NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMB A Y PLANTS. 287 



Gentjs and Author. Natural 

 Obdek. 



Datura, L. f 



Solan. 1735 



Daucus, (Touru.) L. . . Umbel. 1735 

 Debrbgbasia, Gaud.. . Urti. 1844-66 

 Deoaneufum, DO. . . Compo. 1833 



Dboaschistia, 

 W. & A. 



Deguelia Aubl. 

 Delima, L. 



Malva. 1834 



Leg. P. 1775 

 DiUen. 1747 



Delphinium, (Tourn.) Ranun. 1735 



L.t ■ 



Dbndrobium, Sw. t . . Orchid. 1799 



Dbndrocalamus, Gram. 1834 



Nees. t 



Dendrochilum, Bl. 



Dentella, Forst. 



Orchid. 1825 



Rubia. 1776 



Debris, Lour. . . Leg. P. 1790 



Desmanthus, Willd. . . Leg. M. 1805 



Desmochceta, DO. , . Amarant. 1813 



Desmodium, Desv. 



Deutzia, Thunb. 



Dianella, Lam. 

 Dianthera, Gronov. 



Dianthus, L. 



Leg. P. 1813 



Saxifrag. 1784 



Lil. 1786 



Acanth. 1742 



Oaryo. 1735 



Date, Derivation, and Common Name. 



. from Sanskrit dhastura, a trumpet ; 

 the flowers are trumpet-shaped 

 (Arabic datora — N.) Thorn-apple. 



. said to be from dao, to make hot; a 

 medicinal term. — N. Carrot. 



. . derivation unknown ; probably after 

 a person. — B. 



. from deka, ten, and neuron, nerves ; 

 in allusion to the ten ribs on 

 the achenes. 



. iroiade/xa, ten, and schistos, divided; 

 in allusion to ten bracteoles and 

 ten carpels. 



. meaning peeled oft' ? 



. from deiiom, to shave oft"; the leaves 

 are used to polish or shave off' 

 wood. — N. 



. from deljMnos, a dolphin ; so named 

 on account of a resemblance of 

 the flowers ( the nectary ) to the 

 imaginary figures of the dol- 

 phin. — N. 



. from dendron, a tree, and bios, life ; 

 meaning an epiphyte. — N. 



, from dendron and calamus ( a reed ); 

 some of these bamboos reach 

 fifty feet in height. 



. from dendron and cheilos (a lip) ; an 

 epiphyte having lipped flowers. 

 — N. 



. in reference to the corolla lobes 

 having a tooth on each side. 



, from derasus, bare ? 



. from desme, a bundle, and anthos, 

 a flower ; the flowers are in a 

 bundle. — N. 



. from desme and cJiceta (a bristle) ; 

 the perianth segments of the 

 imperfect flowers are ultimately 

 converted into stellately spread- 

 ing hooked awns. 



. from desmos, a band ; in reference 

 to the stamens being united. 

 (The stamens are monodelphous 

 in some of the species ). — N. 

 Telegraph-plant. 

 after Johann DEUTz,a Dutch natura- 

 list, and patron of Thunberg. — N. 



. after Diana, the sylvan goddess— N. 



. from dis and anthera ; the anther 

 cells are separated. — N. 



. from dios, divine, and anthos, a 

 flower ; in allusion to the beauty 

 of the flowers. — N. Pinh. 



