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268 *Majorana hortensis* Moench (P.V. Tewari) = *Origanum majorana* Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1206). 269 A synonym of several plants (P.V. Tewari). Identified as *Aloe barbadensis* Mill., *Merremia gangetica* (Linn.) Cufo. = *M. emarginata* (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (see on the nomenclature: S.S.R. Bennet, 1987), *Nardostachys grandiflora* DC. = *N. jatamansi* DC., and *Spaeranthus indicus* Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 86, 1096, 1158, 1523). 270 Unidentified. 271 Not identified by P.V. Sharma (1997). 272 Possibly a *Ficus* species (P.V. Tewari). 273 Identified as *Ipomoea aquatica* Forsk. (P.V. Tewari). Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 485: *Corchorus capsularis* Linn., and 488: *Corchorus olitorius* Linn. 274 Unidentified. 275 Tentatively identified as *Mammea longifolia* Planch. et Triana (P.V. Tewari). 276 Unidentified. 277 Tentatively identified as *Clitoria ternatea* Linn. (P.V. Tewari). Nīlaspandā is a synonym of the nīlā variety of aparājitā in the *Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu* (4.85). 278 Unidentified. 279 A synonym of aguru (P.V. Tewari). Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 147. 280 Probably a synonym of aguru. 281 Possibly rājapalaṇḍu or mātuluṅga (P.V. Tewari). Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 80: palaṇḍu. 282 Unidentified. 283 *Gossypium herbaceum* Linn. (P.V. Tewari). 284 Kusumbha, pūtikarañja or cirabilva (P.V. Tewari). 285 Possibly amlavetasa (P.V. Tewari). 286 Kṛṣṇadhattūra or kṛṣṇanirguṇḍī (P.V. Tewari). The same as sidhraka according to P.V. Sharma (1997). Identified as *Altingia excelsa* Noronha (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 102). 287 The same as śitivāraka (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 288 A synonym of aśmantaka and bhavyā (P.V. Tewari). A synonym of amlaloṭa (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 289 A synonym of karpūra, śamī and śatapuṣpā (P.V. Tewari). The same as karpūra (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 290 A variety of pippalī (P.V. Tewari). 291 Possibly śrīvāraka or suniṣaṇṇaka (P.V. Tewari). The same as śitivāraka (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Śitivāraka is identified as *Blepharis edulis* Pers. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 243). 292 Unidentified. 293 Identified as *Flacourtia indica* (Burm.f.) Merr. = *F. ramontchi* L'Herit. (P.V. Tewari, 1997; P.V. Tewari). 294 A synonym of trivṛt (P.V. Tewari). Probably identical with tribhaṇḍī = trivṛt (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1199). 295 Unidentified. 296 Unidentified. 297 Vasuka is identified as *Calotropis gigantea* (Linn.) Ait.f. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 301; compare on the nomenclature: WIRM III, rev. ed., 78), *C. procera* (Ait.) Ait.f. (=