" It is the Indian tuberose.
RANGANA.--A small and very pretty red flower which is used by native
females in ornamenting their betels.
SEONTI. _Rosa Glandulefera_. A white flower resembling the rose in size
and appearance. It has a sweet smell.
SEPHA'LIKA (_Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis_.)--A very pretty and delicate
flower which blooms at night, and drops down shortly after. It has a
sweet smell and is held to be sacred to Shiva. The juice of the leaves
of the Sephalika tree are used in curing both remittant and intermittent
fevers.
SURYJA MUKHI (_Helianthus Annuus_).--A large and very handsome yellow
flower, which is said to turn itself to the Sun, as he goes from East to
West, whence it has derived its name.
SURYJA MANI (_Hibiscus Phoeniceus_).--A small red flower.
GOLAKA CHAMPA.--A large beautiful white tulip-shaped flower having a
sweet smell. It is externally white but internally orange-colored.
TAGUR (_Tabernoemontana Coronaria_).--A white flower having a slight
smell.
TARU LATA.--A beautiful creeper with small red flowers. It is used in
native gardens for making hedges.
K.G.
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Pliny in his Natural History alludes to the marks of time exhibited in
the regular opening and closing of flowers. Linnaeus enumerates
forty-six flowers that might be used for the construction of a floral
time-piece.
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