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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
284 . Chrysanthemum Linn. 
Chrysanthemum cor onariu m Linn. ; B. P„ i. 619, C. Roxburghii 
H. S. 419. 
v. Gul-dandi . 
Reported by Voigt from Serampore, but possibly only from Carey's 
Garden ; it is a staple cold-weather crop in Northern Bengal and the 
Assam Valley, but is not grown in Central Bengal ; native certainly 
of China and, it is said, also of the Mediterranean region. Voigt 
refers the vernacular name only to the garden Chrysanthemum ( C , 
indicum ) which is also a native of China, introduced to general 
horticulture by way of Japan. 
285 . Co tula Linn. 
* Cotula hemisphserica Wall. ; B. P. i. 620. Machlis hemispherica 
H. S. 420. 
A weed of cultivated ground and waste places, west of the river 
Hughli. 
286 . Centipeda Lour. 
* Centipeda orbicularis Lour. ; B. P. L 620. Myriogyne minuta VAR. 
lanuginosa H» S. 420. 
v. Mechicta } liachuti. 
Damp ground, everywhere. 
287 . Cnicus Linn. 
* Cilicus arveiisis Hoffn,; B. P. i. 622, Aplotaxis cirsioid'.s H. 
S. 424. 
v. Tikbhuma ) silkanta. 
Cultivated ground, everywhere. 
288 . Silybum Gsertn. 
Silybum Marianum Gaertn. ; H. S. 425 ; B P. 1. 623. 
In gardens, mostly, however, of European residents ; native of 
the Mediterranean region, the Orient and the Western Himalaya. 
289 . Carthamus Linn. 
Cartliamis tiuctorius Linn. ; H. S. 425 ; B. P. i. 625. 
v. Rusumb . 
A cold-weather field crop, general ; native of India. 
296 . Crepis Linn. 
*Crepis japonica Benth. ; B. P. i. 627. Youngia procumbens H. S 
432 (not Pr enanthes procumbens Roxb.) 
Hedges, waste places, margins of partially dried ponds, general. 
