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apparently not persisting, so that it probably has no claims to be a 
native of our districts. Only the blue-flowered form, characteristic 
of Upper India, is to be found ; possibly it is annually re-introduced 
with up-country seed. 
LX.-MYRSIXE JE. 
303 . Ardisia Sw. 
* Ardisia liumilis Vahl. ; H. S. 337 ; B. P. i. 645. 
v. Ban jam . 
Village shrubberies, chiefly east of the river Hughli. 
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303 . dEgiceras Gaertn, 
# JEgiceras niajiis Gsertn. ; B. P. i. 645. A. fra grans H. S. 336. 
v. Halsi , k ha l si, koilsha. 
Western Sundribuns, common ; salt-lakes near Calcutta. 
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LXI. — SAPOTACEiE. 
304 . Achras Linn. 
Acliras Sapota Linn. ; H. S. 339 ; B. P. i. 648. 
v. Sapota (the American name adapted). 
Cultivated in orchards about Calcutta; native of S. America. 
305 . Mimusops Linn. 
Mimusops Eleugi Linn. ; Id. S. 341 ; B. P. i. 649. 
v. Bakul. 
Planted generally near villages, occasionally also self-sown • 
native of S. E. Asia. 
LXII.-EBEXACEE. 
* O’' 
306. Diospyros Linn. 
* Diospyros Embryopteris Pers. ; H. S. 345 ; B. P. i. 653. 
v. Gab . 
Village-shrubberies general ; also in Western Sundribuns, e.g. at 
Jatta. 
* Dio spyros cordifoliaRoxb. ; H. S. 344. D. Montana var. wr di- 
folia B. P. i. 653. 
v. Ban gab. 
Village-shrubberies, general ; also in Western Sundribuns, e.g. 
at Jatta. 
