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ODOKOGKAPHIA. 



This is by far the most common of the Indian species ; it 

 delights in a moist sandy soil, though it grows abundantly in most 

 soils, being such a troublesome weed in gardens that there is no 

 extirpating it, every little bit of the root growing readily. It occurs 



ROOT-FORMATION OF CyPERUS. 



A — C. scariosus, R. Browne. 

 Q—C. esculentus, Liim. 



C — C. rotundas, Linn. (" Musta " or "Mustaka," Sanskrit). 

 (After C. B. Clarke.) 



plentifully in the Kuram Valley, Afghanistan, Gilflt, and from 

 Kashmir to Simla, Garhwal, and the Khasia Hills, throughout the 

 plains (Lahore, Bengal, Madras) and ascending the mountains of 

 the central table-land, from Mount Abu and Poona to the Nilghiri 



