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



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

 Order. 



Hawortliia, Duval. . . Lil. 

 Kebradendron, E. Grah. Gutti. 



Heclera, (Tourn.) L. . . Aralia. 

 Hedyohium, Kon.f . . Scit. 



Hedyotis, L. . . . . Rubia. 



Kedysarium, (Tourn. )L. Leg. P. 



Helenium, L. . . . . Compo. 



HeleocJiaris, Lestib. . . Oyper. 



Heleochioa, Houst. . . Gram. 



Helianthus, L. . . Compo. 



Helichrysum, . . Compo. 



(Vaill.) L. 

 Heliconia, L. . . . . Scitam. 



Helictebes, (Pluk.) L . Stercul. 



Heligme, Bl. . . Apocyn. 



He liotropium, Borag. 

 (Tourn.) L. t 



Helipterum, DC. 



Helmia, Kth. 



Heloirciaduvi, Koch. 

 Hemeroeallis, L. 



. . Compo. 



. . Dioscor. 



. . Umbel. 

 . . Lil. 



1809. 

 1836. 



1737. 

 1783. 



1747. 

 1735. 

 1753. 

 1819. 

 1801. 

 1735. 

 1737. 

 1767. 



1735. 



1828. 

 1735. 



1837, 



1850, 



1824, 

 1735 



Semiadelphis, Nees . . Acanth. 1832 



Memichoriste, Nees . . Acanht. 1832 



after A. H. Ha worth, a botanist ;, 



died 1833.— N. 

 meaning inscribed trees ; applica- 

 tion ? The testa is, however, 

 muriculate, and the sessile 

 stigma is tubercled. 

 its old Latin name. — N. Ivi/. 

 from hedys, sweet, and chion, snow ;. 

 the flowers are white and 

 sweetly fragrant. Indian-gar- 

 land-floiuer. 

 from hedys, sweet, and otos, an ear ; 

 application ? 

 . an ancient name used by Dios- 



corides. — N. 

 . from Helenion, a Greek name 

 probably after Helen of Troy. — N.. 

 . from helos and charis ; a helophyte 



or a marsh plant. 

 . from helios and chloa (grass) ; a 



habitat name, not quite apt. 

 . from helios and anthos ; the sun- 

 flower. — N. 

 . fi-om helios and chrysos — the golden 



sun-like flowers. — N. 



. from Helicon, a mountain in 



Greece, consecrated to the 



Muses. — N. 



. from helix, a spiral ; the twisted 



capsule is referred to. — Screw-ti'ee. 



. from helix, a spiral ; the filaments 



are twisted together. 

 . from helios, the sun, and trope, a 

 turning ; the flowers are turned 

 outwards and upwards. Helio- 

 trope. 

 . from helios and pteron ; referring 



to the plumed pappus. 

 . after C. Helm, a German ecclesiast. 



— N. 

 . helos, a swamp, skiadion, a shade. 

 . from hemero, a day, and hallos^ 



beauty. — N. Day Lily. 

 . from hemi, half, and adelphia, a 

 fraternity ; there are two 

 stamens instead of four ; but 

 quite a number of other genera 

 of the same order have this 

 reduced number. 

 . from hemi and choristos — half se- 

 parated ; allusion from hemi- 

 graphos, half written, in allusion 

 to the shape of the corolla. 



