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CALONYCTION ROXBURGHII. Convolvulacece. NAT. CHANDNEB. 

 NAT. MUEICATUM. Flowers, bluish purple. 



CALOPHTLLUM INOPHYLLUM. Guttiferce. NAT. PINNAT. 

 The Alexandrian Laurel. A very handsome tree with dark 

 green shining leaves, flowers white and fragrant, fruit round, 

 smooth, size of a large marble, the kernels yield a fixed oil, 

 known as "pinnay oil" used as an application in Rheumatic 

 affections, also for burning in lamps. 



CALYPTRANTHES CARYOPHYLLIFOLIA. Myrtacece. NAT. JA- 

 MOON. TAM. NAWEL. These are large growing timber trees, 

 the wood is light, and chiefly used for making grain measures, 

 the bark is astringent, and is used in a decoction by the Natives 

 for dysentery. 



CALYPTRANTHES JAMBOLANA. NAT. JAMOON. TAM. TURKO- 

 LUM. This is a large and handsome tree, flowers in February 

 and March, and thrives in any good soil. The fruit of the best 

 sort is as large as a common blue plum, which it resembles in 

 appearance ; it has a rough astringent flavor, and should be 

 soaked in salt and water before it is eaten. The fresh. stone if 

 planted grows immediately. 



CAPE OR BRAZIL GOOSEBERRY. Vide Physalis Peruviana. 



CAPRIFOLIUM SEMPERVIRENS. Caprifoliacece. The Lonicera 

 or Trumpet Honey-suckle named after Adam Loniceir, a German 

 Botanist. Common all over England. Grows in hedges, thickets, 

 and clefts of rocks ; flower yellow, or white with deep, red 

 streaks, and remarkable for its odour. Lonicera Sempervirens, 

 a native of North America, with flowers, scarlet outside and 

 yellowish white within very useful in covering walls ; the scent 

 at night is unpleasant to some persons, being sickly. Lonicera 

 Chinensis is common in some gardens of the Deccan. Is propa- 

 gated by slips and layers in any good garden soil. 



CARDAMOM. Vide Amomum Nutans. 



CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM. Sapindacece. NAT. SHIBJOOL. 

 TAM. MOODA-COTTON. The heart-pea or balloon vine; annual 

 climbing plant, with an inflated membranous capsule hence 

 its name. 



CAREYA ARBOREA. Myrtacece. TAM. KUMBEE. A large tree, 

 leaves deciduous in the cold season ; bears an oblong fruit, size 

 of an egg ; has a very peculiar scent, no use is made of it. 



