PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT. 
300 
LXXIV. CERATOPHYLLACE/E. 
277. Cera topliy llum Linn. 
441 Ccratophylliun demcrsum Linn. F. B. I. Y, 639 ; FI. Bomb. 
11 , 663 . 
3 ^ s \ 
Talod, tilling a small water hole. Not seen elsewhere. Fruits 
October. 
MON QCOTYLEDONE M. 
LAW, IIYDROCHARlTACE.fi. 
278. llydrilla Richard. 
412. llydrilla verticillata Presl. F. B. I. V, 659; FI. Bomb. II, 
668. (Determination verified at Kew.) 
Abundant in tanks and rivers. Flowers October onwards. 
The pedicels of the $ flowers are about f" long, and, so far as we have seen, the, 
flowers never break off as they do in V allisneria, though such behaviour is apparently 
implied in the descriptions in Hooker, F. B. I. and Cooke, FI. Bowb. 
279. Vallisneria Linn. 
443. Vallisneria spiralis Linn. F. B. I. Y, 660 ; FI. Bomb. II, 669. 
Very common in rivers. Flowers December — February. 
LAXVI. DIOSCOREACE.E. 
280. Dioscorea Linn. 
444. Dioscorea sativa Linn. F. B. I. VI, 295. (Determined at 
Calcutta.) 
T). bulbifcni Lion. var. satioa Brain, Beng. PI. 1066 ; FI. Bomb. II, 
t* *r o 
i po. 
Modasa, as an escape. Flowers and fruits September. 
LAX VII. LILIACE/E. 
281. Asparagus Linn. 
445. Asparagus raceinosus Willd. var. javanica Baker. F. B, I. VI, 
317 ; FI, Bomb. IT, 762, 
