HUGHLI-HOWRAH AND THE 24-PERGUNNAHS. 
22Q 
IMiantlms argyrophyllus Torr. & Gr.; B. P. i. 613 . 
v. Safed sura/ mukhi , swet shuriya mukti . 
In gardens generally, and freely sab-spontaneous in cultivated 
ground and waste places ; native of N. America. 
Helianthus tuberosus Linn.; H. S. 415; B. P. i. 613, 
v. Brahmokha . 
In vegetable and market gardens, especially near Calcutta; native 
of Brazil. 
378, Guizotia Cass. 
Guizotia abyssinica Cass. ; H. S. 414 ; B. P. i. 614, 
v. Surguja , ram tila. 
Afield crop in Goghat sub-division of Hughli district; native 
of Africa. 
379. Synedrella G^ertn. 
Syhedrella nodiflora Gsertn. ; B. P. i. 615. 
In cultivated ground and waste places about Calcutta ; occasional ; 
native of tropical America. 
389 . Cosmos Cav. 
Cosmos sulfnreus Cav.; H. S. 416; B. P. i. 616. 
In gardens; also not infrequent as a weed in waste places near 
Calcutta (quite naturalised in the drier districts to the west of 
our area) ; native of Mexico. 
381. Spilantlies Linn. 
Spilanthes Acmella Linn.; H. S. 416; B. P. i. 614. 
v. Mar hat a tig a. 
Reported by Voigt from Serampore, but the record requires 
verification ; the species occurs in Chota Nagpur, North Bengal, and 
Chittagong, but is probably only a casual on the deltaic alluvium. 
383. Galinsoga Ruiz & Pav. 
Galinsoga parviflora Cav. ; B. P. i. 618. 
A not uncommon weed in cultivated ground in the cold weather 
but not persisting; probably always a casual introduction from the 
Himalaya where it is abundant ; originally introduced from America. 
383. Tridax Linn. 
Tridax procumbens Linn. ; H. S. 417 ; B. P. i. 618 . 
Grassy glades, dry roadsides, old walls, everyw here ; native ct 
Mexico. 
