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females ; and trees which are spongy and have a milky sap, 

 as the Erythrina Indica, fall under the class of hermaph- 

 rodites. 



Independent of the foregoing distinctions, plants in 

 general are sub-divided into four kinds, viz : — 



1. O'datlj or those which bear fruit once and then die. 



2. Avakesij or those bearing no fruit. 



3. Vanapati, or those bearing fruit (apparently) without 

 blossoms. 



4. Vanapatavam, or those bearing fruits from blossoms. 

 The following is a list of the animals in the Sardyucham 



class, as known to the Tamils, and arranged according to 

 their genera. Should it meet with the approval of the 

 Society, I shall in my next communication follow it up with 

 lists of the objects in the other classes. 



LIST OF ANIMALS IN THE SARA YUJA CLASS. 



I. — Genus, Puli. 



1. Vayappuli or Si?ikam, the lion. 



2. Venkaippuli, the royal lion. 

 3 Karumpuli, the black tiger. 



4. Sempuli, the red tiger. 



5. Kalutaippuli, hyaena. 



6. Sirutteippuli, the leopord. 



7. Kodippuli, the tiger cat, 



II. — Genus, Punai. 



1. Punai, the domestic cat. 



2. Kddduppunai, the wild cat. 



3. Pulukuppunai, the civet cat. 



III. — Genus, Jail 

 1. Tali or Ydnaiydli. 



The name of this animal occurs in the different JSikandus, 

 and is described as a lion with the proboscis of an elephant, 



