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



GrBNUS AND AuTHOR. 



Natural 

 Okdek. 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



Bassia, (Kon) L.f . . Sapota. 1771 



Batatas, Choisy. 

 Bauhinia, L. t 



. . Convol. 1833 

 . . Leff. 0, 1737 



Beaumontia, Wall.f . . Apocyn, 1824 



Begonia, (Toiirn.) L.f. Begon. 1742 



Bbilschmiedia, Nees.. Laura. 1881 



Belamcanda, Adans. . . Iridese. 1763 



Bellis, (Tourn.) L. . . Compo. 1737 



Beloperone, Nees. . . Acanth. 1832 



Benincasa,J Savi. 



Cucur. 1818 



Bentinckia, Berry. . . Palm. 1814 



Bergera, Kon. 

 Bergia, L. 

 BertJielotia, DC. 



Ruta. 1771 

 Elatin. 1771 

 Compo. 1836 



Beta, (Tourn.) L. . . Cheno. 1735 

 Bidaria, Decne. . . Asclep. 1844 



Bidens, (Tourn.) L. . . Compo. 1737 



Bignonia, (Tourn.) L .. Bignon. 1735 

 Billbergia, Thunb. . . Bromel. 1823 

 BioPHYTUM, DC. . . Geran.** 1824 



. named after Signor Ferdinando 

 Bassi of Bologna Gardens. — N. 

 Moh or Mohvda. 



. a Mexican name. — N. Sweet Potato. 



. after John and Caspar Bauhin of 

 the sixteenth century who were 

 brother botanists ; the wings of 

 the leaves are also didymous. — 

 N. Apta or Jinji. 



. after Lady Diana Beaumont 

 (Drury) ; after Mrs. Beaumont, 

 formerly of Breton Hall, York- 

 shire. — N. and B. 



. in honour of M. Begon, a French 

 patron of botany. — N. 



. Commemorative ? 



. the Malabar name of the plant. — Z. 



. from L. bellus, pretty. — N. Daisy. 



. from belos, a dart, and peronne, a 

 band ; the connective is arrow- 

 shaped. — N. 



. in honour of the Italian Count 

 Benincasa. White-ffourd or 

 Waxy-gourd. 



. after William Henry Cavendish- 

 Bentinck, Governor-General 

 of the Bast Indies, 1774-1839.* 



. after J. C. Berger, a Danish bota- 

 nist. — N. 



. in honour of P. J. Bergius, pro- 

 fessor at Stockholm, 



. named after M. Berthelot, who 

 illustrated the Flora of the 

 Canary Islands, (The Brazil- 

 nut is Bertholletia excelsa ; B. in 

 honour of Louis Claude Berthol- 

 let, a French chemist.) 



. from Celtic bett, red. — N. Beet. 



. from its Indian name. — Z. 



. from bis and dens, in allusion to the 

 tioo teeth at the apex of the 

 achenes. — -N. Bur-marigold. 



. in memory of Abbe Bignon, Libra- 

 rian to Louis XlVtt- 



. after J. G. Billberg, a Swedish 

 botanist. — N. 



. from bois, life, and pliyton, a leaf ; 

 in allusion to the sensitiveness 

 of the leaves. — -N. 



X Benicasa in Cooke, a misprint. 

 B. N. H. S. Journal, Vol. XXII., p. 461. 

 tt N. gives Louis IV, a misprint. 

 ** Oxalidacese in E. & P. 



