PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT. 
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Fairly common in Modasa and Prantij. Flowers August and 
September. 
Bracts much enlarged in fruit. 
IV. NYMPH J2ACEJB. 
6. Nympluea Linn. 
6. Nymphrca Lotus Linn. F. B. I. I, 114 ; FI. Bomb. I, 25. 
Common in tanks, and appears to be truly indigenous. Flowers 
October. 
7. Nymphaea Lotus Linn. var. pubesceus Hook, f, & Thoms. F. B. I. 
I, 114; FI. Bomb. I, 25. 
Not observed by us ; but known to occur in or near our area. It 
grows in the Nal, a very large shallow tank on the western boundary of 
the Ahmedabad district. 
Used as a famine food. 
7. Nelumbium Juss. 
8. Nclumbium speciosum Willd. F. B. 1. 1, 116 ; FI. Bomb. I, 26. 
Commonly cultivated. 
V. PAPAVERACEE, 
8. Al’gemone Linn. 
ih Argeiuone mexicaua Linn. F. B. 1. 1, 117; FI. Bomb. I, 27. 
A common introduced weed on sandy soil. Flowers most of the 
year. 
VI. CAPPARIDACEH. 
9. Cleome Linn. 
10. Cleome simplicifolia Hook. f. & Thoms. F. B. 1. 1, 169; FI. 
Bomb. I, 37. 
Occasional in the east of the district. Flowers August — September. 
11. Cleome viscosa J inn. F. B. 1. 1, 170; FI. Bomb. I, 39. 
Very common throughout. Flowers August. 
