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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
from gardens in our area; often grown on trellises; nearest locality 
where wild, Western Bengal. 
408 . Nelsonia R. Br. 
* Nelsonia campestris R. Br. ; B. P. ii. 797. N. tomentosa H. S. 482. 
v. Paramul . 
Grassy glades, general. 
409 . Ebermaiera Nees. 
* Ebermaiera glutinosa Wall. ; B. P. ii. 798. 
A weed of rice-fields, general. 
410 . Cardanthera Ham. 
* Cardanthera triflora Ham. ; H. S. 482 ; B. P. ii. 799. 
v. Kala. 
A weed of wet places and margin of ponds and ditches, general. 
411 . Acanthus Linn. 
* Acanthus ilicifolius Linn. ; B. P. ii. 800. Dilivaria ilicifolia H. S 3 
487. 
v. Harkuch kanta y hurgoza 
Sundribuns, and banks of Hughli as far north as Calcutta. 
* Acanthus volubilis Wall. ; B. P. ii. 800. 
Western Sundribuns. 
412 . Hygrophila R. Br. 
* Hygropliila polysperina T. And.; B. P. ii. 801. Hemiadelphia poly - 
sperma H. S. 483. 
v. Chhota mechitta . 
Dampish spots, general. 
* Hygrophila quadrivalvis Nees ; B. P. ii. 802. 
Moist places, general. 
* Hygrophila phlomoides Nees var Uoxburgliii B. P. ii. 802. H . 
obovata H S. 483. 
Western Sundribuns, in wet swampy places in cleanings, rare 
elsewhere. 
* Hygrophila spinosa T. And. ; B. P. ii. 802. Asteracantha longifolia 
H.S. 485. 
v. Kanta kalika , hiliakhara. 
Wet or swampy places, everywhere. 
