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



Naxxjeal Date. 

 Order. 



Leg. P. 



1825. 



Genus ajstd Author. 

 Eleiotis, D.C. 



Eleocharis, R. Br. . 

 Elephantopus, L, . 



Elettaria, Maton. 

 Eleusine, Gartn.t . 

 Elionueus, H. & B. . . 



Ellertonia, Wight,. 

 Elytraria, Michx. 



Elytrophorus, P. B... Gram. 1812. 



Embelia, Burm, f . . . Myrsin. 1768. 

 Emblica, Gartn. . . Euphor, 1791 . 



Emilia, Cass. . . Compo. 1817. 



Endapof/on, Nees. . . Acanth. 1832 . 



Enicostemma, Bl.* ..Gentian 1826. 

 Enneapogois", Desv. .. Gram. 1813. 



Entada, Adans. . . Leg. M. 1763. 

 Epaltes, Cass. .. Compo. ]818. 



Ephedra, (Tourn.) L. . Gneta. 1737. 



Epicarpurus, Bl. . . Urti. 1825 . 



Epicharis, Bl. . . Melia. 1825 . 



Epidendrum, L. . . Orchid. 1737. 



Epipactis, Adans. . . Orchid. 1763. 

 Episcia, Mart. . . Gesner. 1829 . 



Epithema, Bl. . . Gesner. 1826. 



Eragrostis, Host. . . Gram. 1809 . 



Derivation and Common Name. 



from eleios, a dodrmiouse, and ous, 

 otos, an ear ; in reference to a 

 supposed resemblance in the 

 leaves. — Z. 



from helos, a marsh, and chairo, I 

 delight ; marsh plants. 



from elephas and podus ; the ele- 

 phant's foot ; the leaves sug- 

 gested the name. 



from eloechi, its Indian name. — N. 

 Cardamoms. 



from Eleusis, where was a temple 

 of Ceres.— N. 



lower involucral glume usually 

 furnished with fine filiform 

 transparent oil-glands. 



in honour of J. Ellerton Stocks, 

 a Bombay botanist. 



from elytron, a cover ; the scapes 

 are clothed will small rigid 

 bracts. 



from elytron and phoreo ; palea 

 very broad, truncately three- 

 lobed. 



from its Cinghalese name. — N. 



adapted from the vernacular name 

 amla. 



of unknown origin. — C. 



from endo and pogon, a beard with- 

 in ; the corolla-throat is hairy. 



the floral glumes are nine-cleft, 



hence the name, 

 a native name in Malabar, 

 from epalthes, healing ; a medicinal 



name, 

 a Greek name for the Horse-tail ; 



the plants are virgate. 

 the fruit is laxly clothed by the 



enlarged persistent perianth, 

 meaning beautiful ; the flowers are 



referred to — Z. 

 meaning an epiphyte. — N. 

 from epipegnuo, to coagulate. — N. 

 from episkios, shaded ; shade lov- 

 ing plants. — N. 

 from a Greek word for a lid ; the 



capsule is circumcis. 

 from eros, love, and agrostis, grass ; 



in allusion to the loose dancing 



spikelets. Lovegrass. 



Durand e'ives enicostema. 



