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Langangen, A.; Leghari, S. M.: Some charophytes (Charales) from Pakistan

Distribution: Chara contraria seems to be common in Pakistan (Fig. 10). FARIDI (1955) also gives many localities from the country. It is also widely distributed in India (PAL et al. 1962). Chara zeylanica Klein ex Willd. Localities (29): 1. Prov. Sindh: Badin, Karoghangro, saline lake (brackish water), 6.7.1997,16.9.1997; 2. Prov. Sindh: Dadu (near Karachi), Kadeji spring on the super highway, 17.4.1999; 3. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Kunb village, Loani spring, 20 km from Sehwan, 12.10.1999; 4. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Sehwan, Lai Bag spring, 5.9.1999; 5. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Manchar lake, 22.3.1998; 6. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Rani Kot springs, 8.4.1999; 7. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Sehwan, small spring nearLakki hot spring, 5.9.1999; 8. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Thano Bola Khan, Ali Mohammad breja spring, 15.4.1999; 9. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, Thano Bola Khan, Karoghar spring, 10.4.1999; 10. Prov. Sindh: Dadu, spring water on the road to Bajara village, Loani 20-22 km, 12.10.1999; 11. Prov. Sindh: Hyderabad, fish pond Ibrahim Shah (Hosri), 16.2.1998; 12. Prov. Sindh: Hyderabad, Jamshora road, 20.1.1998, 24.4.1998; 13. Prov. Sindh: Hyderabad, pond near River Indus, 15.5.1996; 14. Prov. Sindh: Hyderabad, Syedpur Takur, 26.4.1998; 15. Prov. Sindh: Karachi, Hub dam, 11.3.1998, 29.11.1999; 16. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, Awad bridge pond, 4.5.1998, 17.8.1999; 17. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, Bakar lake, 2.7.1997, 29.9.1997, 5.2.1998; 18. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, drain near Sanghar, 3.5.1998, (f. elegáns); 19. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, Khori pond, 15.5.1998; 20. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, ponds near Bakar lake, 4.9.1998; 21. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, Tando Adam road in MNV drain, 16.8.1999; 22. Prov. Sindh: Sanghar, Tando Mitha Khan and Khori, 24.3.1999; 23. Prov. Sindh: Shakarpur, 5.10.1999, leg. M. A. Mahar; 24. Prov. Sindh: Shikarpur, Shikarpur, outside the nee field ponds, 3.3.1998, 21.9.1998; 25. Prov. Sindh: Thatta, Dhabeji spring, 4.8.1999, 13.12.1999; 26. Prov. Sindh: Thatta, Halej lake, 13.3.1999, 13.12.1999; 27. Prov. Sindh: Thatta, Kinjhar lake, 5.8.1998, 13.3.1999; 28. Prov. Sindh: Thatta, Sonda pond, 24.2.1998; 29. Prov. Sindh: Thatta, Sujawal, 6.7.1999. References to Pakistan: PAL et al. (1962). General: Chara zeylanica is a triplostichous species. Lack of cortex on the lowest branchlet segments separate it from the other species in this group. Monoecious. Many varieties and forms have been described. Comments on studied plants: The examined material also shows a great variation. We have chosen not to determine forms and varieties, for all but two collections. 7-45 cm high, but most commonly less than 14 cm. Axes 0.55-0.85 mm in diameter and internodes to 3 cm long. Slightly encrusted with lime. Cortex regularly