286 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXJV 



Genus and Atjthok. Natural Date. 

 Okder. 



Cynodon, Rich, in Gram. 1805 . . 



Pers. t* 



Cynoglossum, (Tourn.) Boragin. 1735 .. 

 L. 



Cynometba, L. . . Leg. C. 1741 . 



Oyperus, (Mich.) L.f. Cyper. 1735 

 Oyphomandra, Mart. . Solan. 1846 



Oypripedium, L. ■ . . Orchid. 1735 



Dactyloctenium. Willd.Gram. 1809 



D^dalacanthus, Acanth. 1864 



T. And. t 



DiEMiA, R. Br. 

 Dsemonorops, Bl. 



. . Asclep. 1809 

 . . Palm. 1830 



Dahlia, Cav. . . Compo. 1791 



Dalbergia, L. f. t . . Leg. P. 1781 



Damasonium, Schreb. . . Hydroch. 1789 



Derivation and Common 



Name. 



from hyon^ and odous — ^the dog's 

 teeth. Haridli ; Bermuda grass ; 

 Doub grass. 



from Jcyon and glossa ; in allusion 

 to the form of the leaves. — N ; 

 referring to the rough leaves of 

 some species. — 0. 



from Jzyon and metra (a matrix) ; in 

 reference to the shape and con- 

 sistence of the valves of the pod. 

 — N. 



a Greek name. — N. 



from kyphoma, a hump, and aner, a 

 man ; the anthers form a hump. 

 — N. 



from Kypris, Venus, and podion, 

 a slipper ; the lip suggested the 

 analogy. — N. Lady^s slipper. 



after Dominico Cyrillo, an Italian 

 botanist ; died, 1799. — N. 



from kyi-tos, and anther a, meaning 

 curved anthers. — N. 



from kyrtos ikndi anthos ; the fiowers 

 are bent downwards, — N, 



kyrtos, curved, and sperma, a 

 seed. 



in allusion to the curved spikes. — 

 N. 



from daktulis, a finger's breadth ; 

 apparently in allusion to the size 

 of the clusters. — N; the head is 

 also divided finger-like ; cf. 

 Digitaria below. 



from daktylos, a finger, and ktenion 

 a little comb ; alluding to th e 

 digitate and pectinate spikes. — 

 N. 



meaning densely entangled spines ; 

 probably in allusion to the bracts 

 which have very prominent 

 nerves. 



from its Arabic name. — N. 



probably from dcemon, a deity, and 

 ops, appearance ; alluding to the 

 beauty of the plant. — N. 



after Dr. Dahl, a Swedish botanist, 

 and a pupil of Linnseus. — N. 



after Nicholas Dalberg, a Swedish 

 botanist, 1730 — 1820. — N. Black- 

 wood-tree. 



m^eaning obscure. 



* PerS' in Cooke. 



