5p4 BOTANICAL OBSERVATIONS 



Rheede to the whole plant, though the word Ca* 

 mala, which belongs to another Limu-ean species 

 of JSympliiCOy be clearly engraved on his plate in 

 JSdgari letters. There is a variety of this species 

 with leaves purplish on both sides ; flowers dark 

 crimson, calycine petals richly coloured internally, 

 and anthers flat, furrowed, adhering to the top of 

 the filaments : the petals are more than fifteen, less 

 pointed, and broader than the blue, with little 

 odour. 



The true Lotos of Egypt is the Nymphjea MM- 

 fer, which in Sanscrit has the following names or epi- 

 thets : Pa dma, NalinayAravwdd) Mahotpala, Cama- 

 la, Cuseshaya, Sahasrapatra, Sdrasa, Panceruha, Td- 

 marasa, Sarasiruha, Rdj'iva, Visaprasuna, Pushcara y 

 Ambhoruha, Satapalra. The new-blown flowers of 

 the rose-coloured Padma, have a most agreeable fra- 

 grance ; the white and yellow have less odour : the; 

 blue, I am told, is a native of Cashmi'r and Persia. 

 50. Champ ac a : 

 Syn. Cha'mpe'ya^ He 'mapushpaca* 

 Vulg. Champac 9 Champa* 

 Linn. MicheTui, 



The delineation of this charming and celebrate4 

 plant, exhibited by Van Rheede, is very correct, 

 but rather on too large a scale : no material change 

 can be made in its natural character given by Lin- 

 Mmvs; but, from an attentive examination of his 

 two species, I suspect them to be varieties only, and 

 am certain that his trivial names are merely difTer- 

 '•nr vrays of expressing the same word. The strong 



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