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74. Commdinacece. — 



(H71) Commelina nudiflora, L. —Common ; flowers : Dec. — Deccan, Konkan, 

 S. M. Country — In many tropical and subtropical countries. 



(372) Commelina bengalensis, L. — Common ; flowers : Sept.- Dec. 



75. Palmacecc. — 



(373) Phoeaix sylvestris, Roxb.— Cultivated. — Throughout India. 



(374) Cocos nucifera, L. — Cultivated. 



76. Pandanacecc. — 



(375) Pandanus tectorius, Soland. — Planted. — Sea coast of the Indian 



Peninsula, Burma, Andamans. 



77. Aroidace'p. — 



(376) Colocasia antiquorum, Schott.— Rare — Cultivated in all hot countries. 



78. Lemnacecp. — 



(377) Wolffia arrhiza, Wimm. — In tanks. — Throughout India. 



79. Naia-'acece — 



(378) Potamogeton indicus, Roxb. — In ponds and tanks. — Throughout the 



plains of India, Sikkim up to 9,000 ft., Burma, Ceylon — Malay 

 and Sandwich Islands. 



(379) Naias minor, All. — In still sweet water. — Throughout India and 



Ceylon — Old World generally. 



80. Cyperaceap. — 



(380) Kyllingia triceps, Rottb. — From N.-W. India and Sind to Bengal, 



Burma and Ceylon. — Africa, China, Australia. 



(381) Pycreus polystachyus, Beauv. — Near the coast. — All warm especially 



maritime regions. 



(382) Cyperus haspan, L. — Throughout India — All warm regions. 



(383) Cyperus areiarius. Retz. — On the seacoast. — From Sind to Ceylon 



and Orissa, Panjab — Persia, Arabia. 



(384) Cyperus conglomeratus, Rottb. — Sind. — From Sind to N. Africa. 



(385) Cyperus iria, L.— In rice-fields. — Throughout India — Old World 



generally. 



(386) Cyperus bulbosus, Vahl. — Sind, Aligurh, Deccan Peninsula, Ceylon — 



Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. 



(387) Cyperus stoloniferus, Retz.— On the sandy sea shore — From Sind to 



Ceylon, Malay Peninsula —Mauritius, China, Malaya, Australia. 



(388) Cyperus pygmaeus, C. B. Clarke. — From Kashmir to Burma and 



Ceylon— All warm regions except Europe. 



(389) Eleocharis plantaginea, Br. — Fiom Sind, Saharanpore and Assam to 



Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula — Tropics of the Old World. 



(390) Fimbristylis tetragona, Br.— Throughout India except the North- 



West, up to 3,000 ft. ; from Nepal and Bombay to Ceylon and 

 Tavoy— E. Asia, Australia. 



(391) Fimbristylis dichotoma, Vahl. — Throughout India up to 4,CC0 ft.— 



Warm regions of the Old World. 



