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PLANTS OF CHUTIA NAGPU 
XLVIIL— -MELASTOMACE.^. 
372. Osbeckia truncata Don. — var. Kurzii. 
Parasnath, 4,200 feet Kurz, 
373 Osbeckia chinensis Linn. 
Santalia (Campbell & Watt). 
No Osbeckia found or seen by* the writer in Chutia Nagpur. 
374. Melastoma malabathricum Linn* 
375. Sonerila tenera Royle. 
jaspur, 1,000 — 1,500 feet; on banks by the wayside. 
Vern. — Lawangia. 
XLIX.— LYTHRACE/E. 
376. Ammannia peploides Spreng. 
Ranchi, 1,500 — 2,000 feet. 
377. Ammannia dentelloides Kurz. 
378. Ammannia pygmaea Kurz. 
379. Ammannia pentendra 
Pertabpur, Sirguja, 1,500 — 2,000 feet; moist soil near tank. 
Var. Fimbriata Wight* 
Jaspurnagar, 2^000 — 2,500 feet; in wet rice fields. 
Vern: — Khet-gulab = ‘*rose of the field. 
Var* Illecebroides Arn* 
Palandu, 1,500 — 2,000 feet. 
380. Ammannia multiflora Roxb. 
381. Ammannia baccifera Linn, 
Chatra, 1,000 — 1,500 feet; flowers white. 
382. Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. 
Pitorea, 2,000 — 2,500 feet ; common in jungles, 
Vern, — Dhawei, Dhai phul. 
383. Lawsonia alba Lamk. 
Ranchi, 1,500—2,000 feet; cult, as a hedge. 
Vern. — Mehndi. Henna. 
384. Lagerstroemia indica Linn, 
Ranchi and Hazaribagh ; in gardens, common. 
Crape Flower. Flowers white, pink or purple. 
385. Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb, 
Plateau generally. 
Vern. — Sid. One of the commonest bushes in scrub- 
jungle. 
386- Punica Granatum Linn, 
All stations from 500— *2,000 feet; cultivated, 
Vern. — Anar. Pomegranate. Fruit inferior in quality 
in Chutia Nagpur; flowers single or double. 
