NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 283 



Genus and Authok. Natukal Date. 

 Okdbr. 



OONNARXTS, L. 



Conocarpus, L. 



Conocephalus, Bl. 

 Convolvulus, 

 (Tourn.) L.f 



CONYZA, L. * 



Coohia, Sonn. 



. . Connar. 1747 

 . . Combret. 1737 



. . Urti. 1825 

 Convol. 1736 



. , Compo. 1737 



. . Ruta. 



1782 



CoKALLocAEPUS, Welvv. Cucurbit. 1867 

 OoRCHORUS,(Toura.)L.Tilia. 1735 

 OoRDiA, L.f . . Boragin. 1737 



Oordyline, Roy en. 

 Coreopsis, L. 



Lil. 1763 



Compo. 1737 



Coriandrum, (Tourn.) Umbel. 1735 

 L. 



Cortaderia,** 

 OORTPHA, L-t 



. . Gram. 

 . . Palm. 



1737 



Cosmos, Cav. . . Compo. 1791 



OosMOSXiGMA, Wight... Asclep. 1834 



CosTUS. L.f . . Scitamin. 1736 



Cotoneaster, Eupp. . . Rosa. 1745 



OoxTONiA, Wight.t . . Orchid. 1852 



Cotyledon, (Tourn.) L.Crassul. 1735 



Couroupita, Aubl. . . Myrt.| 1775 



CouBTOisiA,§ Nees. . . Cyper. 1834 



Less. (1832) in Cooke. 

 *Not found in Index Kewensis. 



Derivation and Common Name. 



an ancient name. — N. 



from konos and karpos, meaning 

 cone-like fruits ; the fruits are 

 closj set to form a cone. — X. 



the inflorescence is cone-shaped. 



from convoluo, to tA^iae — a genus of 

 twiners. — N. Bindweed. 



from conU, dust; so uamed from 

 its use as an insect powder. — N. 

 Fleabane. 



after Captain James Cook, the 

 celebrated circam-navigator ; 

 killed. 1779. — N Wampee-tree. 



in allusion to the (coral) red fruits. 



from a Greek term for pob-herb. 



in honour of Earicius Coedus, 

 whose true name was Henricus 

 Urbanus — a German botanist, 

 1486-1535.— N. 



from kordyle, a club ; the roots are 

 club-like. — N. 



from koris and opsis, in allusion to 

 the bug-like form of the fruit. 



from coris a bug ; the leaves have 

 the smell of a bug. — N. Corian- 

 der. 



Cortadora is the Spanish-A.merican 

 name for the Pampas Grass ? 



from Goryphe, the summit ; these 

 palms bear flowers but once in 

 life, which occupy the summit. — 

 N. Talipot Palm or fish-tail 

 Palm. 

 . from kosmos, beautiful. — N. 

 , in allusion to the beauty of the 

 stigma which is provided with a 

 distinct rim and a slightly umbo- 

 nate centre. 

 , an ancient name. — N. 

 , from Cotoneum, the Quince. — N. 



Rockspray. 

 . after Major F. Cotton, Madras 



Engineers. 

 . so named after the shape of the 



leaves. — N. 

 . its native name. — N. Cannon-ball- 

 tree. 

 . after Richard Joseph Courtois, 

 1806—1835, professor at and 

 director of the Botanical Gardens 

 at Liege. — Z. 



I Lscythedanceee in E. & P. 

 § Doubtfully iadigenous- 



