GLOSSARY. 



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belonging to Shiva, srsf Sun, *Tr Golden, f|n belonging to 

 Deer, &c. 



Corruptions are not uncommon; the country-people say Era or 

 Eera for Vera (%^r ), wild. Yel for Vel, a creeper, Hela or Ela for 

 Wahela, the name of Terminalia helerica, &c. 



Errors of pronunciation have been the cause of many mistakes in 

 Marathi names when written in English characters. 



In the list of names, which I now present to the Society, I have taken 

 much trouble to ascertain the orthography of the words ; 1st, by ex- 

 tracting all the names of plants from Moles worth's Dictionary and 

 from several Marathi books on wild medicinal plants ; 2nd, by com- 

 paring the list thus made with the names found in English botanical 

 works, the spelling of which I have thus in most cases been able to 

 correct when necessary. The list thus revised contains about 1,200 

 Latin names of plants found in this Presidency or sold in the Bazars 

 with usually two or three Marathi or Guzarathi equivalents for each 

 botanical name. 



There still remain on hand a number of vernacular names for 

 future identification and incorporation in the Glossary. 



GLOSSARY 



Abelmoschus, see Hibiscus. 

 Abroma augusta, Linn 



Abrus precatorius, Linn 



Abutilon graveolens, W. & A, 



„ indicum, G. Bon. ... 



,, „ var tomentosum, 



„ muticum, G. Don 



Acacia arabica, Willd 



„ „ var 



» » var 



,, „ seeds 



,, Catechu, Willd 



H „ catechuic acid 



afi^cKrl'^n? Olaktambol, or 3fTrtdc*»«0rt 

 Olatkambol. 



T[*[, Gunj, ^ret Chanoti. 



n^pr Mudam. 



qrpn" Petari, jRft Madmi, gr^T Karandi. 



^"sfPTST Chakrabhenda. 

 The seed is sold in the shops as ^rt«ft=fl 

 Balbij. The capsules of these plants 

 are called fl^r Mudra, from their resem- 

 blance to a seal. 



=fi%<# Kasili. 



^T*o5 Babhtil. 



3iHPi<2!<" Veribabhtik 



TTI^RtHT Ramakanta. 



vrrg^ft Dhamuki. 



^^fr Khaderi, *lrc Khair. 



Found in cavities in the wood. *?fc^nT 

 Khairsar. 



