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THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICTS OF 
593 , Alocasia Schott. 
Alocasia cucullata Schott ; B. P. ii. mi. Colocasia cucullata H. S. 
687. 
v. Bishman. 
Reported from Serampore by Voigt, but almost certainly only a 
cultivated plant in our area) native of Indo-China. 
Alocasia imlica Schott) B, P. ii. mi. Colocasia indica H. S. 687 . 
v. Man kachu , man giri. 
Cultivated about villages, everywhere ; native of India. 
Alocasia macrorrliiza Schott ) B. P. ii. mi. Colocasia odoraYi.S. 
687. 
Cultivated about villages, general ; native of Indo-China* 
* Alocasia fornicata Schott ) B, P. ii. 1 1 1 1. Colocasia fornicata H. S. 
687. 
v. Salo kachu . 
Village-shrubberies and thickets, general. 
593 . Colocasia Linn. 
* Colocasia iiyinpliaeifolia Kunth; H. S. 687 ; B. P. ii. 1112. 
v. Sar kachu. 
Grassy glades and village shrubberies, general. 
* Colocasia autiqnorum Schott ) H. S. 686) B. P. ii. 1112. 
v. Kachu . 
Everywhere cultivated and also everywhere wild in grassy glades 
and village-shrubberies. 
594 . Scindapsus Schott. 
* Seindapsus officinalis Schott ; H. S. 688 ; B. P. ii. 1114. 
v, Gaj pi pal. 
Epiphytic in orchards and village-shrubberies; sometimes culti- 
vated. 
595 . JLasia Lour. 
* Lasia lieteropuylla Schott) H. S. 689) B. P. ii. 11x6. L. Lour e hit 
H. S. 689. 
v. Kant a kachu ) kanta man. 
Swampy places, general. 
CXV.— LEHNACEiE. 
596 . Lenina Linn, 
* Lenina paucieostata Hegelm. • B. P. ii, 1x17. 
In stagnant water, floating, general. 
