FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
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Leaves usually less than an inch wide, semi-cylindric above the sheath 
angustata. 
264. Typha elephantiiia Roxb. ; F. I. iii, 566 ; F. B. L vi. 489. 
E. D. T 864 partly. 
Northern parts, on river-banks along the outskirts of the reserved 
forests. 
Vernac. Hogla. 
A large bulrush ; leaves used in thatching j the split reeds are woven into 
mats for covering boats and for making walls and partitions of houses. 
Distrib. — India; Indo*China; N. Africa. 
265. Typha ang’ustata Chaub. & Bory ; F. B. I. vi. 489. T. angusti- 
folia F. I. iii. 567* E. D. T 864 partly. 
Northern parts, on banks of ponds and rivers. 
Vernac. Hogla. 
A large bulrush ; used with and like the preceding. 
Distrib. — S. Europe ; N. Africa; N. Asia ; India ; Indo-China. 
This is the commoner of the two bulrushes in Lower Bengal, to the north of 
the Sundribun area. 
LXIX.— AROIDEJi]. 
303. Cryptocoryiie Fisch. 
266. Cryptocoryiie ciliata Fisch. ; F. B. I. vi. 492. Ambrosinia 
ciliata F. I. iii 491. 
Small creeks in northern clearings, on fringe of northern forests, 
very abundant. Prain ! 
A stoloniferdus aquatic with linear-lanceolate leaves, growing in mud and 
submerged at high-tides; properties unimportant. 
Distrib— C. Bengal; Malaya. 
304. Pistia Linn. 
267. Pistia Stratiotes Linn.; F. I. iii. 131.; F. B. I. vi. 497. 
E. D. P 874. 
Tanks and jhils, northern clearings, Heinig ! Prain ! 
Vernac. Tdkd-pdna. 
A floating aquatic; an infusion of the leaves, also the soluble part of the 
ashes of the incinerated plant, used medicinally. 
Distrib. — C osmopolitan in the Tropics. 
LXX.— XAIADACEtE. 
305. Ruppia Linn. 
268. Ruppia rostellata Koch ; F. B. I. vi. 568. 
Northern parts, in ponds and jhils, very common. 
Vernac. Jhdngi. 
