%68 BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS 



cynum, which it resembles in the leaves, and in- parts 

 of the cor oh 



Five of the Sanscrit names are strung together, 

 by the author of the Amaracbsh, in the following 

 verse : 



Goopi s'ydmd sarlvd syddanatotpala sarivd: 



and his commentator observes, that the last name 

 was given to the Sarivd from the resemblance of its 

 flowers to those of the Utpala, which I thence con- 

 clude to be a Menianthes, especially as it is always 

 described among the Indian Water-plants. The other 

 synonymous words are taken from Va'chaspati. 

 26. A' v 1 g n a , or Avhiga : 



Syn. Crishnapd cap' hala > SusMms, Caramardaca. 

 Vulg. Caro'nda, or Caraunda in two dictionaries ; 



in one, Pdniamala* 

 Linn. Carissa Car and as. 

 Cal. Perianth five-cleft, acute, very small, coloured, 



persistent. 

 Cor. One-petaled, funnel - form. Tube longish ; 

 throat swoln by the inclosed anthers. Border five- 

 parted $ divisions oblong; one side of each em- 

 bracing the next. 

 St am. Filaments live, extremely short. Anthers 



oblong, erect. 

 Pist. Germ above, roundish. Style thread - form, 



short, clubbed. Stigma narrower, pubescent. 

 Per. Berry ellipto'idal, two-celled. 

 Seeds, at least seven, oval, compressed, margined. 

 Flowers milk-white, jasmin-like. Fruit beautiful 



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