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liar to the boulders that form a portion of that range. In the ra- 

 vine country it grows as a large spreading bush. 



Peganum Sarmala, " Hurmool," forms a thick dense bush about a 

 foot in height and although met with on the low ranges of hills, &c, 

 it is not so flourishing as in the plains, round the edges of fields and 

 on roadsides. 



Tephrosia purpurea, Pers* covers the plain country wherever it is 

 allowed to grow, and exists as a rank weed especially where there is 

 no vegetation of higher growth than itself: it is easily choked, 

 but where grass like the Doob and similar creeping plants, with 

 JPimpinella crinita, Boiss, and Trichogyne cauliflora, D. C. cover the 

 soil, as on the parade ground, the plant quickly spreads itself in great 

 luxuriance. 



Tribulus terrestris, is met with, creeping close to the ground in great 

 quantity over the whole district, with Malva parviflora, L, 



Centaur ea calcitrapa, L. 



Microrhynchus nudicaulis. 



JBoerhaavia diffusa, L. 



Convolvulus arvensis, L. 



Convolvulus pluricaulis, Choisy. 



Meliotropium undulatum, Vahl. ' 



Seliotropium Muropoeum, L. 



Solanum Jaequini Willd " Kuthelee Kunth." 



Withania somnifera, Dun. 



Chenopodium album, L. 



Crozophora tinctoria, Juss. 



Lathyrus aphaca, L. 



Alysicarpus nummularifolius, D. C. 



Alhagi mauvorum. 



Nomismia aurea, W. & A. 



Xanthmm strumania, L. 



Artemisia seoparia, W. & K, 



Uehinops echinatus, Eoxb. 



Ipomoea sessiliflora, Roth. 



Trichodesma Indica, E. Br, 



Sclanum nigrum, L. 



Giesekia linearifolia, Moq. 

 Euphorbia dracunculoides, Lam, 



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