NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 449 



Genus and Author. Natural 

 Order. 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



LiNUM, (Tourn.) L. t..Lina. 1735, 



LiPARis, L. C. Rich f. Orchid. 1818. 



LiPPiA, (Houst) L. . . Verben 1773. 



LiTSBA, Lam. . . Lauri 1789. 



Livistona, R. Br. . . Palm. 1810. 



Lobelia, (Plum.) L.f . . Campanul. 1737 , 

 LocHNEKA, Rchb. . . Apocyn. 1828 , 

 Lodoicea, Comm. | . . Palm. 1805 , 



Lonchocarpus, H.B.K. Leg. P. 1823 



Lonicera, L. 



Caprifol. 1737 



LoPHOPETALUM, Celas. 1839 



Wight. 



LoPHOPOGON, Hack . . Gram. 



Lophospermum,D.Don. Scroph. 1827 

 LoRANTHUS, L. . . Loranth. 1740 



LoTONONis, . . Leg. P. 1836 



Eckl. andZeyh.§ 



Lotus (Tourn.) L. . . Leg. P. 1735 

 LuDwiGiA, L. . . Onagr. 1737 



LuFFA, (Tourn.) L.t . . Cucurbit. 1735 



. from Celtic llin, thread (Drury) ; 

 from. Linon, the old (xreek name 

 used by Theophrastua. — N. 

 IBlaa- or linseed Plant. 



. liparos, smooth (leaves) — N. 



. after Augustus Lippi, a French 

 traveller in Abyssinia — N. 



. from the Japanese name — N. 



. in honour of P. Murray, Baron of 

 Livistone, the founder of the 

 Botanic Garden of Edinburgh.* 

 Chinese Livistona. 



. after Matthias de L'Obel, 1538- 

 1616, a botanist to James I — N. 



. after M. Fr. LocHNER, 1662-1730, 

 a German botanist — Z. 



. said to be altered from Laodioea, 

 so called after Laodice, daugh- 

 ter of Priam — Coco de mer, or 

 Double Coconut. 



. lance-fruit, from logche, lonche, and 

 Imrpos, referring to the form of 

 the pods. — Z. 



. after Adam Lonicer, 1528-1586, 

 a German botanist — N. Honey- 

 suckle. 



. from lophos, and petal, crested 

 petals ; the petals are cristate 

 or lamellate on the inner face. 



. meaning crested beard ; the upper 

 involucral glume is hirsute near 

 the apex and aristate. 



. lophos, a crest, and spermum, seed. 



. from loron, a thong, and anthos, a 

 flower ; the lobes of the corolla 

 look like a thong. 



. from the two generic names Lotus 

 and Ononis — Z. Cf. for a simi- 

 larly formed name Zamioculas 

 below. 



. the name Lotus was given by 

 Dioscorides to some leguminous 

 plants — N. 



, . after Christian Gottleib Ludwig, 

 1709-1773, botanist & traveller, 

 and professor at Leipzig, author 

 of several botanical works — Z. 



. . from Arabic louff. — N. Vegetable 

 Sponge. 



* See the journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. XXI, p. 343. 

 X Durand and Engler-Prantl g'ive Labill as the author of this genus- 

 § Engier-Prantl give DC. as the author. 



