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684 Identified as Ocimum americanum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1184). MW: Ocimum adscendens; see Hooker IV, 609 and 614 on O. adscendens Willd. and O. adscendens Wight. 685 Unidentified. 686 Variously identified. See: M. Abdul Kareem (1997); Bāpālāl (1982): 226 and 311–315; Chopra's Glossary; DWH II, 244 and 308; R.K. Issar (1974); G. Pandey (1994): 90–98; P.V. Sharma (1985a): 352, (1997). 687 Unidentified. 688 Usually identified as Acalypha indica Linn. (DWH III, 291; G. Pandey, 1994: 115–132; P.V. Sharma, 1997; WIRM I, 20). 689 Identified as Hesperethusa crenulata (Roxb.) M.Roem. = Limonia crenulata Roxb. by P.V. Sharma (1979a: 95 and 101), (1997). It is also mentioned in the Kalyāṇakāraka (4.32). 690 The same as Suśruta's karavī (Su.Sū.46.230) according to P.V. Sharma (1979a: 157) or identical with hiṅgupattrī (P.V. Sharma, 1997). Also identified as Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briq. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 835). 691 Identified as Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. by P.V. Sharma (DGV V, 319–320), (1997). 692 Coleus amboinicus Lour. = C. aromaticus Benth. (V.V. Sivarajan and Indu Balachandran, 1986: 250). The same as sārivā (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 693 Unidentified. 694 Unidentified. 695 According to Sukhadeva it is called pāvuṭṭa in Malayāḷam; see M. Gundert, 1970: II, 653: pāvaṭṭa, Pavetta indica Linn. See S.S.R. Bennet (1987) and WIRM VII, 282 on the nomenclature of this plant. 696 Unidentified. 697 Unidentified. 698 Identified as Morinda pubescens Sm. = M. coreia Buch.-Ham. = M. tinctoria Roxb. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1131; P.V. Sharma, 1997; see on the nomenclature: S.S.R. Bennet, 1987), as several species of Pavetta, and as Tarenna alpestris (Wight) Balakr. = Stylocoryne lucens (Hook.f.) Gamble (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 1240–1242 and 1589a). 699 Unidentified. 700 Rhododendron arboreum Sm. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 701 Allium ascalonicum Linn. (MW) or A. sativum Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 82). 702 A variety of garlic. 703 Unidentified. 704 It is called samudrapaccā in Malayāḷam acc. to Sukhadeva (of uncertain identity acc. to M. Gundert, 1970: II, 1039). 705 Sukhadeva says that it is called cīra in Malayāḷam; this is the name of a series of different plants (M. Gundert, 1970: I, 369). 706 The same as pippalī according to P.V. Sharma (1997). 707 Tribulus terrestris Linn. = T. lanuginosus Linn. or a similar plant (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1636; MW; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 708 A kind of white basil, a species of Ocimum, according to MW. 709 Unidentified. 710 Cassia sophera Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 352).