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A large number of the species included extend into the desert region 
of India. Some of the species have a wide range, seven of them belong- 
ing to the British Flora. These are : — 
Cynodon dactylon Pers. 
Silene conic a L. 
Papaver hylridum L. 
Erodium cicutarium L. 
Anagallis arvensis L. 
Plantago coronopus L. 
Filago germanica L. 
All these plants except Silene conica and Plantago coronopns also extend 
into India. 
A departure from the practice in previous numbers of the Record s of 
the Botanical Survey has been made in arranging the plants according 
to Engler’s System (Syll. ed vii.) 
H. G. C. 
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