Vlll 



Some names of plants will be found which are perhaps 

 not indigenous or cultivated in India, and of which only the 

 products are to be found in the bazar ; as Ladan (Cistus Cre- 

 ticus,) Gum Labdanum ; and Hing, (Ferula asafcetida,) 

 asafoetida : but it was thought useful to leave these as a 

 guide ; to medical men more particularly. 



The same names are often marked in both parts, or in the 

 sections of Part II. as only belonging to one language, while 

 they are, in fact, common to two or more ; thus Dillenia 

 Indica or Speciosa, is marked in Part I. as B. Chalta, while 

 it is equally called by this name in Hindi. 



To facilitate research, Part II. has been divided into two 

 sections; but when any difficulty occurs, both should be examin- 

 ed in search of the name : for the different dialects often adopt 

 the name used in the native country of the plant, with but at 

 most a slight variation. The Karia-pilli of the Tamool, which 

 is the Karia-phullee ofthe Bengalese (Bergera Koanigii), (origi- 

 nally perhaps from Southern India, though now a common 

 plant about the gardens of Calcutta, its leaf giving a pecu- 

 liar flavour to curries,) is an example of this sort of corrup- 

 tion. 



Blank spaces have been designedly left after each letter in 

 both parts, that names which may be found may be noted 

 in them by the possessor of the work. 



The note of interrogation has been added when any uncer- 

 tainty exists. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



S. Sanscrit. 



B. Bengalee. 



H. Hindee. 



N. Nawar or the Napalese dialect. 



TAM. Tanml. 



T. Telinga. 



CYWG. Cingalese. 

 CAN. Canarese. 

 MAIL Mahratta. 

 G. Guzrattee. 

 M. Malabar. 



