264 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



Genus and Authok. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



. Palm. 1875 . 

 . Malva. **1753 . 

 . Euphor. 1759 . 



Leg. M. 1737 . 



Actinorhytis, 



Wendl. & Dr. 

 Adansonia,* L. 



Adelia, L. 



Adenanthera, 

 (Roy en) L. t 



Adenema, G. Don. 

 Adenium, R. & S. 



Gentia. 1837 

 Apocyn. 1819 



Adenochl^na, Boiss.. Euphor. 1858 



Adbnoon, Dalz. . . Compo. 1850 



Adenophora, Fisch. . . Camp. 1823 



Adenosma, Nees. . . Acanth. 1832 



Adenostemma, Forst . Oompo. 1776 



Adhatoda, Tourn.lt- • Acanth. 1790 



Adina, Salisb. . . Rubia. 1807 



Adonis, (Dill.) L. 

 ^chmandra, Arn. 



Ranun. 1735 

 Cucur. 1841 



^chmea, R. & P. . . Bromel. 1794 



^GiCERAS, Gartn.f . . Myrsi. 1788 



^GINETIA, L. 



JBgle, Corr.f 



JEluropus, Trin. 

 ^Erides, Lour.t 



. . Orob. 1735 

 . . Ruta. 1800 



Gram. 1820 

 Orchid. 1790 



Derivation and Common Name. 



from aktin, a ray, and rJvytis, a 



wrinkle, 

 after Michael Adanson, a French 



botanist. — N. Baobab-tree. 

 from a, not, and delos, visible ; 



referring to the parts of fructi- 

 fication. — B. 

 the anthers are gland crested ; 



however, a number of other allied 



genera have the same character. 



— N. Ratan-gung. 

 aden, a gland, emano, to flow out. 

 from Aden in Arabia ; a geogra- 

 phical name, 

 from aden, a gland, and chlcena, a 



cloak ; allusion ? 

 aden, a gland, oon, an ovule ; the 



achenes are glandular between 



the ribs, 

 from aden and phoreo ; the gland is 



at the base of the style.— N. 

 from aden, a gland, and osme, smell ; 



the leaves bear odoriferous 



glands, 

 from aden and stemma (a crown) ; 



the achenes have glandular 



apices, 

 from its native name in Malabar. — 



N. Adusa. 

 from adinos, crowded ; the flowers 



being disposed in heads, 

 a classical name. — N. 

 from aichvie and andros ; the male 



flowers are crowded at the ape.v 



of a long peduncle. 

 aichme, a point ; the calyx is re- 

 ferred to. 

 from aigos, a goat, and keras, 



horn ; in allusion to the curved 



fruit.— N. 

 in honour of P. ^ginette, a 



physician . 

 one of the Hesperides, the maidens 



who guarded the golden apple 



which Earth gave to Hera on her 



marriage to Zeus. — Golden-apple 



or Bael-tree. 

 ailouros, a cat, pous, a foot, 

 from aer, air ; a habitat name. — N, 



Air-plant. 



Naturalised in the Bombay Presidency. 

 ** Bombacacese in E. & P. 

 X Nees (1832) in Cooke. 



