Z$8 BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS 



(( are unsound; and who, being themselves con- 

 " founded in the scorching stream of flames kindled 

 " by their mutual attrition, will consume not their 

 " own families merely, but this whole wood.*' The 

 original word Durvans'a has a double sense, meaning 

 both a dangerous bambu, and a man with a mis- 

 chievous offspring. Three other species, or varieties 

 of C/iandan, are mentioned in the Amaraco'sJia, by the 

 names Tai la-pa mica, Go'sirsha, and Herichandana ; 

 the red sandal (of which I can give no description) is 

 named Cucliandana from its inferior quality, Ranjana 

 and Racta from its colour, and Tilapavni, or Patrdnga % 

 from the form of its leaves, 

 -i 8. Cumuda : 

 Syn. Cairava. 

 Vulg. Ghain-chu. ' 



Rheede : Tsjeroea Cit Ambel. n H. M. t. 29, 

 Linn. Menianthes ? 

 Cal. Five-parted, longer than the tube of the corol, 



expanding, permanent; divisions awled. 

 Cor. One-petaled. Tube, rather belled; border 



five-parted ; divisions oblong, wavy on the margin : 



a longitudinal wing or foldlet in the middle of 



each. The mouth and whole interior part of the 



corol shaggy. 

 St am. Filaments five, awled, erect; Anthers twin, 



converging ; five, alternate, shorter, steril. 

 Pi st. Germ egged, very large in proportion; girt 



at its base with five roundish glands. Style very 



short, if any. Stigma headed. 

 Per. Capsule four-celled, many-seeded. 



Seeds 



