Henry Thomas Colebrooke

“ In general it is desirable to avoid the coinage of new words, and to preserve existing names, whenever they are not too barbarous for admission into the classical nomenclature of botanical science. I propose therefore to retain the Indian term, scarcely altered, for a denomination of the genus ”

“ Page:Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 12.djvu/421 Page:Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 12.djvu/422 Page:Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 12.djvu/424 Silhet. Flowers in the rainy season, and ripens its seed in the cold season, about January. ”