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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
In hedges near villages everywhere, also often self-sown in village 
thickets ; native of S. E. Asia. 
Croton sparsiflorus Morong. 
Abundant in waste places to the south of Calcutta, particularly 
about Diamond Harbour, a recently introduced weed ; native of 
Paraguay. 
498 . Codiseum Juss. 
Codiseum variegatum Bl. ; B. P. ii. 944. C. chrysosticta H. S. 157. 
In gardens everywhere : the “ Croton }) of English denizens! 
native of the Moluccas. 
499. Clirozopliora Neck. 
* Clirozophora plicata A. Juss. ; H. S. 156 ; B. P. ii. 944. 
v. Khudi okra . 
Waste ground and dry fields, everywhere. 
500 . Gelonium Roxb. 
* Gelonium multiflorum A. Juss. ; B. P. ii. 945. G.fasciculatum 
H. S. 158, 
v. Ban naranga . 
In village-shrubberies, general. 
Voigt also reports G. lanceolatum y a native of S. India and 
Ceylon, from Serampore, but if the species did exist there in 1845, it 
can only have been as a planted tree. 
501 . Baliospermum Bl. 
* Baliospermum axillare Bl. ; B. P. ii. 946. Croton polyandrum H. 
S. 156. 
v. Ddnti , hakun . 
Waste places and fields in Gogbat sub-division ; also reported by 
Voigt from Serampore. 
502 . Acalyplia Linn. 
* Acalyplia fallax MuelL-Arg. ; B. P. ii. 947. 
Fields, gardens and waste places about Calcutta, very common. 
* Acalyplia indica Linn. ; H. S. 160; B. P. ii. 948. 
v. Makta juri, koklu 
Fields, gardens and waste places, general. 
Acalyplia ciliata Forsk. ; H. S. 159 ; B. P. ii. 948. 
Reported by Voigt from Serampore, but the record needs confirma- 
tion ; the species is found in Behar and westward to Arabia and 
Africa. 
