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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
371 . Lagascea Cav. 
JLagascea mollis Cav. ; H. S. 406; B. P. i. 608. 
Garden ground, waste places and river banks about Calcutta, a 
very frequent weed; introduced from the West Indies. 
373. Zinnia Linn. 
Zinnia panciflora Linn. ; H. S. 413; B. P. i. 609. 
In gardens everywhere ; sometimes also sub-spontaneous ; native 
of Mexico. 
Other species of Zinnia, and especially Z . ele^ans, are generally cultivated 
in gardens both Native and European, but the writer has not observed this 
tendency to become naturalised in any save Z. pauciflora . 
373 . Enkydra Lour. 
*Enhydra fluctuans Lour.; B. P. i. 610. E . HingcTia H. S. 416. 
v. Hinge ha. 
Edges of ponds and ditches and sometimes partly floating; 
everywhere. 
374 . Eclipta Linn. 
* Eclipta alba Hassk. ; B. P. i. 610. E, erect a H. S. 41 1. 
v. Kesariy keskuti . 
Fields, roadsides; waste places everywhere, 
375 . Wedelia Jacq. 
* Wedelia calendulacea Less.; H. S 414; B. P. i. 61 1. 
v. Kesarajy bhimrdj . 
Wet places, banks of ponds, ditches and khals ; general. 
* Wedelia scandens Clarke ; B. P. i.612. Wollastonia scandens H. 
S. 414. 
v. Bhimrdj, 
Western Sundribuns, climbing on bushes along river banks and at 
sea-face, very common; extends along banks of Hughli almost to 
Calcutta. 
376 . Titkonia Desf. 
Tithonia tagetiflora Desf. ; B. P. i. 612. 
In gardens and on lawns, general ; native of America. 
377 . Helianthus Linn. 
Helianthus animus Linn.; H. S, 415 ; B. P. 613. 
v. Suraj mukhiy shuriya mukti. 
In gardens everywhere ; native of S, America. 
