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Eragrostis bifaiia, rocks. 



E. plumosa, iields. 



E. verticillutaj fields. 



E. diandra, fields. 



E. unioloides, fields. 



E. nutans, black soil. 



E. viscosa, edges of ponds. 



E. megastachya, fields, common. 



E. poeoides, fields, common. 



E. Brownii, edges of ponds. 



E, cynosuroides, low ground, com- 

 mon. 



Equisetace.e. 



Elytrophorus articulatus, ponds, Patha, 



Equisetum debile, fields. 



Chabace^. 

 Chara verticillata, streams. 



Salyiin^tace^. 



Azolla, sp., ponds and streams, 



LxCOPODlACEiE. 



Selaginella imbricata, Patha. 



POLXPODIACEJE. 



Polypodium proliferum, wet rocks. 



rice-fields. 



£amhiisece. 



Bambusa stricta, rocky hills. 



Oryzece, 



Oryza sativa, cultivated. 

 Leersia aristata, ponds. 



ACEOGENS. 



EmzOSPEEME^. 



Marsilla quadrifoliata, ponds and 

 ditches. 



Nephrodium unitum, wet rocks, 



Patha. 

 Pteris amplectens, wet rocks, Patha. 

 P, radiata, dry rocks and walls. 

 Adiantum vestitum, dry rocks and 



w^alls. 

 A. Capillus-Veneris, walls and wet 



rocks. 

 Cheilanthes dealbata, dry rocks. 



Brtace^e, 

 Hypnum, sp., wet rocks, Patha. 

 Phascum, sp., damp earth, common. 



Notes. 



The question of the foreign origin of the custard-apple admits 

 of but little doubt on my mind. Those who argue in favour of 

 its being indigenous quote the native name Sitaphal, and the tra- 

 dition that it was upon it that Sita supported herself during her 

 long wanderings in the forests in Bundelkund. And they stale 

 tbat it is met wild in many parts of the jungle of central India. 



It is certainly found in great abundance on certain hills in 

 Bundelkund ; but on no hills is it found on which there are not 

 large forts, e.g. Marfa, Kallinjer and Ajigarh. I liave never seen 

 a bush of it on any other, not even tliose next adjoining, and from 

 all the inquiries I have made among the natives I gather that it 

 IS not found in any other locality. 



The only place which has been specifically mentioned to me as 

 a habitat is the hill of Asirgarh, likewise crowned by a fort. I 

 see therefore no reason to doubt that it has run wild on these 

 hills from gardens inside the fort. The large seeds dropped by 

 Wrds, monkeys, or bears would readily germinate; the only mat- 



