on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part II. 311 
and on that account called it C. Toroides; but I think it is the 
Tagera of Rheede, and scarcely different from the Gallinaria 
rotundifolia of Rumphius. I therefore consider this C. Toroides 
as the C. Tagera of M. Lamarck ; and I also consider the Galli- 
naria rotundifolia or C. Tora of M. Lamarck as a plant scarcely 
sufficiently different to be distinguished as a species. 
Nanpi Ervatam major, p. 105. fig. 54. 
Nanpi ERVATAM MINOR, p. 107. fig. 55. 
In my Commentary on the first part of the Hortus Malabari- 
cus, when treating of the Curutu Pala, I have stated it as my 
opinion, that the Nandi Ervatam major is the Nerium coronarium 
flore pleno, which is a Tabernemontana ; and that the Nandi Er- 
vatam minor is probably, although not certainly, the Nerium or 
Tabernemontana coronaria in a single state. I have there given 
an account of the plants and of their synonyma, to which I must 
refer the reader* ; nor on consideration do I think it necessary to 
say more on this subject, as I intended when I wrote that Com- 
mentary. 
Capo Moraco, p. 109. fig. 56. 
I know only one species of Capsicum ; and what botanists still 
continue to call species, I consider as merely such varieties as 
arise among all plants much cultivated, and not more different 
from each other than the kinds of gooseberry common in our 
gardens. It must however be confessed, that by different modes 
of treatment. some plants die annually, while others last for 
years; but with us, in India at least, this depends more on the 
management than on the kind. The plant, I suspect, is an exotic 
in India; but on its introduction into Malabar, on account of its 
qualities in seasoning food, obtained the generic appellation of 
* Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. p. 519. 
Molago, 
