1830.J 
Hindustani Synonimes of Plants. 
191 
Hindustani § Png. Systematic Names. 
Suran, Arum campanulatum 
Suraujan, Colchicum,speeiesof 
Nicotiana Tabacum, 
Tainarindus indica. 
Tambacu, tobacco, 
Taniarihiudi, tama- 
rind, 
Taj, , 
Tara-tezac, garden- 
cress, 
Tarbuz, water-me- Cucurbita Citrullus, 
Ion, 
Taj-i -cahrus, 
Laurus Cassia. 
Lepidium sativum. 
Tal-mac, liana, 
Tar, palm tree, 
Tejpat, leaf of, 
Tendu, 
T,hubar, 
Tid,hara, 
Til, seed of the, 
Tikur, starch from 
the root of, 
Tisi, 
Tomri, gourd, 
Tulidun, 
Tulsi, basil. 
Amaranthus, a spe- 
cies of. 
Barleria longifolia. 
Borassus flabellifor- 
mis. 
Laurus Cassia. 
Jiiospyros Ebemun. 
Euphorbia neriifolia. 
antiquorum. 
Sesamum orientale. 
Curcuma angustifo- 
lia. 
Linum usitatissimum. 
Cucurbita lagenaria. 
Solanum nigrum. 
Ocyuium sanctum. 
Hindustani % Png. Systematic Names. 
Turai, Cucumis acutangu- 
las. 
Turbad, turpith, Convolvulus Turpe- 
thum . 
Turmas, lupine, Lupinus, species of. 
Turanj, citron. Citrus medica. 
Ton, toon, Cedrela Toona. 
Tiiirt, mulberry, Morus, species of. 
To 
uar. 
Cytisus Cajan. 
Tuj, 
U. 
Uampi, Cookia punctata. 
Udambar, figtree, Ficus glomerata. 
Uc,b, sugar cane, Saccharum officina- 
rum. 
TJIu, Saccharum cylindri- 
cura. 
Untcatara, Echinops echinatus. 
Usfur, safflower, Carthamustinctorius 
Z. 
Zarawand, birth- Aristolochia, species 
wort, of. 
Zard-chob, turme- Curcuma longa. 
ric, 
Zard-alu, apricot, Prunus armeniaca. 
Zira, cummin, Cuminum Cyminum. 
Zufa, hyssop, Hyssopus, species of. 
IV . — Some Account of the Proceedings of H. M. C. M. Corvette La 
Chevrette in the Indian Seas. 
A little more than two years ago, La Chevrette, a Corvette of H. M. C. Majesty, 
commanded by M. Fabre, visited Calcutta in the course of a voyage, the objects of 
which, if not purely scientific, are not very easy to be guessed at. It was known to 
those who had the pleasure of making acquaintance with the officers of this vessel, 
that much of their attention bad been given to scientific enquiries, and in particu- 
lar we may mention a communication of great interest made by one of them, M. 
De Blossville, to Colonel Hodgson, then Surveyor General, on the inclination and 
declination of the magnetic needle. This communication, with some additions by 
Colonel Hodgson, is, we believe, to appear in the forthcoming volume of the physi- 
cal labours of the Asiatic Society, of which body M. De Blossville is an honorary 
member. 
We have been favoured by the kindness of a friend, with the sight of a small 
pamphlet published in Paris, by which we perceive that La Chevrette had arrived 
in France, and that her proceedings had occasioned some interest there. The 
pamphlet in question is entitled Compte rendu au Ministre de la Marine des operations 
faites pendant la Campagne de la Chevrette, commands par M. Fabre, ; and it con- 
tains a general enumeration of their labours. It is drawn up by M. Le Contre- 
Amiral De Rossel, Director of the general dep&t of the Marine, and is followed by 
two Reports from the Academy of Sciences, one by MM. Desfontaines, Geoffroy St. 
Hilaire, Dumeril, and Baron Cuvier, on the additions made to Natural History ; 
the other by MM. De Rossel, Mathieu, and Arago, on the mathematical and physical 
results. Of the two latter we here present our readers with translations, as addi- 
tional proofs of the interest taken by the French nation in all that concerns the 
progress of science. If to the labours of the officers of La Chevrette we add those 
of MM. Diard and Duvaucel, of M- Dussoumier, and of a gentleman well known in 
Calcutta, now busily employed in investigating the natural history and physical 
geography of India, we shall be forced to confess, however humiliating the acknow- 
ledgment, that France will have done more in the short period of the peace for 
making India known to the scientific men of Europe, than England has in the whole 
period during which she has held the country. There is a general spirit of scientific 
research diffused throughout the French nation, which can only be attrjbut- 
