HUGHLI-HOWRAH AND THE 24-PERGUNNAHS. 
2gl 
var. * plan taginea Solms-Lanbach; B. P. ii. 1079. Pontederia 
plantaginea H. S. 645. 
v. Nukha. 
Ditches, ponds and rice-fields, everywhere. 
CVII.— XYRIDE/E. 
571 . Xyris. 
* Xyris pauciflora Willd. ; B. P. ii. 1080 ; X. indica H. S. 731, pos- 
sibly. 
v. Dabi-duba . 
In wet places, about Serampore, Chandernagore and Jahanabad 
not seen from east of the Hughli in our area. 
The species in our districts that alone is represented in the 
Calcutta Herbarium from our region is X. pauciflora. Voigt, how- 
ever, gives X. indica as occurring at Serampore and notes X. paucu 
flora as a species that might be, but that up to 1845 had not yet been, 
introduced either to the Botanic Garden at Shibpur or to Dr. Carey's 
Garden at Serampore. Frcrm this it seems clear that only one species 
was present in our area in Voigt’s time, and it is therefore possible 
that the specific names used by Voigt were misplaced. At the same 
time the occurrence of X . indica is not at all impossible since it 
occurs in Northern Bengal as well as in Orissa. 
CVIII.— COMMELIMCE JB. 
573. Commelina Linn. 
* Coiumelina nudiflora Linn. ; B. P. ii. 1082. C. c&spitosa H. S. 
677. 
Goghat, western parts of Hughli district ; also reported by Voigt 
from Serampore. 
* Commelina salicifolia Roxb, ; H. S. 67 5 ; B. P. ii. 1082. 
v. Pani kanchira . 
Fields and damp waste places, general. 
* Commelina Hasskarlii Clarke ; B. P. ii. 1082. 
v. Kanchira. 
Shady places, general. 
* Commelina bengalensis Linn. ; H. S. 676; B. P f ii. 1082. 
v. Kanchira . 
Shady places, everywhere. 
* Commelina attenuata Koenig; B. P. ii. 1083. 
Goghat, Western Hughli district. 
