NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA 01 BOMBAY PLANTS. 279 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Cephalandra,Sch.ra,d...Cucuv. 1836 , 



Cep fialoc7-oto7t, Rochst..Eu-phoT. 1841 .. 

 Cephalostigma, Campanul. 1830 



A. DO. 

 Cerastium, (Dill.) L... Caryopyll. 1735. 



Ceratoffi/num, Wight. . . Euphor. 1852 . . 

 Ceratonia, L. . . Leg. M. 1735 . . 



Oekatophyllum, L. . . Oerato. 1735 . 

 Ceratotheca, Endl. . . Peclalin. 1832 . 

 Obrbera, L.f . . Apocyn. 1737 . 



Cereus, Mill. 

 Ceriops, Arn. 



Obropbgia, L. t 



. . Cact. 1768 

 . . Rhizo. 1838 



Asclep. 1737 



Oestrum, L. . . Solan. 1737 



Chailletia, do. . . Ohaillet. 1811 

 OHAMiERAPHis, P. Br.. Gram. 1810' 



Ohameerops, L. 



Palm. 1737 



Chamissoa, H. B. K. . . Amarant. 1817 



Oharieis, Cass. 

 Chasalia, Oomm. 

 Chavica, Miq. 

 Cheiranthus, L. 



. Oompo. 1817 . 



. Rubia. 1830 . 



. Piper. 1843 . 



. Crucifer. 1737 . 



Chbirostylis, Bl.f . . Orchid. 1825 . 



Chenolea,* Thunb. . 



0HBNOPODIUM.(Tourn, 



L.t 



. Chenopod. 1781 

 )Chenopod. 1735 



Chickrassia, A. Juss. . . Melia. 1830 



Derivation and Common Name. 



from kephale and andros ; the an- 

 thers are connate, forming a 

 capitum. 



kephale, head, and kroton, a tick. 

 . so named in reference to the capi- 

 tate stigmas. 

 . from cems, a horn ; the capsules 

 bear the shape of horns. — N. 



ovary horn-shaped. 



from ceratos, a horn ; the pod is 

 referred to. — N. AUjaroba-hean 

 or Carob-tree. 



in allusion to the terete, pointed, 

 horn-like divisions of the leaves. 



so named in allusion to the horned 

 fruit.— N. 



after Cerberus, whose bite was 

 poisonous ; in allusion to the 

 poisonous properties. — N. 



from cereus, pliant. — N. 



from keria, a scarf, and ops, to re- 

 semble ; in reference to the 

 fleshy ring-like disk. — Z. 



the flowers are imagined to look 

 like a fountain of wax ; from 

 keros and^e^e. — N. 



an ancient Greek name. — N. 



commemorative ? 



from chamai, dwarf, and raphis, a 

 needle ; the peduncles of the 

 spikelets are produced as awn- 

 like bristles beyond the ultimate 

 spikelet. 



from cJiamai and rhops, meaning 

 a low bush. — N. Dwarf Fan- 

 palm. 



in honour of Louis Charles Albert 

 von Chamisso, the companion of 

 Kotzebu ; 1781-1838.— N. 



from charis, grace. — N. 



gaping ? 



from its native name in Malabar. 



from cheir, hand, and antkos, a 

 flower. — N. Wall-Jlotver. 



the projecting column is ridged like 



the fingers of a hand. — N. 

 . from chen, a goose, olea. 

 , from chen, a goose, and pons, a foot ; 

 in allusion to the fancied resem- 

 blance in the leaves. — N. 



from the vernacular name in Ohitta- 

 gong. 



* Doubtfully indigenous. 



