266 JOUItXAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIT. 



Xatceal Date. Deeivation axd Com3iox Name, 



Obdek. 



Sapind. 1747 . . so named in reference to the vari- 

 able leaves. — 3~. 



Gesner. 1829 . . from alio and pleco ; in allusion to 

 the diversely plaited calyx. — X. 



Aracese. 1790 . . from a and Colocasia. — N. 



Lil. 1735 . . from its Arabic name alloeh. — 



D, Greek Aloe. — N. 

 Aloysia Ort & Palav. Verben. 1784 . . in honour of Maria LonsA. mother 



of Ferdinand VH, King of 



Genus axd Author 



Allophylus, L. 



AHoplectus, Mart. 



Alocasia, Neck. 

 Aloe, (Toum.) L. 



AiPixiA, L. t ■ • Scit. 1737 



AliSEODAPHXE, Xees . . Laurin. 1881 

 Alstonia, E. Br. + . . Apocyn. 1809 



Alteexanthera, 

 Forsk. 



Amarant. 1775 



Spain. — N 

 in honour of Prosper Axpixus, an 



Italian botanist.— X. 

 from alsos, a grove, and daphne, 



laural. — X. 



after Dr. Alston, Professor of 



Botany at Edinburgh. — X. 



Devil-tree. 



meaning the anthers alternating 



(with the staminodes). It is not 



so in all the species : besides. 



this character is found in other 



genera of the same order as well. 



Alth^a. (Toum.) L. f .Malva. 1735 ..from altheo, to cure ; a medicinal 



term. — X. Hollyhock. 

 Alyssum, (Toum.) L.. . Cruci. 1735 ..from a, not, and lyssa, rage; in 



reference to a fable that the plant 

 allayed anger. — X. Madicort. 

 Leg. P. 1790 . . alusis, a chain, carpos, fruit ; the 



pod is jointed. — X. 

 Amarant. 1735. . from f/,not, and maraino, to wither ; 

 a character of the brilliant scari- 

 ous bracts. — X. Love-lies-bleedinr/ 

 or Amaranth. 

 Compo. 1832 . . from the French amberboi, signify- 

 ing a strongly smelling flower. — 

 Z. 

 Amarant. 1836. . from ambloma, abortion, and gyne, 

 a female ; a medicinal term. — X. 

 Lythr. 1826 . . from amelos, neglected. — Z. 

 Leg. C. 1830 . . after Countess Amherst, a pro- 

 moter of botany. — X. 

 Ammaxnia, (Houst.) L. Lythr. 1737 ..after Johann Amiiaxn, a Swiss 



botanist of the eighteenth cen- 

 tury.— C, 

 from ammos, sand, and bios, to 



live ; a habitat name. — X. 

 from a, not, and inoms, free from 

 im.purity ; in allusion to the un- 

 certain medicinal properties. — X. 

 Amoor is the Bengali name. — X. 

 from amoiphos, deformed, and 

 phalloSjTaace. — X. Yam or Suran. 



Alysicarpus, Xeck. 

 Aataeantus, L. t 



Amberboa, Less. 



Ambloyyna, Raf.^'' 



Ameletia, DC. 

 Amherstia, WaU. 



Ammobium, E. Br. . . Compo. 1824 

 AiioMuir, L. . . Scit. 1736 



Amooea, Eoxb.t . . Melia. 1819 

 Amoephophallus, Bl.f Aracese 1835 



Amblogyne in Durand and in E. & P. 



