-NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA 01 BOMBAY PLANTS. 439 



Oenus axd Author. 



Natural Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



Gymnema, E. Br.t . . Asclep. 1809. 



Oymnosporia, W. & A. Celastr. 



Oymnostachyum, . . Acanth. 1832, 

 Nees. 



Gynandropsis, DC.f... Cappar. 1824. 



Gynerium, H. & B. . . Gram. 1809. 



Gynocardia, E. Br. . . Bixa. 1819 . 



GyjSTURa, Cass.f . . Compo. 1825. 



Gypsophila, L. . . Caryo. 1751. 



Gyrocarpus, Jacq. . . Combret. 1763. 



Harpullia, Eoxb. ..Sapind. 1814. 



from (/ymnos, naked, and nema, a 

 thread ; probably in allusion to 

 the exerted apex of the style. 



the arillate seeds are very conspi- 

 cuous when the capsules have 

 burst open. 



from gymnos and stachys ; the 

 bracts and bracteoles of the 

 spike are very minute. 



the flowers appear with a gynan- 

 drophore — a column bearing 

 pistil and stamens. 



from gyne and erion (wool) ; the 

 stigmas are woolly. — N. Pampas- 

 grass. 



gyne, female, J;ardia heart. 



from gyne and oura (a tail) ; allud- 

 ing to the tail-like appendage 

 of the style. 



from gypsos and p>hilein ; pref ering 

 lime-stone soil. — Baby' s-breath. 



from gyros, a circle, and Jcarpos, a 

 fruit ; the fruit is crowned with 

 long wing-like calyx-segments 

 (of which there are two in G. 

 americanus); the fmit performs 

 gyrations in falling ? 



from habina, a rein ; the spur is 

 long like a rein. — N. 



the spathe and filaments are red 

 — African-tulip or blood- floicer. 



from kaimatos and xylon, meaning 

 red wood ; the wood yields the 

 dye known by the same name. 

 Campeachy-icood or logii:ood. 



from halo, sea-salt, and charis, 

 grace ; a halophyte. 



from halo and pyros (a grain) ; the 

 grass is halophilous. 



halo, salt, rax, grape. 



shrubs or trees containing a lot of 

 salts. 



after Henry Louis de Hamel du 

 Monceau, a French author ; 1700- 

 1782.— N. 



after William Hamilton, an Ame- 

 rican botanist. — N. 



from Jiaplos, single, and anthos, a 

 flower ; application ? 



the leaves are simple. 



after General Hardwicke, once of 

 the East India Company. — N. 



a name of Indian origin. — Z. 



