2gZ BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS 



47. Hemasa'gara, or the Sea of Gold. 



Vulg. Himsdgar. 



Linn* Jagged-leaved Cot y led ok. 



Cal. Perianth four- cleft ; divisions acute. 



Cor. One-petaled : Tube four-angled, larger at the 



base ; border four-parted -, divisions egged, acute. 



Nectary one minute, concave scale at the base of 



each germ. 

 Stam. Filaments eight, adhering to the tube ; four 



just emerging from its mouth ; four alternate, 



shorter. Anthers erect, small, furrowed. 

 Pi st. Germs four, conical. Styles, one from each 



germ, awled, longer than the filament. Stigmas 



simple. 

 Per. Capsules four, oblong, pointed, bellied, one 



valved, bursting longitudinally within. 

 Seeds numerous, minute. 



Panicles terminal. Floivers of the brightest gold-colour. 

 'Leaves thick, succulent, jagged, dull sea-green. 



Stem jointed, bending, in part recumbent. This 



plant flowers for many months annually in Bengal: 



in one blossom out of many, the numbers were 



l en 2sAjive\ but the filaments alternately long and 



short. 



48. Madhu'ca: 



Syn. Gurapushpa, Madhudruma, Vanaprasfha, Mad- 



husMh'ila, Madhu. 

 Vulg. Maiiydla, Mahuyd, Mahzvd, 

 L ink. Long-leaved Ba s s 1 a . 



49. Cahla'ra* : 



* According to the sacred Grammar, this word ?ras Written 

 Cahlhara, and pronounced as Cattara would be in ancient British. 

 When the flowers are red, the plant is called Hallaca and Racta 

 iandbaia* 



Syn. 



