PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT. 
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223. Blepharis Jnss, 
350. Blepharis boerhaviaeMia Pers. F. B. L IV, 478 ; FI. Bomb. 
II, 349. 
Near Watrak River. Not seen elsewhere by us, bnt easily overlooked 
from its resemblance to large specimens of the next species. Flowers 
and fruits December. 
351. Blepharis mollnginifolia Pers. F. B. I. IV, 479 ; FL Bomb. II* 
349. 
Common on sandy soil, and very common on the laterite plateau, 
Talod. Flowters August-No vember, 
224. Asteracantha Nees. 
352. Asteraeantlia lonjrifolia Nees. Fl. Bomb. II, 852. 
llygrophila spinosa T. Anders. F. B. I. IV, 408. 
Everywhere common in swamps. Flowers September-October, 
225. Hygropkila R. Br. 
353. Hygropkila polysperma T. Anders. F. B. I. IV, 408 ; Fl. Bomb. 
II, 353. (Determined at Kew.) 
Marshy ground, Talod. Locally abundant. Flowers October. 
354. Hygropkila Serpyllum T. Anders. F. B. I. IV, 400 ; Fl. Bomb. 
II, 854. 
Watrak and Majhan River banks. Flowers December-March 
220. Ruellia Linn, 
355. Ruellia patnla Jacq. F. B. I. IV, 412 ; Fl. Bomb. II, 356. 
Frequent in hedges. Flowers September-October. 
Corolla always purplish blue. Plant straggling. 
350. Ruellia patnla Jacq. var. alba Saxton, (n. var.) 
Differs from the type in the erect, nos straggling, habit, and in the pure white 
colour and larger size of the dowers. Ahmedabad, Saxton, 456, Prantij, Saxton 188, 
Modasa, Saxton 1093. 
357. Ruellia tuberosa Linn. Prain, Beng. Pi. 803. (Determined at 
Kew.) 
Mahommedan burial ground, Abmedabad. Probably planted. 
Flowers September. 
