NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 269 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Apium, (Tourn.) L. . . Umbel. 1735 . 



Apluda, L. 



Apocopis, Nees. 



Apodytes, E. Mej?. 

 Aponogeton, L. f. 



. . Gram. 1753 

 . . Gram. 1841 



. . Olacin. +11838 

 . . Naiad. § 1781 



Aporosa, B1. . . Euphor. 1824 



Aquilegia, (Tourn.) L.. Ranun. 1735 



Arachis, L. . . Leg. P. 1785 



Arachnanthe, Bl. . . Orchid. 1828 



Aralia, (Tourn.) L. . . Aralia. 1735 



Araucaria, Juss. . . Conifer. 1789 



Arbutus, (Tourn.) L. . . Eric. 1735 



Archontophoenix, Palm. 



Wendl. and Dr. 

 Ardisia, Sw.f . . Myrsi. 



Arduina, MiU. 



1875 

 1788 

 Apocyn. 1759 



Areca, L. . . Palm. 1753 . . 



Arbnaria, (Rupp.) L.. Caryo. 1735 . . 

 Akbnga, Labill.t . . Palm. 1801 . . 



ARGEMONE,(Tourn.)L.t Papaver. 1735 .. 



Argosxemma, Wall. . . Rubia. 1824 . . 



Argyreia, Lour.f . . Convol. 1790 . , 



Argyrolobium, 



E. and Z. 

 Ariopsis, Grab. 



Leg. P. 1835 

 . Aracese. 1839 



Derivation and Common Name. 



from Celtic apon, water ; a habitat 



name. — N. Celery. 

 meaning chaff. 

 apokopto, to cut off ; the glumes are 



truncate. 

 apoduo, to strip oneself, 

 from Celtic apon, water, and geton, 



a neighbour ; so named because 



of the aquatic habitat. — N. 

 a, negative, ^oros, a passage or pore, 

 from aquila, an eagle ; in reference 



to the form of the petals. — N. 



From aquilegus, water-drawer, 



not from aquila, eagle. — B. 



Columbine. 

 from a and rachis, without an axis, 



or prostrate. — N, 

 arachne, a spider, and anthos, a 



flower, 

 meaning said to be unknown. — N. 



Angelica-tree. 

 from its native name in Chili. — N. 

 from Celtic arboise, an austere bush ; 



in allusion to the fruit. — N. 

 from archon, chief, and Phoenia:, 



palm, 

 from ardis, a spear point ; the 



petals and anthers are acute, 

 after P. Arduini, a botanist of 



Padua in the time of Linnseus. — 



N. 

 from its native name in Malabar. 



— N. Betelnut Palm. 

 from L. arena, dry ; growing in arid 



places. — N. Sandimrt. 

 a name of doubtful origin. — N.; 



from its native name in the 



Moluccas. Sugar Palm, or Sago 



Palm.* 

 from argema, cataract ; a medicinal 



name used by Dioscorides. — N. 



DeviVs-fig or Mexican Poppy. 

 meaning a silvery crown ; in allusion 



to the white umbels, 

 from argyreios, silvery ; the leaves 



are such on the under surface. — 



N. Silver Weed. 

 in allusion to the silky or viUou^ 



pods. 

 Arumopsis; resembling Arum. — N. 



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