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HUGHLI-HOWRAH AND THE 24-PERGUNN AHS. 
Trickodesina zeylanicum R. Br. ; H. S. 444 ; B. P. ii. 720. 
v. Buro kulpa. 
Reported by Voigt from Serampore, but the record needs confirm- 
ation ; it is wild throughout the drier parts of India and Ceylon. 
LXXII. — CON V ©L VUL ACEiE. 
361 . Cuscuta Linn. 
* Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. ; H. S. 349 ; B. P. ii. 723. 
v. Haldi algusi . 
Parasitic on trees and shrubs, everywhere ; attaches itself to very 
many species. 
Cuscuta cliinensis Lamk. C. sulcata H. S. 349. 
Reported by Voigt from Serampore ; also reported by Roxburgh 
as occurring on Amarantus oleraceus ) etc.; not at all improbably* 
but the record needs verification ; occurs in Chota Nagpur. 
Cuscuta capita ta Roxb. ; H. S. 349. 
v. Algusi . 
Reported by Roxburgh as occurring on Crotalaria juncea^ Iso by 
Voigt as appearing at Serampore on the same species ; probably only 
a casual introduced also with seed of £an from outside Bengal ; 
occurs throughout the North-West Himalaya. 
Cuscuta europaea Linn. C. aggregata H. S. 349. 
Roxburgh records this as having once appeared on Flax the seeds 
of which were imported from Bagdad ; no doubt a mere casual ; 
native of the Orient, Central Asia, and Europe. 
362 . Porana Burm. 
Porana paniculata Roxb. ; H. S. 363 ; B. P. ii. 724. 
In gardens on trellises or on trees ; native of India. 
363. Cressa Linn. 
* Cressa cretica Linn. ; B. P. ii. 725. C. indica H. S. 363. 
Salt-lakes near Calcutta, in dried up muddy places. 
36L Evolvulus Linn. 
* Evolvulus alsinoitles Linn. ; H. S. 363 ; B. P. ii. 725. 
Dry grassy places west of the Hughli. 
Evolvulus immmularius Linn. ; B. P. ii. 726 . 
Grassy glades around Calcutta, Howrah, etc., quite naturalised ; 
a recent introduction from the West Indies. 
