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CLAVIS SPECIERUM INTER ‘ PLICATAS.’ 
Capsulae cinereo-nigrescentes ; stigmata 
aap isagtd petala lutea; caules 
prostrati : 
Folia basi eaactiaoas: pilis stellatis 
aepe stipitatis induta ; herbacea.. 1. C. prostrata. 
Folia basi 2-glandulosa, pilis stellatis 
sessilibus induta; suffruticosa ... 2. C. parvifolia. 
Capsulae purpurascentes;  stigm ata 
rubra; folia basi 2-glandulosa — 
Racemi quam folia eis proxima 
breviores; capsulae  violaceo- 
purpureae ; petala ey: — 
Caules prostrati :— 
ear agereat pedunculi brevis- 
mi, basi saepe foliati ... 3. C. plicata. 
Polis pokey pedunculi dis- 
tincti, nudi ... eee iy pt » var. obliquifolia. 
Caules erecti an Pi Fah es var. erecta. 
Racemi quam folia eis proxima 
longiores; capsulae rubro-pur- 
pureae ; petala sordide lutea; folia 
saepe majora ; caules erecti . 4. C. Rotileri. 
1. Chrozophora prostrata, Malz. in Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 
p- 233 (1861). Annua, prostrata; folia radicalia rosulata, subper- 
sistentia, basi eglandu osa, pilis stellatis magis minusve stipi- 
tatis obtecta; petala lutea; stigmata aurantiaca; capsula 
matura cinereo-nigrescens, haud tinctoria.—Cooke Flor. Pres. 
Bomb. 1. p. 607 Aare ee Afr. cit. exclud. Croton plicatum, 
Ham. ex Wall. Cat. Lith. n. 7716 C et n. 7716 D ane ae 
nec Vahl. Croton Seca Wall. Cat. Lith. T716 
partim (1830) nec Linn. af aad lanuginosum, "Behan m. ex 
Sch . Pl. quaed. Nilot. 0 (1862) nec Baill. Chrozo- 
re plicata [3. genuina, Mill, ave in Mtoe Bigot Ve 
p. 747 (1866) quoad spec. Ind. cit. sed syn n. exclud. C. 
plicata y. prostrata, Miill.-arg. 1.c. (1866) aumad syn. Dalz. et 
Klotzsch tantum. C. plicata, 3, Hook f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 
440 (1887). C. plicata a, Watt, Dict. Econ. Prod. Ind. 
260 (1889). C. plicata Stewart, Panjab. Pl. er parti 
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toe ae King, Pl. N.W. Prov. p. 15, sabe (1870); Pax et K 
offm Engl. Pflanzenr. IV. 147, vi. p. 19, nda (1912) 
nec A. 5 ss. 
This species is widely distributed in Peninsular India from 
the Panjab and the Upper Gangetic Plain southward to Coro- 
mandel. In the north-east it does not extend to the Lower Gan- 
getic Plain, in the south-west it does not extend to Malabar. It 
is a small procumbent annual found in damp situations such as 
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leaves dictinguiah it at once from th 
which it has hitherto been customary roi associate it. In the 
