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494 . Antidesma Linn. 
* Antidesma Cliaesembliilla Gaertn. ; B. P. ii. 938. 
v. Khudi jamb, tim to a. 
In village-shrubberies, general. 
* Antidesma diandrum Roth.; B. P. ii. 938. 
v. M ulta. 
In village-shrubberies, occasional, 
495. Jatropha Linn. 
Jatroplia multifida Linn. ; H. S. 159 ; B. P. ii. 941. 
In native and other gardens, and near temples and shrines, culti- 
vated ; also occasionally self-sown in waste places ; native of America. 
Jatroplia gossypifolia Linn. ; B. P. ii. 941. 
v. Lai bherenda . 
Waste places, roadsides, village-shrubberies everywhere, never 
cultivated ; native of America. Though now one of the commonest 
and most striking of the shrubby weeds of our area, this species is 
not included in Voigt’s list, published so recently as 1845. 
Jatroplia Curcas Linn. ; H. S. 158; B. P. ii. 941. 
v. Bagh bherenda . 
In native gardens and hedges everywhere, and sometimes sub- 
spontaneous in village-shrubberies. 
499 . Aleurites Forst, 
Aleurites moluccana Willd. ; B. P. ii. 942. A. triloba H. S. 159. 
v. Akrot . 
Planted generally; Voigt even records it from Serampore as wild, 
and it does sometimes occur sub-spontaneously, but it has no claim to 
he indigenous ; native of Papuasia. 
497 . Croton Linn. 
* Croton oblongifolius Roxb. ; H. S. 156 ; B. P. ii. 943. 
v. Chucka , bara gachh. 
Village-shrubberies, everywhere. 
* Croton eaudatus Geisel.; B. P. ii. 943. C. drupaceus H. S. 156. 
v. Nan bhantur. 
Village-shrubberies and thickets on river banks, chiefly east of the 
river Hughli ; also in the North-Western Sundribuns. 
* Croton Tiglium Linn.; H. S. 156; B. P. ii. 943. 
v. Jayapala , jeypal % 
