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XIV. — CARYOPHYLLACEAE. 
40. Saponaria Linn. 
Saponaria Yaccaria Linn. ; B. P. 237. Gypsophila Vaccaria H. S. 
*75- 
v. Sabuni . 
In fields, a cold-weather weed, Hughli district, occasional ; east 
of the Hughli, rare and casual. 
41. Stellaria Linn. 
Stellaria media Linn. ; H. S. 178 ; B. P. 237. 
Occasionally in gardens near Calcutta as a cold-weather weed ; 
does not persist and probably is always introduced with garden seeds 
from Europe; native of Asiatic and northern temperate countries. 
43. Spergula Linn. 
Spergula pentandra Linn. ; H. S. 180 ; B. P. 238. 
In gardens near Calcutta ; like the preceding species, but never 
seen except by Roxburgh ; native of Europe. 
43. Polycarpon Linn. 
* Polycarpon Loeflingiae Bth. & Hk. f. ; B. P. 238. Hapaloiia 
Loeflingias H. S. 180. 
v. Ghuna . 
Fields and waste places, general. 
44. Polycarpaea Lamk. 
* Polycarpaea corymbosa Lamk ; B. P. 239. 
Hughli district, Goghat sub-division. 
XV.-PORTULACACE E. 
45. Portulaca Linn. 
*Portulaca oleracea Linn. ; H. S. 173 ; B. P. 240. 
v. Bara laniya . 
Waste ground, everywhere. 
* Portulaca quadrifida Linn. ; H. S. 173 ; B. P. 240. P. meridiana 
H. S. 173. 
v. Chhota laniya % 
Waste ground, general but never very common. 
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