OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 695 



pata" or " parpataka " (J. F. Wats.), in Telinga " parpatakum," in Tamil " parpadagum," in Benga- 

 lee "ghimashak" (Drur.) ; in which we recognize the " parpata " prescribed by Susrutas sutr. 46 to 

 chik 37: — M. cerviana was observed by Elliot among the Northern Circars ; by Ainslie, Pidding- 



karee " or " kunthukarika " or " kunthalika " or " kunthakinee " or " kshoodra " or " vrihutee " or 

 " vyaghree," in Bengalee " kanta-karee '' (J. F. Wats.), in Tamil " cundunghatrie," in Telinga " van- 

 kuda" or " nella mollunga," in Hindustanee " kootaya " (Drur.) ; in which we recognize the "kanta- 

 kari " or " kantakarika " or " kshudra " prescribed by Susrutas sutr. 44 to chik. 37 : — S. Jacquini 

 was observed by Nimmo, and Graham, "common" around Bombay and on the Deccan, "a native 

 officinal article of some importance ; " by Roxburgh, Ainslie, and Wight, as far as Travancore and 

 Bengal, its fruit considered expectorant by the natives, also eaten by them in curries, and cultivated 

 for this purpose in the Circars (Drur.). 



Solatium Indicum of Tropical Eastern Asia. A prickly-leaved branching shrub called in Sans- 

 crit "kakamachi " or " vributee " (J. F. Wats.), in Tamil " moollie," in Telinga "tella mulaka," in 

 Bengalee "byakoor" (Drur.); in which we recognize the "kakamachi " prescribed by Susrutas sutr. 

 46 to chik. 1 : — S. Indicum was observed by Rheede ii. pi. 36 in Malabar ; by Graham, " common in 

 the Deccan," and around Bombay; by Roxburgh, Ainslie, and Wight, "all over India," the root 

 employed medicinally; by Burmann z. pi. 102, on Ceylon; by Mason, in Burmah, enumerated as 

 indigenous ; by Loureiro i. 131, in Anam. 



Ocymum villosum of Tropical Hindustan. A species of basil called in Telinga " arjakam," 

 in Bengalee and Hindustanee " toolusee " or " toolsi " (J. F. Wats.), and possibly the " ar- 

 jaka" in question : — O. villosum was observed by Powell in the Punjaub, by the author of hort. 

 beng., Piddington, and Long, in Bengal, the seeds and juice of the leaves employed medicinally 

 (Drur.). 



Stemodia viscosa of Tropical Hindustan. A small hairy glutinous annual called at Patna 

 " nukachoonie " (Irv.) ; and the "nikochana" prescribed by Susrutas sutr. 36 to chik. 17 and 



kalp. 1. maybe compared: S. viscosa was observed by Graham in the environs of Bombay; by 



Roxburgh, cor. ii. pi. 163 as far as Coromandel (Pers.) ; and is enumerated by Irvine 279 among the 

 medicinal plants of Patna (J. F. Wats.). 



ClerodendroH inerme of Tropical shores from Hindustan to the Samoan Islands. A flowering 

 shrub called in Sanscrit " kundali " (Pidd.) ; in Tagalo " casopangil " or " laroan anito " or " macala- 

 lauang " or " igifiga," in Bisaya " asuangai " or " pacapis " or " colocolog " or " alocasoc " (Blanco) ; 

 and the "kundali'"" prescribed by Susrutas sutr. 16, — may be compared : C. inerme was observed 

 by Rheede v. pi. 49 in Malabar ; by Graham, " common " on " the verge of high water mark " in the 

 vicinity of Bombay, and found by Law used for hedges at Madras ; by Roxburgh, and Ainslie, in 

 Eastern Hindustan, occasionally employed in medicine (Lindl.) ; by Mason, indigenous in Burmah •, 

 by Blanco, on the Philippines, employed medicinally by the natives; is termed "jasminum littoreum " 

 by Rumphius v. pi. 46 ; and was observed by myself, submaritime on the Feejeean, Tongan, and 

 Samoan Islands. (See Monetia barlerioides.) 



Clerod-ndron siphonanthus of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. Suffruticose and tall, called in 

 Sanscrit "brahmunje" or " brahmunayustica " (J. F. Wats.), in the environs of Bombay " barungee " 

 (Graham) : the "b'hargi" or "bahmi" or "p'hanjika" or " vajra " of Susrutas sutr. 16 to chik. 37,— 

 is referred here by Hessler: C. siphonanthus was observed by Gibson, and Graham, " common in 

 Bombay o-ardens, said to grow wild on the hills east of Ahmednuggur ; " by Burmann ind. pi. 43, and 

 Roxburgh, in other parts of Hindustan ; by Mason, in Burmah, enumerated as indigenous ; and is 

 known to grow as far as Java (Pers.). _ ,,,..,,„ 



Clerodeudron phlomoides of Tropical Hindustan. A large shrub called in Telinga tilaka 

 (Ell) in the environs of Bombay " irun " (Graham); in which we recognize the "tilaka "tree of 

 Susrutas kalp 7 — Jay adevas ii. 6, its flower according to Kalidasa kum. iii. 30 to ragh. ix. 40 the 

 beautv of sprino- mentioned also in the Canara Inscription ; C. phlomoides was observed by Graham 

 very common "°in hedges and about villages in the Deccan," its "white fragrant flowers in terminal 

 panicles " appearing " in the cold weather ; " by Burmann ind. pi. 45, Ainslie, and Roxburgh, in other 



parts of Hindustan. . 



4steracantha longifolia of Tropical Hindustan and Burmah. A Ruellioid annual called in 

 Sanscrit " vanasrnigata " or "gocshuraca" or "gocantaca" (W. Jones) or " gokantuka " or " ikshu- 

 gandha," in Hindustanee " gokshura " (J. F. Wats.), in Tamil " neer-moollie," in Telinga " neer- 

 goobbie" in Bengalee " kanta-koolika" (Drur.); in which we recognize the " ikshugand ha or 

 "crokslmra" prescribed by Susrutas sutr. 46 to chik. 30 : -A. longifolia was observed by Rheede ,,. 

 ofac in Malabar ; by Gibson and Graham, in the environs of Bombay, " a very common herbaceous 

 plant" its seeds prescribed medicinally under the name of " tal-mugami ; " by W. Jones as. res. iv. 



