290 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



Genus and Authok. 



Dkac^na, L. t 

 Dracontium, L. 

 Dregea, E. Mey. 



Drejera, Nees. 

 Drosera, L. 



Natural Date. Derivation and Common Nam^. 

 Order. 



Lil. 1767 



AracefB 1737 

 Asclep. 1837 



Acanth. 1847 

 Droser. 1735 



DUMASIA, DC. 



, Lee-. P. 1825 . 



DuNBARiA, W. &: A. . . Leg. P. 1824 



Duranta, L. 



Dypsis, Nor. 

 Dyscoriste, Nees. 



Dysophylla, BL 



Dysoxvlum . Bl. 



Verben. 1737 . 



Palm. 1811 . 



Acanth, 1832 . 



Labiat. 1826 . 



Melia. 1825 . 



from drakon, a dragon. — N. 



a diminutive of drakon, a dragon. 



after the German botanist Johann 

 Franz Drege, 1794 — 1881, who 

 travelled at the Cape in the 

 interest of botany. — Z. 



from droseros, dewy ; the secretion 

 on the leaves looks like dew. 

 Sun-dew. 



after J. B. Dumas, a French natur- 

 alist of the nineteenth cen- 

 tury. — C. 



dedicated to George Dunbar, 1744 

 — 1851, professor of Greek at 

 Edinburgh. — Z. 



after Castor Dukantes, a botanist ; 

 died, 1590.— N. 



from dupto, to dip ; application not 

 given. — N. 



meaning difficult to separate ; pro- 

 bably alluding to its close alliance 

 with other genera. — N. 



from dysodes, fetid, and phyllon, a 

 leaf ; they are not so in the 

 Bombay species. 



from dusodes, fetid, and vylon, wood ; 

 application ? 



(To he continued.) 



