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



Genus and Authok. Natxjiial Date, Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



Leptosyne, DC. . . Compo. 1836. 



Lepuranda, Nimmo . . Urti. 1839 . 



Lettsomia, Roxb.t . . Oonvol. 1814. 



Leuc^na, Benth. . . Leg. M. 1842. 



Leucanthemum, Compo. 1735. 



(Tourn.) L. 



Leucas, (Burm.) R. Br. Labiat. 1737 . 



Leucoblepharis, Am. . . Oompo. 1838 . 



Leucodictyon, Dalz. . . Leg. P. 1850. 



Lichenora, Wight. . . Orchid 1852. 



Limnanthemum, 

 Gmel. t 



Gentian. 1770. 



LiMNOPHiLA, R. Br.. . Scroph. 



Limnophyton, Miq. . . Alisma. 

 Limodorum, (Tourn.) L. Orchid, 



LiMONIA, L. 



Ruta . 



LiNARiA, (Tourn. ) Scroph. 

 Mill * 



Lindenbergia, Lehm, Scroph, 



t 



LiNOCIBRA, SW, 



Olea, 



1810. 



1855 . 

 1740. 



1763. 



1752. 



1828. 



1791. 



synonym Coreopsis. 



lepuros, in a husk, aner, a male. 



after J. C. Lettsom, a British phy- 

 sician and naturalist. 



probably from leuhos, white ; refer- 

 ring to flowers. — B. 



leucos, white, anthos, flower. 



from leucos, white ; the corolla is 

 snow white. 



Syn. Blepharispermum, q. v. 



white net; in allusion to the whitish 

 veins on the leaflets ? 



Syn. Porpax ; the latter has much 

 depressed subdiscoid pseudo- 

 bulbs clothed with reticulate 

 sheaths. 



its name in the Macassar language. 

 Pinany-lmvyers . 



ligula, a strap, referring to the 

 florets. — N. 



from ligare, to tie ; the branches 

 are flexible enough to form a tie. 



from Celtic li, whiteness ; the 

 flowers are white (Drury) ; the 

 old Latin name. — N. 



from lomios, a pest ; on account of 

 the poisonous properties of the 

 plant. According to Pliny 

 (XXVI. 76) a plant of that 

 name was used in Gaul for poi- 

 soning arrows. — Z. 



from limne, a marsh, and anthamon, 

 flowering ; marsh flowers ( the 

 flowers are showy). Waterlily 

 or Water-snoio flake . 



from limne, a marsh, diMAphileo, to 

 love ; named after the habitat. 



limen, a marsh, phyton, a plant. 



Union, and doron ; the meadow's 

 gift. 



from the Persian name of the 

 Citron.— C. 



after the genus Linum, on account 

 of the similarity in leaves. Toad- 

 flax. 



after J. B. Lindenberg, a German 

 botanist of the nineteenth cen- 

 tury. 



after a French physician, G. Lino- 



CEK. 



* Linaria, Juss. in Cooke. 



