fcfii 



The Plan of 



Aso'ca: This is the true name of a charming tree, inaccurately named 

 • AJjdgam in the Hort. Malab. vol. 5. tab. 59. -It is 2. plant -of the 

 eighth clafs andj^r/? order, bearing flowers of exquifite jbeauty j and 

 its fruit, \jrhich Van Rheede had not feen, is a legume; compreffed, 

 incurved, long, pointed, with fix, feven, or eight feeds i it will be 

 defcribed very fully in a paper intended for the Society. The Brdkr 

 mens, whosadore beautiful; objefts, have confecrated the lovely AfdcM 

 they plant! it near the temples of Siva^ and frequently mention a 

 grove of it, m which Ra'van confined the unfortupate Si'ta'j. 

 The eighth day from the new moon of CtoVr^inclu five is' called 

 Afdcdft>tamh 



Crishna: Properly black or d&rk blue, an epithet of the Hinjdu God, 

 whofe youthful exploits refemble thofe of Apollo Norrtius-J he was 

 particularly worshipped by the Siimfena, or people of Mat'hura I 

 and Arrian fays, that the Suraceni adored Hercules; but th^ 

 deity, whom he meanjs, was HerculeS Mufagetes, ox G Spina? bd 9 

 who was the patron of fcience, according to Mr. Bryant, or thfc 

 6 God of eloquence with the Mufes in his train.' See Anal. Arm 

 My thai. vol. 2. p. 74. The ..Gdfiyab were the patronefTes of mufick 

 and poetry. '-■ - — ; 



Bhu champ ac t So the Hindus call a beautiful ;plant defcrlibedjby Rhee-j 

 de 9 and admitted by Linnjeus undfr tfre names of K(teMPFERiA 

 rotunda: the Indian appellation is Tjery ; improper j as jthe flower 

 lias no refemblance to the Chambac, jexcept in the richikefs of its- 

 odour. Bku means ground, from which the bloflonis fife with & 



lliort fcape, ,and fcarce live a whole day. 



