

 Fr. in November. 

 Cyperus arenarius, Retz. Obs. fasc. 4 (1786) 9. 

 'Loc: Jodhpur: Mandor (No. 2487 !), Bhikamkor (No. 2866!), Osian 

 (No. 2922!), Phalodi, sand dune (Nos. 2867! 2911!). Jaisalmer: 

 Shihad (No. 2927 !). 

 Distrib. : India, Ceylon, Persia, Arabia. 

 Fr. in October and November. 

 Cyperus conylomeratus, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. (1773)21, t. 15, f. 7. 

 'Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (No. 2943!), Mandor (Nos. 2486! 2466!), 

 Balarwa (Nos. 2917 !, 2914 !), Bhikamkor, sand dune (Nos. 2887 !, 

 2894 !). Jaisalmer: between Phalodi and Bap (Nos. 2451 !, 2452 !), 

 near Bap (No. 2938 !), Loharki (No. 2458 !), Jaisalmer (Nos. 2499 !, 

 1936!), Vinjorai, sand dunes (Nos. 2913!, 2912!, 2497!, 2498!, 

 2493!). 

 Distrib. : India, Ceylon, Mediterranean, Trop. Africa. 

 Fr. in October and November. 

 Citperus compressus, L. Sp. PI. (1753^ 46. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Balarwa (No. 2921!). 

 Distrib. : Tropics generally. 

 Fr. in October. 

 Ci/2)erus aristatus, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. (1773) 23, t. 6, f. 1. 

 "Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 2946!, 2941!, 2900!), Mandor (Nos. 

 2470 !, 2479 !). Jaisalmer : Bap (No. 1963 !), Jaisalmer, wet ground 

 (No. 2927 !), Vinjorai (Nos. 2496 !, 1934 !, 1963 !). 

 Distrib. : More or less throughout the Tropics. 

 Fr. in October and November. 



*We have to thank Mr. L. J. Sedj^wick, i.cs., for kindly naming the Cyperaceas- 



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