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



Genus and Atjthoe,. 



Hippion, F. W. Sch- 

 midt. 



HiPPOCEATEA, L. 



Hippomane, L. 

 HiPTAGE, Gartn.f 

 Hircea, Jacq. 



HiTCHENIA, Wall.f . . 

 JHoCHSTETTEKIA, DC. 



Hoffmannia, Sw. 



Natural Date. 

 Ordek. 



Gentian. 1793., 



Celastr. 1737 . 



Euphor. 1737. 



Malpigh. 1791 . 



Malpigh. 1760 . 



Scitamin. 1834. 



Compo. 1838 . 



Ptubia. 1788 . 



HoLAREHENA, R. Br. . . Apocyn. 



1809. 



Holcus, L. .. Gram. 1735. 



HoLiGARNA, Buch- Anacard. 1814. 



ham. 



Holmskioldia, Retz. . . Verben. 1791. 



HoLOPTELEA, Planchf.. Urti. 1848. 



HoiosTEMMA, R. Br. f. Asclep. 1809. 



HoMALiUM, Jacq. . . Samyd. 1760. 

 Homalomena, Schott. Araceae 1832 , 



HoMONOiA, Lour. . . Euphor. 



HoPEA, Roxb. . . Diptero. 



Hopea, L. . . . . Styra. 



HoppEA, Willd. . . Gentian 



Hordeum, (Tourn.) L. Gram. 



Howea, Becc. . . 



HoYA, R. Br. t 



HUGONIA, L. . . 



Humulus, L. . . 



Palm. 



. . Asclep. 



. . Lin. 

 . . Urti. 



1790. 



1814. 

 1767. 

 1801. 

 173r>. 



1877. 



1809. 



1737. 

 1735 . 



Hunnemannia, Sweet. Papaver 1828, 

 Hura, L. .. .. Eupho. 1737, 



Derivation and Common Name, 



from hippos, a horse ? 



after Hippocrates, a Greek physi- 

 cian. — N. 



meaning mad after horses ; refer- 

 ring to its efl'ects on mares. — N. 



from hiptami, to fly ; the fruits are 

 winged. 



after De La Hire, a French bota- 

 nist. 



commemorative . 

 do. 



after G. F. Hoffmann, professor 

 of botany at Gottingen ; 1761- 

 1826.— N. 



from holos, entire, and arren, 

 male ; the anthers are free from 

 the stigma. — C. 



the old Greek name of a grass. — 

 N. 



from Hulgeri, its local name in the 

 Deccan. — Z. 



after Theodore Holmskiold, a 

 Danish botanist, 1732-1794.— N. 



having entire petals ; there are no 

 petals, and the calyx is partite 

 in the Bombay species. 



from holos and stemma, a perfect 

 crown ; corona annular, fleshy, 

 truncate. 



from homalos, smooth ? 



from homalos flat, and nema, a 



thread ; the filaments are flat. — N. 



from homonoia, uniformity ; in 

 reference to the iniiformly 

 branched filaments. — Z. 



commemorative, 

 do. 



the ancient Latin name. — N. Bar- 

 ley. 

 after Lord Howe's Island, its 

 habitat. Lord Howe lived from 

 1725 to 1799. Thatch Balm. 



. after Thomas Hoy, an English 

 gardener. — N. Waxflotoer. 



. commemorative. 



. froni humus, the ground ; meaning 

 prostrate. — N. 



, after J. Hunnemann, a botanist ; 

 died 1837.— N. 



, its American name. — N. Sandbox- 

 tree. 



