NA TUBAL ORDERS AND GENERA 01 B 0MB A Y FLA N TS. 28ry 



Genus and Author. 

 Cupania, (Plum.) L. , . 

 Cuphea, P. Br. 

 Cupressus, (Tonrn.) L. 



Natural 

 Order. 

 Sapind. 1737 



Lythr. 1756 



Conifer. 1737 



Date. Derivation and Commom Name. 



Curculigo, Gartn.f . . Amaryll. 1788 



Curcuma, L. f 

 CuscuTA, (Tourn). L. . 



Cyamopsis, DC. 

 CyanophyUum, Naud... 

 Cyanotis, D. Don.* . . 

 Cyanospermum, W. & A. 



Scitamin. 1736 . 

 Convol. 1735 . 



Leg. P. 1825 . 

 Melastom. 1852. 

 Commel. 1825 . 

 Lee. P. 1824 . 



Cyathocline, Cass.. . Compo. 1829 . 



Cyathula, Lour. 



Amarant. 1790 . 



Cynara, (Vaill.) L. . . Compo. 1737 



cyamos 



. after Father Francis Cupani, an 

 Italian monk. — N. Akee-tree. 



. from kyjyhos, a curved ; in allusion 



to the curved capsule. — N. 

 . from ktio, to produce, and parisos, 

 equal ; in reference to the sym- 

 metrical growth. — N. Cypress. 

 . from curculio, a weevil ; after the 

 beak of the seeds that suggested 

 the analogy. — N. Weevil-plant. 

 . from kurkum, its Arabic name. — N. 

 Turmeric. 



after its Arabic name, kechout 

 (Drury) ; derivation doubtful. — 

 N. Dodder. 



looking like a bean, from 



and opisis. — Guvar. 

 . from kyanos, blue, and phyllon, a 



leaf. 

 , from kyanos, blue, and nus, a ear ; 

 the petals are blue. — N. 



the seeds are dark blue ; e.y., in 

 C. tomentosum, Syn. Rhyncosia 

 cyanosperma. 



from cyathos, a cup, and cline, a bed ; 

 in allusion to the cup-like or con- 

 cave receptacle. 



a diminutive of cyathus, a cup ; in 

 allusion to the cup like structure 

 formed by the united stamens. 



the Greek name of a palm said to 

 grow in Ethiopia. — N. 



from kyklos, circular ; the peduncle 

 is spirally twisted when young. — 

 N. Bleeding-nun. 



probably in allusion to the single 

 orbicular petal in the female fi. 



the stamens form a circle outside the 

 disk which is radiately ribbed. 



from Kydon in Crete.— N. 



from kylix, the calyx ; the calyx en- 

 closes the corolla and is persis- 

 tent and accrescent. 



the diminutive of kymbe, a boat ; 

 the lip is boat-shaped. — N. 



Cyminum, and osma, a smell ; 

 having the odour of Cummin. 



from kynos, a dog ; and ancho, to 

 strangle ; alludes to the poison- 

 ous properties of the plants. — N. 



from%ora, a dog ; the involucre sug- 

 gested a comparison with dog's 

 teeth.— N. 



Don in Cooke. 



