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(313) Clerodeudrou phlomidis, L. f. — Not common, in hedges ; Gujarat 



Deccan, Konkan, S. M. Country — Dry parts of India. Ceylon. 



(314) Avicennia officinalis, L. — Along tlie coast. — Konkan, Kanara. — Salt- 



marshes and tidal creeks of India, Ceylon, Malaya, shores of the 

 Indian and Pacific Oceans. 

 G^>. LabiaUti. — 



(315) Ocimum sanctum, L. — Probably cultivated. — Throughout India 



(cultivated), Malay Archipelago, Australia, Arabia, W. Asia. 



(316) Ocimum canum, Sims. — Flowers : Sept.-Jan. — Deccan, Konkan, S, M. 



Country — Plains and lower hills of India, Ceylon, Java, W. Asia, 

 Tropical Africa, Madagascar. 



(317) Ocimum basilicum, L. — Cultivated. — A native of the Paujab. 



(olH) Auisomeles ovata, K. Br. — Common in the Presidency except Sind — 

 Throughout India, Ceylon, Malay Archipelago, China, Philippines. 



(319) Leucas urticaefolia, K. Br. — Flowers : Nov.-Dec. — Sind, Gujarat, 



Deccan — W, Peninsula, Panj ib, Bengal, Beluchistan. Arabia 

 Abyssinia. 



(320) Leucas linifolia, Spreng. — Common ; flowers : Oct.-Nov. — Deccan. 



Konkan — Plains of India, Mauritius, Java, Philippines. 



(321) Leucas cephalotes, Spreng, — Common ; flowers : Nov.-Dec— Gujarat 



— W. Peninsula, Panjab, Bengal. Assam, Himalayas, Afghanistan, 



(322) Salvia aegyptiaca, L,, var. pumila, Hook, f.— Flowers : Nov.-Dec— 



Sind, Gujarat, Deccan— W. Peninsula, Panjab, Afghanistan, 

 Beluchistan. 



64. NycLacimacea. — 



(323) Boerhaavia diffusa. L.— Very common ; flowers : Nov. Dec— Through- 



out the Presidency— All over India, Ceylon, tropical and sub- 

 tropical Asia, Africa and America. 



(324) Boerhaavia repanda, Willd.— Very common ; flowers : Oct.-Dec— 



Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan— India, Ceylon, Beluchistan. 



(325) Boerhaavia verticillata, Poir,— Very common ; flowers : Sept.-Jan.— 



Sind, Gujarat, Deccan, Konkan— W. Peninsula, Panjab, Afgha- 

 nistan. Beluchistan to Syria and Tropical Africa. 

 (32()) Bougainvillea spectabilis, Willd.— Cultivated.— Indigenous in Brazil.- 



65. Aiioarantacei.t. — 



(327) Celosia argentea, L.— Pretty common ; flowers : Oct.-Dec— Through- 



out the Presidency— All over India, Ceylon, Tropical Asia, Africa, 

 and America (either cultivated or introduced). 



(328) Amarantus gaageticus, L., var. tristis, Prain.— Cultivated as a pot- 



herb. 



(329) Amarantus bUtura, L., var. ole acea. Hook f.— Cultivated. 



(330) Amarantus viridis, L.— In gardens and cultivated ground. 



(331) Amarantus polygaraus, L.— In cultivated ground : flowers : Dec- 



March — India, Ceylon, most hot countries. 



