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Krishna. The exact history of Mirabilis jalapa is yet wrapt in 
-myster 
4. “Belamvanda chinensis—@*t @tz, dash bahu, ten arms. 
5. Agave Vere-Crucis—qgv Fa, mukut phul, “flower like 
the crown worn by a bridegroom.” ‘The name is really that of 
the flower. 
I ate the Bengali name of which is formed by the 
aid of the name some part or property of a plant or of some 
article in common use with or without a qualifying adjective 
or noun. 
. Argemone mexicana—yitta Bde, shrigal kantak, ctata 
@tbi shéyal kanta, the “ jackal’s thorn,” also «9 ctuta#atti bara 
shéyal kanta, to distinguish it from the ctataetti proper, 
which is Onicus arvensis. 
Euphoria Longana, the Longan &tea, ansh phal. 
. Thevetia ot sate oa, kalké phul, from @até the 
hukka — and 
4. Meriandra Seeisah aia sya Atel, karpir pata, from #77 
=camphor, *%tei=leaf. 
Dd. Polianthes tuberosa, Bat 1%, rajani gandha, “ night scent.” 
IV. Species whose Bengali names are modifications of 
their foreign names— 
1. Anona reticulata, att, ndna, or cate, lina, with the not 
uncommon interchange of landn. The Dictionary of Economic 
ucts gives lina as a synonym of ata. It is very doubtful 
_whether citi is ever used as a name for Anona squamosa. The 
word Anona is said to be derived from the Malay name Manoa, 
dialectice menona 
2. Papaver somniferum— cts, posta, really the name of the 
_ seeds, cts c6ST, posta dheri, we Be the capsule. The word cits 
n? 
oes pa seem to be Indian; is it 
Averrhea Carambola, afaat; kamranga, or 
‘ stae7i, 
kamranga ; similar in Sanskrit. The word may be a corruption 
of the pil name os eee Carambola, 
4, Averrhea mbi—fafafs, bilimbi, probably derived 
ees the Malay 1 name map she tree 
ene f Mabagobes cae méhagani, 4={t mahagni, 
ork 
6. eiteht chinensis—fag, lichu, from the Chinese name of 
the fruit. 
7. Anacardium occidentale—atq ttyta, kaju badam : Cashew 
Nut. 
8. Rosa damascena, Rosa centifolia, and some other roses 
ct from the West—ctttatz, golab, from the Persian gui 
or g 
9. “Punica Granatum—stfan, m, ytfea, dalim, ytfes, 
darim, names directly derived from as e comesponding Sanskrit 
name of the fruit ; atytz from the Persian anar or na 
