104 BOTANY. 



Another species with the same English name is occa- 

 sionally seen in European gardens. 

 Calonyction speciosum. 



JASMINE ROUGE. 



This beautiful little creeper which the French and 

 Burmese call red jasmine, the English China creeper, and 

 the botanists quamoclit or dwarf bean, is quite naturaliz- 

 ed throughout the Provinces. I have adopted the French 

 name as being both more descriptive and euphonious than 

 either of the others. 



Quamoclit pe?inatum. 

 Ipomaa quamoclit. 



HAIRY LETSOMIA. 



A large red flowered creeper of the convolvulus tribe, 

 and genus letsornia is seen during the rainy season on al- 

 most every hedge. 



Letsornia sctosa. 



THUNBERGIA. 



A large creeper with azure flowers belonging to the 

 genus thunbergia is a conspicuous plant in the forests. 

 1 do not rind the species described in any of the books 

 to which I can refer. 

 Thunbergia. 



UOLY BASIL. 



The basil tuft so often seen about the temples of Hin- 



du: 



that waves 



Its fragrant blossoms o'er their.graves.'-' 



has been so generally introduced that it is not less com- 

 mon in the neighborhood of Karen houses. 

 Ocimum sanctum. 



