NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 437 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



GivoTiA, Griff. . . Euphor. 



Gladiolus, (Tourn.)L. . Irid. 



Glossocardia, Cass 

 ■ Glossogynb, Cass. 



Compo. 

 Compo . 



1844.. 



1735. . from gladius, a sword; the shape 

 of the leaves is referred to — N. 

 Corn Flag. 



1742. . after Gottlieb Gleditsoh, Director 

 of Botanic Gardens at Berlin. — 

 N. 



1758 . . the ancient name given by Theo- 

 phrastus to the Maple. It is 

 not obvious why this name was 

 applied to this herb. — Z. 



1823. 



1771 . . its native name in the Moluccas. — 

 N. 



1776. . meaning barbed: it is not clear 

 what is barbed. 



1735 . . from gloriosus, full of glory ; the 

 plant G. i^uperba fully merits 

 both the generic and the speci- 

 fic names. Tiger-lily or climbing- 

 lily. 



1817 . . the achenes are narrowly oblong, 

 and much flattened. 



1827 . . from glossa and gyne ; in allusion 

 to the styles being elongate like 

 tongues. 



1838 . . Glossa, a tongue, and nema, a 

 thread ; the anthers are termina- 

 ted by an inflexed membrane. 



1831.. the seeds have a thin papery 

 tongue-shaped wing in G, veluti- 

 num, Syn. Melochia velutina. 

 Glossostigma, W. & A. Scroph. 1836 . . the stigma is dialated, spathulate 



recurved ; hence the name. 

 Gloxinia, L'Her. . . Gesner. 1785. . after Benj. Petr. Gloxin of Col- 

 mar, a botanist. — N. 

 Glycine, W. & A. f. • Leg. P. 1737. . from glycys, sweet ; allusion ? Soy 



beans. 

 Ruta. 1805.. from glukus, sweet, and osma, 



smell. 

 Anaoard. 1849. . meaning sweet fruits; they are 

 edible in G. racimosa Syn. 

 Notho'pegia Colebroohiana. 

 Verben. 1742 . . after S. Gottlieb Gmelin, a Ger- 

 man naturalist, 1743-1774. — N. 



1737 . . from gnaphalon, soft down ; the 

 entire plant is hoary. Note: 

 Nephelium is Litchi. 



1767.. from gnemon, its name in the 

 Island of Ternate. 



1751. . from Gnidus, a town in Crete. 



1835 . . included under (Enothera. 



Glossonema, Dene. . . Asclep. 

 Glossospermum, Wall. . . Stercul. 



Glycosmis, Corr. 

 Glycicarpus* , Dalz. 



Gmelina, L.f 

 Gnaphalium, L. 



Gnetum, L. 



Gnidia, L. 

 Godetia, Spach. 



Compo. 



. Gneta. 



. Thymel. 

 . Onagr. 



* In Cooke it is Glycycarpus—a printer's mistake. 



