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A pretty, herbaceous, creeping plant, with small deep bright blue flowers 
It is very common on the plains of the Deccan during the rains.—Malabar 
hill, Bombay, rare. 
Burmann says, it is called Vishnugarandi, after a heathen Diety, and that 
it is reputed a sovereign remedy for dysentery, ‘ 
TRIBE 3. Cuscurea. 
485, CUSCUTA.L. Pentandria Digynia. . 
Name said to be derived from the Arabic. Gaert. t. 62. Lam. t. 88. 
. 1001. C. Rerrexa. Don’s, syst. 4, p. 305. Rox. Flora. 1. p. : . 
\ Cor. 2. ¢. 104,.C. Hookerii, Hookers eat Flora. 150. aie 
Ahas puwan.— Amurvel.---A parasite with filiform, twining, succuleift stems, . 
Jeafless, smooth, yellow; flowers white, small. 4 
The Concans. N. on trees at Mahableshwur.—Common in Guzerat, on hedges 
and bushes by the road side. (Mr. Vaupell.) 
1002, C.Sutcata. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 305. Rox. Flora. }. p. 447. Much like - 
the last, but of smaller size. Common in gardens, adhering to greens. &c. N. 
These plants bear a considerable resemblance to the Cassytha _filiformis. 
_s ORDER 97. BORAGINE. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 306. 
THe Borace Tribe. Lind. nat. syst. p. 24. 
486. TRICHODESMA. Don. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From ithriz—a hair, and desmos —a bond; the anthers are bound together 
with hairs. ; 
1003. T. Inpicum. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 311. Borago indica, Rox. Flora. 1. 
p- 458. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 76, f. 3. 
Chota- Kulpa.—Ax annual plant, with scabrous leaves, and pale blue flow- 
ers. It springs up very common in waste places during the rains. —Abundant 
in the Deccan. (Dr. Gibson.) 
1004. T. ZeyLanicum. Don’s, syst. 4. p.311, Borago zeylanica. Rox. 
Flora. 1. p. 458, Burm. Ind. ¢. 14. f. 2. Pluk. Mant. ¢. 335. f. 4. Ilacq. Icon. 
Rar. t. 314. 
Annual; stem purplish, hispid: flowers pale blue.—In the Ataveesy, 
south of the Taptee. (Dr. Gibson.) The Deccan. (Dr. Lush.) 
487. LITHOSPERMUM. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
_ From lithos.-—a stone, and sperma—-seed; in allusion to the hard stony seeds. 
Lam. t. 9). Gaert. ¢. 67. Tourn, ¢. 55. 
1005. UL. Purpureo-ca&ruLeum. Don’s, syst. 4. p, 321. Smith’s English 
Botany. ¢. 117. Pluk. Phyt. ¢. 76. f. 2. 
Herbaceous plant with scabrous stems; flowers showy, red, changing to 
purple, Dapooree. ind. from the Cape of Good Hope. (Dr. Lush.) It grows 
wild in the chalky soil of Kent. 
488. ECHIUM. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From Echis—a viper; in allusion to a fancied resemblance between a vi- 
per’s head and the seeds. Lam. ¢. 94. Gaert. t. 67. 
1006. E. Viotaceum, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 332. Herbaceous plant, with large 
violet or pale blue flowers. Dapooree, ind. (Dr. Lush.) 
1007. E. Caritatum. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 330. A suffruticose, hispid plant, 
with red, terminal flowers. Dapooree. intd. from the Cape of Good Hope 
where itis indigenous. (Dr. Lush.) ; 
The E. vulgare, or common Vipers Bugloss. Eng. Bot. ¢. 181. is,one of the 
most beautiful of wild English flowers. 
