102 
7og. A. Inpvica. Rox. Flora. 3. p, 419. A. Latifolia. Rumph. Amb. 5. ¢ 
Df. 2. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢ 45. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 15. f. t. Ainslie. Mat. Ind 2. 
p. 194. Wight’s. Con. Ind. Bot. p. 20. Pea 
Mustaroo.— Doona.—Herbaceous, erect plant, 2or 3 feet high; leaves alter- 
nate, deeply gashed;—common on high lands in the Deccan.—Poorundhur 
Fort, in great abundance. 
797. A. MApDERASPATANA. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 422. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢, 49. 
An annual procumbent plant.—on rice fields &c. in the cold weather. 
798. A. AsproTANum. Sprengel syst. 3. p. 493. 
Common Southern wood.—In gardens, Bombay. 
398. ACHILLEA.L. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 
Named after Achilles, a Physician, who first used the plant in healing 
wounds. Lam. ¢. 683. Gaert. 2. ¢. 168. 
799. A. MILLEFoLIUM? Sprengel syst. 2. p. 600 Eng. Bot. t. 758. 
Yarrow.—In gardens, Belgaum. (Mr. Law.) Bombay. N. 
399. CHRYSANTHEMUM. L. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 
Chrysos—gold, anthos—a flower. Gaert. ¢. 168. 
300. C, Inpicum. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 436, Rheed. Mal. 10.¢. 44. Rumph. 
Amb. 5, t. 91. f-1. Linn. Trans. 13 p. 561. Bot. Mag. t. 327, 2042 and 2556. 
Gool Daodee; Christmas flower—very common in gardens. There are seve~ 
ral varieties with flowers of various colours, yellow, purple &c. &e. all are 
very ornamental. They flower chiefly during the cold weather. 
400. PYRETHRUM., L. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 
801. P. Inpicum. Rox. Flora, 3. p. 436. Sprengel syst. 3, p. 588. Bot.. 
Mag. t. 1521. 
Indian Feverfew.—Aunual, leaves alternate, linear, pinnatifid stem clasp- 
ing. Flowers terminal, solitary, yellow, on long smooth penducles. The: 
flowers &c. impress a peculiar pricking sensation on the tongue when: 
chewed.-- Bombay. N. 
ORDER 79. LOBELIACE. Don’s. syst. 3. p. 697. 
401. LOBELIA.L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Lobel—Physician to James Ist. Gaert. ¢. 25. Lam. ¢. 724. 
302. L. Nicotraniroria. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 506. Don’s, syst. 3. p. 709. 
Dawul.—A stout annual plant, with showy white flowers in terminal racemes;- 
appear in January and March,—Kandalla, rare: —most abundant on the hills 
about Parr. The dried stalks, which are hollow in the centre, are sold in the 
Mahableshwur Bazar and used as Koluri horns.---See a vignette in Dr. 
Clark’s Travels. vol. 5, 4to Edit. and an account of a similar kind of simple 
instrumentused in Sweden, for collecting herds of cattle aud scaring wolves. 
The Mahratta name Dawul is probably given in allusion to its uses as a 
reed for incantations. (Dr. Gibson.) 
402. PRATIA. Don. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Named after M. Prat, Bernon, formerly in the French Navy. 
803. P. Rapvicans. Don’s. syst, 3. p. 700. Lobelia radicans. Willd. f. p. 
498. 
An antual, creeping, glabrous plant, native of China; flowers of a pink 
colour.--In gardens Belgaum. it spreads over the soil, rooting at every 
branch, and is well adapted for borders to parterres, and for hiding the earth 
in flower pots. (Mr. Law.) Intd. at Dapooree from China. (Dr. Lush.) 
