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B. sovainis and also as if wild—Millingtonia hor- 
ce. Hedge sects a 
a. Only planted—Codizum variegatum, Furcrea sp. 
8B. Also run wild—Parkinsonia aculeata. hai 
bium dulce. Opuntia Dillenti. Euphor 
Tirucalli, Padiaithes tithymaloides. Jatro 
pha Ourcas. Agave Vere-Crucis,  Agav 
Wightw. Agave Cantala. 
II. Found only wild. 
A. Field weeds— 
Thlaspi arvense. Capsella Bursa-pastoris. Lagascea mollis, 
Asclepias curassavica. 
B. Garden weeds— 
alinum patens. Galinsoga nthe Synedrella nodiflora. 
Lobelia radicans. Herpestis chamsedroi 
C. Weeds growing on grass nite eae in waste places 
and village jungles— 
rgemone mexicana. Senebiera cick a (also in garden 
grounds ). Malvastrum coromandelianum. Malvastrum spicatum. 
Anoda hastata. Malachra neon Hibiscus hirtus, Hibiscus 
Manihot. Crotalaria saltiana. Desmanthus virgatus. Flaveria 
repanda. Xanthium spinosum. Cosmos sulfureus. Tridax pro- 
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ja geminata. Fiypts capitata. Peperomia pellucida, Euphor- 
bia tors Jat a geseant forse. Croton sparsiflorus. Croton 
sp. Typhonium inopinatu 
. Plants growing in tanks, jhils,and marshes—Neptunia plena. 
Of all these species the most interesting are undoubtedly 
those enumerated under II. They were not specially indented 
mostly as stow-aways. Their time of arri n most cases 
x ly with a rough degree of approximation, if it can be 
fixed at all. Some of them, like 7 a a 
Bursa-pastoris, penetrated into this cient times 
of eth even by steamers. Pretty exact dates of arrival of the 
true adventurers we possess only of Lobelia radicans which hee 
introduced accidentally from China and of Typhonium Roxbur 
which found its way into the preongy Botanic Gardens 1 
the Moluccas, both in Roxburgh’s 
The following chronological posal i of the immigrant 
plants will help us in gaining some idea about _ pers within 
which the various species made their appearance in Bengal, or 
at least in India. For this purpose I subjoin ths abe of the 
well-known publications | which have been referred to and quoted 
from in the main list. 
