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* Cl’cpis acaulis Hook. f. ; B. P. i. 627. Youngia acaulis H. S. 432. 
Y. linifolia H. S. 432. 
Waste places, margins of paths, west of river Hughli, rare. 
291 , Lactuca Linn. 
Lactuca sativa Linn. ; H.S. 430 ; B. P. i. 628. 
v. Kahu ) salad. 
In vegetable and market gardens about Calcutta and other towns. 
292 . Sonchus Linn. 
* Sonclms asper Vill. ; B. P. i. 629. 5 . ciliatus H. S. 432. 
In fields and waste places, quite common. 
Sonchus oleraceus Linn. ; B. P. i. 629. 
In gardens an occasional weed; native of Europe. 
Sonchus arvensis Linn.; B. P. i. 629. S. orixensis H. S 432. 
v. Ban palang. 
In gardens and waste places, rather rare. This in the writers 
experience is the rarest of the three Sow-thistles that are to be met 
with in our area ; it is common in various parts of India but can 
hardly be considered a native of these districts. 
293 . Launea Cass. 
* Launea aspleniifolia Hook. f. ; B. P. i. 630. Microrhynchus as - 
plenifolius H. S. 431. 
v. Tik-chana. 
In grassy glades and open fields, everywhere. 
* Launea pinnatifida Cass.; B. P. i. 630. 
Western Sundribuns, creeping on sand at the sea-face. 
LVII.— CAMPANLLACE/E. 
294 , Lobelia Linn, 
Lobelia tl’igona Roxb. ; B. P. i. 633. L % triangulata H. S. 367. 
Reported by Voigt from Seram pore ; quite possibly, but the 
record requires confirmation ; native of India, common in wet 
pastures in Western Bengal. 
295 . Sphenoclea Gaertn. 
* Splienoclea zeylanica Gaertn.; B. P. i. 635. Pongatium indicum 
H. S. 371. 
v. Jhil mirich. 
Edges of pools and ditches and rice-fields, general. 
