NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 267 



Anamieta, Colebr. 

 Ananas, L. 



Ananas^sa, Lincl. 

 Ana23hali>'^\ , DC. 



Anarrliinum, Desf . 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



Ampelocissus,V\s.x).ch.....km^Q\. 1884 .. from ampelos, a vine, and Kissos, 



Ivy. 

 Amphilophium, Kth. . . Bignon. 1818 . . in allusion to the corolla being 



crested 07i all sides. — N. 

 Anacardium,* L. ^*t Anacard. 1735 . . probably from am, alike, and cardia, 



the heart, after the shape of the 



fruit. — N. cf. Gynocardia below. 



Cashewnut. 

 Anagallis, (Tourn.) L. Primul. 1735 . . from anayalao, to laugh ; supposed 



to produce such phj'^siological 



action. — Delighting. — B. 

 Meni. 1822 . . meaning unknown. — N. 

 Bromel. 1735 . . from nanus, its South American 



name. — N. 

 Bromel. 1827 . . do. do. 



Compo. 1837 . . the name of a plant classed by the 



Greeks next to the Gnaj)halium. 

 Scroph. 1800 , . from a and rhin ; the corolla is 



without a spur or has a very 



short one. — N. 

 Ancistrocladus, Wall. Ancistro. 1832 . . from ankistron. a hook, and daAus, 



a branch; there are branch hooks. 

 Andrachne, L. . . Euphor. 1735 . . a Greek name given to several 



plants, but chiefly to Fortulaca 



oleracea. 

 Andrographis, Wall.. Acanth. 1832 . . perhaps alludes to the bearded 



condition of the anthers. 

 Andropogo^, L.f . . Gram. 1753 . . from andros and pogon ; the ear 



looks like a viands beard. — N. 

 Aneilema, R. Br. . . Commel. 1810 . . from a, not, and eilema, without a 



cover; in allusion to the non- 



spathecious bracts. — N. 

 Anemone, L. . . Ranun. 1735 . . from anemos, wind. 



Anemopgegma, Mart. . . Bignon. 1845 . . from anemos and pairjma, the sport 



of the wind ; in allusion to the 



climbing habit. 

 Anethum, (Tourn.) L... Umbel. 1787 .. from ano, upwards, and theo, to 



run — quick-growing . — N . 

 Angelonia, H. B. K. . . Scroph. 1809 . . its local name in South America. — 



N. 



Angrsecum, Bory.§ 

 Anguillaria, R. Br. 



Anietoclea, Nimmo. 

 Aniseia, Choisy. 

 Anisochilus, WaU. 



Orchid. 1804 . . a Malayan name. — N. 



Lil. 1810 . . in honour of Luigi Anguillara, 



professor of botany at Padua ; 



died 1570.— N. 

 Datis. 1839 . . from aneiktos, open, and kleis, a 



lock.— Z. 

 Con vol. 1833 . . from anisos, unequal : the sepals 



are referred to. 

 Labiat. 1831 . . from anisos and cheilos, in reference 



to the unequal lips of the calyx. 



* Orig-inally a native of Tropical America, naturalised in India. 

 •• Rottb. (177.5) in Cooke, 

 ft Anaphalis is excluded by Cooke- 

 § Angrsecum, Thou, in Durand. 



