278 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATVRAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



Genus and Author. ISTatukal Date. 

 Okdek. 

 Cassia, (Tourn.) L.f. . Leg. 0. 1735 . 



Cassytha, L. . . Laura. 1763 . 



Castanospermum, 

 A. Ounn. 



Castilloa, Cerv. 



Leg. P. 1830 

 . Urti.* 1794 



Casuarina, Forst. . . Casuarin.1759 



Oatesbsea, L. 



. . Rubia. 1737 



Catharanthus, G. Don..Apocyn. 1836 

 Caturus, L. . . Buphor. 1767 



Oebrela, p. Br.** . . Melia. 1756 



Oelastkus, L. 

 Oblosia, L.f 



Oelsia, L. 



Celas. 1737 

 Amarant. 1737 



Scroph. 1735 



Oeltis, (Tourn.) L. . . Urti.| 1737 



Cenchkus, L. 

 Centaurea, L, 



Gram. 1737 

 Compo. 1737 



Centipeda, Lour. . . Compo. 1790 

 Centotheca, Desv. . . Gram. 1810 



Centkanthera, 

 R. Br. 



Scroph. 1810 



Centrathekum, Cass.. Compo. 1817 



Centrosolenia, Benth... Gesner. 1846 



Centunculus, (Dill.) Primul. 1735 

 L. 



Derivation and Common Name. 



. Greek Kasia of Dioscorides. — N. 

 Senna, Indian-laburnum and others. 

 . Greek for Cuscuta which it resem- 

 bles. Dodder. 

 . kastanon sperma : the seeds taste 

 like chestnuts. — N. .False-Chest- 

 nut. 

 , probably commemorative of D, 

 Castillejo, a botanist of Cadiz. 

 — N. Castilloa-rubber-tree. 

 . supposed to be derived from the 

 resemblance of the drooping 

 branches to the feathers of the 

 Cassowary. — N. Beef-ioood tree. 

 . after Mark. Catesby, a botanist, 

 contemporaneous with Linnseus. 

 ■ — N. Thorn-lily. 

 . Kathairo, to purge, anthos, flower. 

 , Katta, a cat, ouros, a tail. Cat^s tail. 

 . a diminutive of Cedrus, Cedar ; the 

 aroma of the wood is alike in the 

 two. — N. 

 . from an old Greek name. — N. 

 . from helos, burnt ; the flowers in 

 some appear to be such. — N. 

 Cockscomb . 

 in honour of Olaus Celsius of the 

 University of Upsal, 1670-1756. 

 — N. 

 the name used by Pliny for the 



Lotus. — N. 

 Kenchros, a kind of millet, 

 it is said to have cured a wound in 

 the foot of Centaur Chiron, 

 caused by an arrow of Here ales. 

 — N. Blue-bonnets, 

 centum, hundred, pes, a foot, 

 from kentein, to prick, and theca, a 

 receptacle ; in allusion to the 

 retrorse hairs on the upper 

 florets. — N. 

 from kentron, a spur, and anthera, 

 the anthers ; the anthers are 

 spurred at the base. 

 Kentron, a spur, and antheros, a 



flower, 

 from kentron and solen (a tube) ; 



the corolla tube is spurred. — N. 

 dim. for cento, a coarse coverlet ; 

 the top of the capsule comes off 

 like a lid. 



* Moracete in E. & P. 



** Oedrela, L in Cooke, E. & P. and Benth & Hook. f. 

 X Ulmacea3 in E. & P. 



