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Aug.-Oct. — Deccan, S. M. Country, throughout India — Ceylon, 

 Tropical Africa, Mauritius, Malaya, Australia. 



(189) Citrullus colocynthis, Schrader. — Pretty common on sandy ground 



— Sind, Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan, all over India — Ceylon, Arabia, 

 W. Asia, Africa, Spain. 



(190) Citrullus vulgaris, Schrad. — Cultivated — Wild in Tropical Africa. 



(191) Coccinia indica, W. and A.— Very common in hedges ; flowers : 



Almost throughout the whole year — Sind, Gujarat, S. M. 

 Country, Deccan, all over India — Ceylon, Malaya, Tropical 

 Africa. 



(192) Melothria maderaspatana, Cogniaux. — Common inh edges and 



bushes — Sind, Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan, S. M. Country, all 

 over India — Ceylon, Africa, Malaya, Australia. 



(193) Blastania garcini, Cogniaux. — Not common ; flowers : Oct.-Nov. — 



Deccan, Gujarat, S. M. Country. 



(194) Corallocarpus epigseus, C. B. Clarke — Pretty common — Sind, Guja- 



rat, Deccan, S. M. Country, Punjab, Western Peninsula — Ceylon. 



(195) Lagenaria vulgaris, Seringe. — Cultivated. — Wild in Malabar, Dehra 



Doon— Abyssinia, Moluccas. 



(196) Cucurbita moschata, Duchesne. — Cultivated. 



(197) Cucurbita maxima, Duchesne. — Cultivated. 



(198) Cucurbita pepo, L. — Cultivated. 



39. Cactacece — 



(199) Opuntia dillenii, Haw.— Not common ; used for hedges. 



40. Ficoidece — 



(200) Trianthema monogyna, L. — Very common ; Sind, Deccan, all over 



India — Ceylon, most Tropical Countries. 



(201) Trianthema triquetra, Rottl. & Willd.— Very common ; flowers 



Sept.-Nov. — Sind, Gujarat, Deccan, S. M. Country, Konkan, 

 Punjab, W. Peninsula — Ceylon. 



(202) Trianthema pentandra, L.— Common ; flowers : Oct.-Dec— Sind, 



Deccan, S. M. Country, Konkan, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, W. 

 Peninsula — Tropical Africa. 



(203) Orygia decumbens, Forsk. — Flowers : Dec.-Feb. — Sind, Punjab, 



Mysore — Western Asia, Africa. 



(204) Mollugo hirta, Thunb. — Not common, in dried up water holes. — 



Sind, Deccan, S. M. Country, Konkan, all over India — Ceylon 

 warmer regions of the World. 



(205) Gisekia pharmaceoides, L. — Rare; flowers : Sept.-Oct. — Sind, Gujarat 



S. M. Country, Konkan, Punjab, W. Peninsula, Ceylon, Beluchis- 

 tan, Afghanistan, Africa. 



41. UmbeUiferm. — 



(206) Daucus carota, L. — Cultivated. 



(207) Coriandrum sativum, L. — Cultivated. 



