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(241) Plumeria acutifolia, Poir. — Cultivated. — Indigenous in Tropical 



America, 



52. Asclepiatlacece. — 



(242) Periploca aphylia, Decaisne. — Common on rocky ground, Sind, 



Panjab — Afghanistan, Beluchistan, Persia, Arabia, Egypt. 



(243) Glossonema varians, Benth. — Flowers : Dec. — Sind. —Beluchistan, 



Persia. 



(244) Calotropis procera, R.Br. — Very common ; flowers: Dec-Jan. — 



Sind, Deccan, Gujarat — Dry parts of India; Ava, Persia, Tropical 

 Africa. 



(245) Oxystelma esculentum, R. Br. —Flowers : Dec. — Sind, Deccan, Kon- 



kan, Kanara, S. M. Country. —India, Ceylon, Java. 



(246) Pentatropis microphylla, W. & A.— Very common , flowers: Sept.- 



Dec. — Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan — Western Peninsula, BeDgal, 

 Pegu, Ceylon. 



(247) Dsemia extensa, R. Br. — -Very common , flowers: Sept.-Jan. — 



Sind, Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan, S. M. Country. 



(248) Sarcostemma brevistigma, Wight. — Common in stony places. — Dec- 



can, Konkan, S. M. Country— Western Peninsula, Bengal, Burma. 



(249) Leptadenia reticulata, W. & A.— Rare. — Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan, 



S. M. Country, Kanara —Western Peninsula, Punjab, Burma, Cey- 

 lon, Singapore, Ava. 



(250) Leptadenia spartium, Wight. — Very common ; flowers : Dec-Jan. — 



Sind, Gujarat — Panjab, Beluchistan, Arabia, Egypt. 



53. Gentianacece. — 



(251) Enicostemma littorale, Blume. — Common; flowers: Nov.- Dec — 



Sind, Gujarat, S. M. Country, Konkan — Greater part of India, 

 Ceylon, Malaya, Tropical Africa, W. India. 



54. Boraginacece. — 



(252) Curdia myxa, L. — Pretty common in gardens and near wells — Sind, 



Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan — All over India, Ceylon, Egypt, Cochin, 

 China, Tropical Australia. 



(253) Cordia rothii, Roem. & Schult. — Very common: flowers: Nov.- 



Dec — Sind, Gujarat, Deccan — W. Peninsula, Panjab, Rajputana, 

 Ceylon, Arabia, Abyssinia. 



(254) Coldenia procumbens, L. — Flowers : Oct.-Dec — Sind, Deccan, Kon- 



kan, S. M. Country, Kanara — Tropics generally. 



(255) Heliotropiura zeylanicum, Lam. — Common ; flowers : Oct.-Jan. — 



Sind, Gujarat, S. M. Country, Konkan — Western Peninsula, Pan- 

 jab, Tropical Africa. 

 (253) Heliotropium supinum, L. — Common ; flowers : Feb.-March. — Sind, 

 Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan, S. M. Country — Western Peninsula, 

 Panjab, Upper Gangetic Plain — Ceylon, S. Europe, N. & S. Africa, 

 Canary Islands. 

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