Hydrophyte Vegetation of Jhalukbari

A study of hydrophyte vegetation of the area ipentioned above is made and the plants are enumerated and arranged under the system of classification of Bentham and Hooker.

14 dicot families with 27 species and 12 monocot families with 38 species are represented. In all monocots exceed the dicots in number, though mor6 dicot families are present. Among the monocots Cyperaceae is the largest with 9 species, while Nymphaeaceae and Scrophulariaceae rank first and second among the dicots with 6 and 5 species respectively.