446 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HLST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Kyllinga, Rottb. . . Cyper. 1773 . 



Lablah, Aclans. . . Leg. P. 1763 . 



iLactuca, (Tourn.) L.f Compo. 1735 . 



Lafoensia, Vand . . Lythr. 1788 . 



Lagarosiphon, HArv. Hydrochar.1842 . 



Lagasoea,"''" Cav. ..Compo. 1803. 



Lagbnandra, Dalz. f. Aracese. 1852. 



Lagenandrea, Daiz. . . Convol. 



Lagenaria, Ser. . . Cucur. 1825. 



LAGERSXRoeMiA, L. f. . Lythr. 1759. 



Laggera, Sch. Bip. . . Compo. 1841 . 



Laguncsa, Schreb. . . Malva. 1791 . 



Lagurus, L. . . Gram. 1737. 



Lamprach.eeni u m, J Compo. 1873. 

 Benth. 



Lansium, Rumph. . . Melia. 1741 . 



Lantana, L. t . • Verben. 1737. 



Laportea, Gaud. 

 Lapiiago, Schreb. 



. Urti. 

 . Gram. 



1826. 

 1789. 



Lasianthus, Jack. . . Rubia. 1823. 



Lasiopogon, Cass. . . Compo. 1818. 



Lasiosiphon, Fresen.. Thym. 1838. 



Latania, Comm. . . Palm. 1789. 



L AT HYRUs (Tourn.) L. f Leg. P. 1735 , 



Derivation and Common Name. 



after Peter Kylling, 1640-1696, 

 a Danish botanist. — N. 



the Arabic name of Convolvulus. 

 — N. - 



in allusion to the lac, or latex of 

 the plants. — N. Lettuce. 



after the Duke of Lafoens. 1719- 

 1806.— N. 



the ovary is produced into a fili- 

 form beak. 



after M. Lagasca, a Spanish 

 botanist, died 1849.— N. 



meaning anthers bottle-shaped ; 

 the anthers are sessile, truncate, 

 with conic perforate tips. 



lagena, a flask ; in allusion to the 



shape of the fruit. — N. Bottle 



Gourd. 

 after Magnus Lagerstrom of 



Gottenberg, 1696-1759.— N. 



Pride of India. 

 in honour of Dr. Lagger, a Swiss 



botanist of the nineteenth 



century. — 0. 

 in honour of Andres da Laguna, a 



Spanish botanist. 

 lagos, and oura, hare's tail. — N. 



such is the inflorescence. 

 . Imnpros, brilliant, and achene ; 



the achenes are glabrous and 



shining. 

 lanseh, a vernacular name, 

 an ancient name of Viburnum 



(Drury) ; an old Italian name 



for the Wayfaring tree. — N. 

 after M. Laporte. 

 from lappa, burdock ; the upper 



involucral glumes are hispid, or 



spinous-hooked. 

 lasios, wooly, and anthos, flower ; 



the corolla throat is villous, 

 from lasios , woolly, and pogon, 



a beard, the outer involucral 



bracts are woolly on the outside, 

 the perianth tube is silky, 

 after its native name in Mauritius 



— N. Latanier Palm. 

 a name used by Theoprastus for 



the pea. — N. 



* Lagasca, Cav. in Cooke. 

 X Lampracheniumixi Cooke. 



