INDIAN ZOOLOGY. 



but at the fame time its roots are the moft venemous. It 

 is found in Ceylon and Malabar, and, on account of its 

 charming appearance, is called by Linnceus, Gloriosa 

 SuPERBA, Sp. PL 437. By the natives it is flyled Na~ 

 jajala and Nyaghala, poffibly from its being pofTefTed of a 

 poifon as potent as that of the ferpent Naja, or Cobra dg 

 Capello, whofe bite is the moft fatal of any yet known. 



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