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Voigt does not report /. parviflora from Bengal though that species 
does certainly occur in our area. 
395. Bonnaya Link & Otto. 
* Bonnaya brachiata Link & Otto ; B. P. ii. 770. B . serrata H. S. 
5 ° 3 ‘ 
v. Bhumi ninu 
A weed of fields, gardens and path-ways. 
* Bonnaya veronicsefolia Spreng. ; H. S. 503 ; B. P. ii. 770. 
Wet places, everywhere. 
var. * verbenaefolia B. P. ii. 770. B . verbensefolia H. S. 503. 
Wet places, general. 
var. * grandiflora B. P. ii. 771. B. grandiflora H. S. 504. 
Fields, gardens and path-ways, everywhere. 
* Bonnaya tenuifolia Spreng. ; H. S. 504 ; B. P. ii. 771. 
Wet places, occasional. 
Bonnaya oppositifolia Spreng. ; H. S. 504. 
Reported by Voigt from Serampore, but the record is very doubt- 
ful, since the species is apparently confined to the Deccan. 
390 . Scoparia Linn. 
Scoparia dulcis Linn. ; H. S. 507 ; B. P. ii. 772. 
Fields, paths and waste places everywhere; not mentioned by 
Roxburgh though now one of the commonest and most trouble- 
some of weeds ; native of America. 
397. Veronica Linn. 
Veronica Anagallis Linn.; H. S. 507 ; B. P. ii. 773. 
Reported from the banks of the Hughli about Serampore by Voigt > 
a very probable record but one that should be confirmed ; the species 
is quite plentiful in North Bengal. 
Veronica agrestis Linn.; H. S. 507 ; B. P. ii. 773. 
An occasional weed in gardens about Calcutta in the cold season ; 
probably, however, only a casual and always reintroduced with seed 
from Upper India or from Europe. 
398 . Striga Lour. 
* Striga lutea Lour. ; H. S. 505 ; B. P. ii. 775. 
Goghat, Western Hughli district. 
* Striga euphrasioides Benth. ; H. S. 506 ; B. P. ii. 775. 
Goghat, Western Hughli district. 
