NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA 01 BOMBAY PLANTS. 28» 



Genus and Authok. 



DiMERiA, R. Br. 



Natural 

 Order. 



. Gram. 1810 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



DiMOKPHocALYx, Thw. Eiiplior. 1861 



Dimorphotheca, Compo. 1735 



(Vaill.) L. 

 Dinebra, Jacq. . . Gram. 1809 



DiosGORBA, (Plum.) L.f. Dioscor. 1737 



DiosPYROs, L. t . . Eben. 



1737 



DiPCADi, Medik. 

 Dipetalum, Dalz. 



DlPLACHNE, P. B. 



. . Lil. 1790 



. . Ruta. 1850 

 . . Gram. 1812 



DiPLOOENTRUM, Lindl.. Orchicl. 1832 



DiplocJionium, Fenzl. . . 



DiPLOSPORA, DC. 



Dipier acanthus, Nees. . 



DiPTEROCARPus, Gartii 



f. * 

 DiPXERYGiUM, Decne. 



Discospermum, Dalz. . . 

 DiSPORUM, Salisb. 



Ficoid. 1839 

 Rubia. 1830 



Acanth. 1832 



Diptero. 1805 



Cruci."* 1835 



Rubia. 1850 

 Lil. 1812 



Ditht/rocarpus, Kth. . . Commel. 1741 



Dobera,X Juss. 

 DoDONiEA, L. t 

 Dolichandrone, Fenzl. 

 DOLICHOS, L. t 



Dombeya, Cav. 



Salvador. 1789 

 Sapind. 1737 

 Bignon. 1862 

 Leg. P. 1737 



Stercul. 1787 



DoPAXRiuM, Ham. . . Scroph. 1835 

 Doratanthera, Benth. . Scroph. 1839 



Doronicum, (Tourn.) L.. Compo. 1735 

 Dorstenia, (Plum) L.. . Urti. 1737 



, . the spikelets are laterally much 

 compressed, solitary, secund, 

 bifarious. 

 . . calyx cup-shaped in the male 

 flowers, and almost divided to 

 the base in the female flowers. 

 . . in allusion to the receptacle bear- 

 ing florets of tiDo forms. — N. 

 . . the native Arabic name. — Z. 

 , . after the Greek physician P. 

 DioscoRiDES of Cilicia who lived 

 in the time of Nero. — N. Yam. 



. from dios, divine, and Pyros, Wheat ; 

 celestial food. — N. Date-plum. 



. derivation obscure. — N. 



. there are two petals. 



. from dijilous, double, and aehne 

 chaff.— Z. PI. glume 2-4-toothed. 



. from diplos and kentron, alluding 

 to the two collateral spurs. Cf. 

 Dicentra above. 



. the seeds are cohleate ; allusion ? 



. the fruit is a two-celled few-seeded 

 berry. 



. from dis, double, pteron, a wing, 

 and acanthus spine ; application? 



. the fruit has two loinrjs, derived 

 from the sepals. 



. fruit compressed, surrounded by a 

 wing on either side. 



. seeds compressed ; Syn. Diplospora. 



. from dis and poros, meaning twice 

 porous ; allusion ? — N. 



. meaning fruits with a double sheath; 

 application ? 



. from its Arabic name. — Z. 



. after Dodon^us, a botanist. 



. having loni/ stamens. 



. the lonff pods are referred to. — N. 

 Bean and Horse-gram. 



. after Joseph Dombey, a French 

 botanist of the eighteenth cen- 

 tury. — N. 



. the native Indian name. — Z. 



. from doratos, a spear, and anthera, 

 an anther ; " anthers versatile, 

 curved with unequal segments." 



. from Arabic dorordji.- — N. 



. after Theodore Dorsten, a German 

 botanist ; 1492— 1552.— N. 



* Gcertn. in Cooke, a misprint- 



* * Cappar in Cooke and in E & P. 



X Dobera, Juss. is excluded by Cooke. 



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