FLORA OF THE INDIAN DESERT. 979 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Mediterranean, India. 

 Fl. and fr. in October and November. 

 Pennisetum cenchroides var. echinoides, Hook. f. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 

 VII, 88. 



Loc. : Jophpur : Balsamand (No. 3904 !), Bhikamkor (No. 4664a !). 

 Distrib. : Africa, Madeira, Arabia, India. 

 Pennisetum prieurii, Kunth Rev. Gram, II, 411, t. 119. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Balarwa (No. 4911!), Bhikamkor (Nos. 4661a!, 



4610!), Barmer (No. 49861), Kotda, sand (Nos. 4790 a!. 3667.'). 



Jaisalmer: Lohavat (No. 3986 !), Loharki (Nos. 4847 !, 4850 !, 4693 !), 



near Devikot (Nos 4816 !, 4822!). 

 Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Punjab, Sind. 

 Fruits in October and November. 



Cenchrus L . 



Genchrus biflorus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I (1832) 233. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (Nos. 3910!, 4681 !, 4679!, 4983!), Kailana, 

 tank (Nos. 4496 a !, 4488 !), Osian (No. 3996 !), Barmer (No. 4870 I). 

 Jaisalmer : Loharki (No. 4840 !), near Loharki (No. 4854 !), near 

 Devikot (No. 4823 !), Amarsagar (Nos. 4877 !, 4636 !, 4975 !). 



Distrib. : Africa, Arabia, Baluchistan, India. 



Fruits in October and November. 

 Cenchrus catharticus, Del. Cat. Hort. Monsp. (1838). 



Vern. N. : Bharut. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Jodhpur (Nos. 3909a !, 4683 !), Kailana (No. 4612 !), 

 Mandor (No. 4744 !), Phalodi (Nos. 4151 !, 4947 !), Barmer, sand 

 (No. 4199 a !). Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (No. 4972 !), Vinjorai, 

 dunes (No. 4920 !). 



Distrib. : Trop. Africa, Arabia, India. 



Note : Bharut is particularly abundant in years of scarcity when The 

 poorer people subsist on it : the seed of this grass is about the size 

 of a pin's head and is enclosed in a prickly husk, which causes a 

 great deal of discomfort to both man and beast, as it sticks to the 

 clothes of the former and in the hair of the jatter and is very difficult 

 to remove. (Erskine). 



Tragus Haller. 



Tragus racemosus, Scop. Intro. Hist. Nat. 73. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (Nos. 4625!, 3903!). Jaisalmer: Jaisal- 

 mer (No. 4829!), Amarsagar (No. 4182!), N, of Jaisalmer (No. 

 4112 !), Jaisalmer, rocky plateau (No. 4125 !), Vinjorai (No. 4767 !), 

 Vinjorai, rocks (No. 4773!). 



Distrib. : Warm regions generally. 



Fruits in October and November. 



Latipes Kunth. 



Latipes senegalensis, Kunth Rev. Gram. I, 261, t. 42. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 4647a !), Kailana (No. 4624 !), Bhikam- 

 kor (Nos. 4657 !, 4658 !), Kotda near Seu (No. 8768 !). Jaisalmer : 

 Loharki (Nos. 4848 !, 4884 !), Vinjorai (4921 !), N. of Jaisalmer (No. 

 4114 I), near Devikot (No. 4820 !). 



Distrib. : Senegal, Abyssinia, Arabia, Sind, Baluchistan. 



Fruits in October and November. 



