Further Contribution to the Flora of Kutch in Gujrat State

Abstract

The flora of Kutch has many species in common with Sind and Gujrat. The district has large sandy and saline marshy tracts which are colonised by xerophytic and holophytic species. A study of the recent collections from this area in Poona herbarium revealed that the following species have not been reported from the area so far and are, therefore, new plant records for the area.

Corchorus tridens L., Sida grewioides Guill., Zizyphus glabrata Heyne, Cassia angustifolia Vahl, Trianthema hydaspica Edgew., Oldenlandia aspera DC., Sclerocarpus africanus Jacq., Heliotropium calcareum Stocks, Convolvulus rottlerianus Choisy var. tenella Clarke, lpomoea rumicifolia Choisy, Ipomoea sindica Stapf, Schweinfurthia sphaerocarpa A. Braua., Peplidium humifusum Del., Phyllanthus debilis Herb., Chloris montana Roxb., Chrysopogon aucheri Stapf, Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam., Digitaria pennata (Hochst.) Chiov., Eragrostis pilosa Beauv., Rhynchelytrum villosum Chiov., Sehima nervosum (Rottl.) Stapf, Sporobolus marginatus Hochst., Tetropogon tenellus Chiov.