434 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HLST. SOCLETY, Vol. XXIV. 



Genus and Authok. Natural Date. 

 Obdee. 



Hthulia, L. .. . . Compo. 1763. 



Eucalyptus, L'Her . . Myrt. 1788 . 



. . Onaer. 



1835, 



Euchai-idium, 



Fish, and Mey. 



Eucharis, . . Amaryll. 1853. 



Planch and Linden. 



Euchlsena, Schrad . , Gram. 1832. 



Eugenia, (Michx.) L... Myrt. 1735. 



Eulophia, R. Br.t • • Orchid. 1823. 



EuoNYMUS, L. . . Celastr. 1737. 



Eupatorium (Tourn.) L. Compo. 1735 . 



Euphorbia. L.t 



Euphor. 1737. 



Eurya,'^ Thunb. . . Ternstrom. 1783. 



Euryale, Salisb. ..Nymph. 1806. 



Eurycles, Salisb, 



Eutoca, R. Br. 

 Eiuolus, Raf. 

 EvoDiA, Forst 



EVOLVULUS, L. 

 EXACUM, L.t 

 EXC^CAKIA, L.t 



Fagonia, (Tourn.) L . 

 Fagopyrum, Tourn . 



Fagr^a, Thunb. 



Amaryll. 18] 2. 



Hydrophyll.1823. 



Amarant. 1836. 



Ruta. 1776. 



Convol. 1763. 



Gentian. 1747. 



Euphor. 1759. 



Zygophyll. 1735. 

 Polygon. 1742. 



Logan. 1782. 



Derivation and Common Name. 



derivation obscure. 



from eu, well, and kalypto, covered. 



Eucalyptus or Australian gum, 



tree. 

 from eucharis, agreeable. — N. 



from eu and charis (grace) ; the 

 flowers are very graceful. 

 Amazon Lily. 



from eu and chlaina (a mantla) ; the 

 glumes ai-e referred to. Teosinte. 



after Prince Eugene of Savoy, a 

 promoter of botany. — N. Malay- 

 apple and Rose-apple. 



from eu and lophos (a crest) ; the 

 disk is iisually ridged or crested. 



from euonymos, lucky. — N. Spindle- 

 tree. 



named after Mithridatis. Eupatob, 

 King of Pontus. — N. Trumpet- 

 weed. 



after Euphorbus, physician to 

 Juba, King of Mauritania ; so 

 named byDioscorides. — '^.Spurge 



from eurys, large ; the flowers are 

 referred to, but they are small. 

 — N. 



Euryale is one of the Gorgona 

 represented with fierce thorny 

 locks ; the leaves and calyx are 

 thorny on the under surface. 

 Waterlily. 



from eurys, broad, and Icleio, to 

 close up ; the cup of the flower 

 does not close up.--N. 



a name used by Theophrastus. — N. 

 meaning pleasant odor. — B. 

 from evolvo, to roll out ; a non- 

 twiner in an Order of twiners, 

 from ex, out, ago, to drive; supposed 



to expel poison, 

 from evccecare, to blind ; alluding 



to the dangerous acrid juice of 



the plants, 

 from phagein, to eat. 

 from phagein, to eat, and pyros, 



wheat ; the grain is edible. — N. 



Buchivheat. 

 after Jonas Theodore Fagr^us, a 



physician and botanist ; 1729- 



1797.— N. 



* Doubtfully indigenous, 



