1786.—"The walks are scented with blossoms of the champac and nagisar, and the plantations of pepper and coffee are equally new and pleasing."—Sir W. Jones, in Mem., &c., ii. 81.
1810.—"Some of these (birds) build in the sweet-scented champaka and the mango."—Maria Graham, 22.
1819.—
"The wandering airs they faint
On the dark, the silent stream;
And the chumpak's odours fail
Like sweet thoughts in a dream."
Shelley, Lines to an Indian Air.
1821.—
"Some chumpak flowers proclaim it yet divine."