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806–808) mentiones three species: *Glycosmis arborea* (Roxb.) DC., *G. cochinchinensis* Pierre ex Engler, and *G. pentaphylla* (Retz.) DC. (these names are absent from WIRM). 329 *Cannabis sativa* Linn. 330 See P.V. Sharma’s Intr. to his ed. of the *Śabdacandrikā*, 5–6. 331 *Kaempferia rotunda* Linn. (WIRM V, 315). 332 Its synonym is *dṛḍhakaṇṭaka*, identified as *Carissa carandas* Linn. (M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 332; *Vanauṣadhicandrodaya* II, 83). *Dṛḍhakaṇṭaka* is also regarded as a synonym of *aṅkoṭa* (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 65). 333 *Annona squamosa* Linn. 334 *Glinus oppositifolius* (Linn.) A.DC. = *Mollugo oppositifolia* Linn. = *M. spergula* Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 802; P.V. Sharma, 1997). Also identified as *Mollugo cerviana* Ser. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1117). 335 *Heliotropium indicum* Linn. (P.V. Sharma, 1997; WIRM V, 29). 336 Identified as *Lannea coromandelica* (Houtt.) Merrill = *L. grandis* Engl. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 995). 337 One of the synonyms of *aśoka* (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1445). 338 Identified as *Clerodendrum infortunatum* Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 442). 339 Identified as *Leucus cephalotes* Spreng. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 1018). 340 *Annona reticulata* Linn. (Hindi *nonā*, according to a note of P.V. Sharma in his edition); see also M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 138. Also identified as *Cicca acida* (Linn.) Merrill = *C. disticha* Linn. = *Phyllanthus distichus* Muell. Arg.; see M. Abdul Kareem (1997): 107, Nr. 1270: called *Phyllanthus acidus* (Linn.) Skeels. 341 P.V. Sharma (1997) regards *limpāka* as a synonym of *madhukarkaṭikā*, identified as *Citrus grandis* (Linn.) Osbeck = *C. maxima* (Burm.) Merrill, which cannot be correct, since these two types of Citrus fruit are mentioned separately. Also identified as *Citrus aurantifolia* (Christm.) Swingle, *C. limon* (Linn.) Burn.f (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nrs. 417 and 423), and *C. medica* Linn. var. *limonum* Wall. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 427; absent from WIRM). 342 Identified as *Citrus limetta* Risso (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 422). 343 *Opuntia dillenii* Haw. (see DWH II, 99: *viśvasāraka*, a synonym of *mahākaṇṭakīn*). 344 See P.V. Sharma (1979a): 90. Identified as *Curcuma amada* Roxb. (P.V. Sharma, 1997). 345 *Grewia asiatica* Linn. or *G. subinaequalis* DC. (see WIRM IV, 262); compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 821. 346 One of its synonyms is *parvapuṣpī*, a plant mentioned in the *Carakasaṃhitā* (Sū.27.108), but difficult to identify (see T.B. Singh and K.C. Chunekar, 1972: 99–100). 347 *Ophiorrhiza mungos* Linn. 348 *Argemone mexicana* Linn. (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 153; P.V. Sharma, 1997). 349 *Trikaṇṭaka* is a synonym of *gokṣura* (*Dhanvantarinighaṇṭu* 1.102–103). Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nrs. 1245 and 1636. 350 A synonym of *pṛśniparṇī* (1.140–142). 351 A synonym of *hilamocikā* (1.291). 352 A synonym of *guñjā* (1.151). 353 A vernacular name of the *babbūla* tree (1.17). 354 A synonym of *medas* (fatty tissue; 5.8). 355 A synonym of *vārtākī*, the aubergine (1.186). 356 Cakrapāṇidatta regards *gandhabhadrā* and *gandhāḍhyā* as synonyms of *prasāraṇī* (see P.V.