NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 447 



Genus and Author. 



Natural 

 Order. 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



Latipes, Kth. 



Laun^a, Cass. 



.. Gram. 1830. 



. . Compo. 1822 , 



Laurus, (Tourn.) L. . . Laur. 

 Lavandula, (Tourn.) Labiat. 

 L.t 



Lavatera, L. . 



Lawia, Grift'. 

 Lawsonia, L. 



Malva. 



1737. 

 1740 



1737. 



.. Podostem. 1849. 

 ..Lythr. 1737. 



Lebretonia, Schranck.. Malva. 1819. 



Lecanthus. Wedd. . . Urti. 1854. 



Ledebouria, Roth. . . Lil. 1821 . 



Leea, (Royen) L. . . Ampel. 1767 . 



Leersia, (sol.) Sw. .. Gram. 1788. 



Legendrea. . . . . Convol. 1836-50. 



Webb, and Berth. 



Lemna, L. .. .. Lemna. 1735. 



Lens, (Tourn.) L. 

 Leonotis, R. Br. 



Leontodon, L. 



Leg. P. 1755. 

 Labiat. 1811 . 



Compo. 1737. . 



Leonurus, L. . . Labiat. 1735. 



Lepidagathis, Willd... Acanth. 1800. 



Lepidium, L. . . Cruci. 1735. 



Leptacanthus, Nees . . Acanth. 1832. 



Leptadenia, R. Br. . . Asclep. 1809 . 



Leptochloa,* p. B. . . Gram. 1812. 



Leptosiphon, Beuth. . . Polemon. 1833. 



latus, broad, pes foot. 



in honour of M. de Launay, 

 a French botanical author of 

 the eighteenth century. — C. 



the old Latin name — N. Laurel. 



from law, to wash ; in allusion tO' 

 the use made of its distilled 

 water Lavender. 



after two brothers Lavater 

 physicians of Zurich, who 

 lived in the eighteenth century. 

 — N. 



after Law, a botanist of India. 



after Dr. Isac Lawson (1709), a^ 

 botanical traveller. — N. Henna- 

 plant. 



commemorative . 



from lecythos, an oil-jar ; the seed 

 vessels are such. — N. 

 , after M. Ledebour, a botanist. 

 . after James Lee, 1715-1795, a nur- 

 seryman. — N. 

 . after Joh. Dan. Leers, 1727-1774,. 

 a German apothecary and bota- 

 nist. — Z. 

 . commemorative. 



. from lepis, a scale, the sessile 

 leaves look so (Drury) ; an old 

 Greek name. — N. Duckweed. 

 . the classical name. — N. Lentil. 

 . from leo7i, a lion, and ote-s, an ear ; 

 from a fancied resemblance in 

 the corolla. 



from leontos, a lion, and odontos, a 

 tooth. 



from leon, and oura, a tail. 



from lepis, a scale, and ayatliis, a 

 ball ; the inflorescence and fruit 

 form a scaly ball. 



from lepis, probably refers to the 

 form of the pods. Garden Cress. 



from leptos, slender, and acanthus ; 

 the whole plant is slender. 



from leptos, slender, and aden, a 

 gland ; in reference to the slen- 

 der pollen masses. 



from leptos, and chloa, meaning' a 

 slender grass ; some are slen- 

 der. 



synonym Gilia. 



* Not mentioned by Cooke ; discovered by Mr. R. K. Bhide after Coeke's pub- 

 lication. 



