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tation of the native to the scientific names. The difficulties attending 

 such an attempt are very numerous and complicated; because the 

 native names are often indiscriminately applied to various species, 

 wrhen the latter approach each other in character or quality ; and, in 

 the east, where the vegetable kingdom is ransacked in all departments 

 for the purpose of supplying a materia medica to the native physicians, 

 these obstacles become more multifarious and perplexing than in 

 more civilized parts of the earth, where, however, it may be alleged 

 that the physical properties of plants are undervalued. Dr. Hamilton 

 is inclined to consider the native names properly applied as exhibited 

 in the following columns, which we have drawn up for the benefit of 

 our friends in India, where our Journal is already perused : 



