NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 275 



Genus and Axjthor. 



Buettneria, Loefi. 



Natural Date. 

 Order, 



Stercnl. 1758 . 



BuLBOPHYLLUMjThou.f Orchid. 1822 



Bulbostylis, E.af.* 



BuPLEURUM, (Tourn.) 

 L. 



BURMANNIA, L. 



Burnnopetalum, Dalz . 

 & Gib. * 



BuTEA, Kon. t 



BuTOMOPSis, Kth. 

 Butomus, L. 



Cacalia, L. 

 Cadaba, Forsk. 



C^SALPINIA, L. t 



C^sulia, Roxb. 



Cajanus, DC. 



Calacanthus, * 



T. Anders. 

 Oaladium, Vent. 

 Calamus, L.f 



Calanthe, R. Br. 

 Calathea, G, F. Mey. 

 Calceolaria, L. 



Calendula, L, 

 Calliandra, Benth. 



Cyper. 

 Umbel. 



1735 



Burmann. 1735, 



Corn. 



Leg. P. 1795 



Alisma. 

 Alisma. 



§1841 

 §1735 



Compo. 1753 . 

 Capparid. 1775. 

 Leg. C. 1753 . 



Compo. 1795 

 Leg. P. 1813 



Acanth. 1876 



Derivation and Common Name. 



. after David Sigismond Augustus 

 Byttner, a professor of botany 

 at Gottingen. — N. 

 . the leaves spring from the pseudo- 

 bulb ; hence the name. — N. 

 . the nut is crowned by the persist- 

 ant style base. 

 , the derivation not satisfactorily 



explained. — N. 

 . after J. D. Burmann, a Dutch 



botanist. 

 , meaning petals saccate ; the petals 

 are, however, not saccate in the 

 Bombay species, 

 after John, Earl of Bute, a munifi- 

 cent patron of botany. — N. 

 1713-1792, Palas or Khakhar. 

 looking like Butomus. 

 from hous, ox, and temno, to cut 

 the sharp leaves out the mouths 

 of cattle. — N. 

 a name used by Dioscorides. — N. 

 from the Arabic name Kadhab. — Z. 

 after Andreas C^salpinus, an Ita- 

 lian botanist, 1519-1603.— N. 

 Fever-nuts and Divi-divi, 

 from ccesus, beaten ; growing in 



spite of being trampled upon. 

 Catchang is its Amboyna name. — 



N. Tur or Pigeon-pea. 

 Kalos, beautiful, a canthos, spine. 



Aracese. 1800 . . derivation doubtful. — N. 



Palm. 1753 . . from kalamos, a reed ; cf . halam. — 

 N. Cane Palm. 



Orchid. 1821 . . from halos antJios, beautiful flowers. 



— N. 

 , Scitamin.|1818. . from calathoA, a basket ; the stigma 

 is basket-shaped. — N. 



Scroph. 1771 . . from calceolus, a little slipper ; in 

 allusion to the form of the corol- 

 la ; probably also includes a 

 reference to F. Calceolari, an 

 Italian botanist of the sixteenth 

 century. — N. Slipperioort. 



Compo. 1735 . . from calendce, the first day of the 

 month. — N. Marigold. 



Leg. M. 1840 . . from hallos and andros ; in refer- 

 ence to the elegant stamens. — N. 



§ Butomacese in E. & P. 

 * Not found in Index Kewensis. 

 X Marantace^ in E. & P. 

 •* Calacantha in Index Kewensis. 



