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this order will never be determined with absolute cer- 

 tainty until all the scitamineous plants of India shall be 

 perfectly described, 

 3 SeVhalica': 



Syn. Suvaha\ Nirgudi', JNilka\ Niva'rica'* 

 Vulg. Singaha', Niba'ri. 

 JLinn. Sorrowful Nyctanthes, 



In all the plants of this species examined by me, 

 the calyx was villous ; the border of the corol white 

 five-parted, each division unequally subdivided ; and 

 the tube of a dark orange-colour ; the stamens and 

 pistil entirely within the tube: the berries twin, com- 

 pressed, capsular, two-celled, margined, inverse- 

 hearted, with a point. This^-^v tree (for nothing sor- 

 rowful appears in its nature) spreads its rich odour to 

 a considerable distance every evening ; but at sun- 

 rise it sheds most of its night-flowers , which are col- 

 lected with care for the use of perfumers and dyers. 

 My Pandits unanimously assure me, that the plant 

 before us is their Se'p'ha'Iica, thus named because bees 

 are supposed to sleep on its blossoms; but Nilica 

 must imply a blue colour ; and our travellers insist 

 that the Indians give the names of Pdrija'tica or Pari- 

 ja'ta to this useful species of Nyctanthes. On the other 

 hand, I know that Pdrijdta is a name given to flow- 

 ers of a genus totally different ; and there may be a 

 variety of this with blueish corols , for it is expressly 

 declared, in the Amarcish, that, when the Sep'hd- 

 " lied has wJute floweFs, it is named S'zve'tasurasa, an4 

 " Bhdtavesi. 



4. ». Maghya, 



R 4 Syw. 



