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



Genus and Authok. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Melanthesiopsis* . . Euphor. 1880 . 



Benth. & H. F. 

 Melasioma, (Burm.) L. Melastom. 1737 . 



Meihania, Forsk. . . Stercul. 1775 . 



Melia, L.t ..Melia. 1737. 



Melica, L. 



Gram. 



1737 



Melilotus, (Tourn.) Leg. P. 1742 . 



Hall.| 



Meliosma, B1. . . Sabia. 1823 . 



Melissa, (Tourn.) L. . , Labiat. 1737 . 



Melochia, (Tourn.) L. Stercul. 1735, 

 Meiothria, L. ..Cucurbit. 1737. 



Memecylon, L. 

 Mengea, Schan. 



. Melastom. 1717. 

 . Amarant. 1843, 



Mentha, (Tourn.) L. . . Labiat. 1735. 



Menyanthes, (Tourn.) L. Gentian. 1735 . 



Meriandra, Benth. . . Labiat. 1829 . 



Merremia, Dennst.f Oonvol. 1818. 



Mesembryanthemum, Ficoicl. 1735. 

 (Dill.) L. 



Mesua,§ L Gutti. 1735. 



Methonica, (Tourn.) Lil. 1766. 



Crantz. || 



Meyenia, Nees t • • Acanth. 1832. 



Mbzoneurum, Desf . . . Leg. Cses. 1818 . 



Michelia, L. f • • Magno. 1737 . 



Micranthus. Wendl... Acanth. 1798, 



Derivation and Common Name. 



looking like Melanthesa because of 

 the dark flowers. 



the fruit darkens the mouth when 

 eaten. 



after Melhan, a mountain in 

 Arabia. 



Greek for the Ash, applied to this 

 genus because of the resem- 

 blance in leaves. Chinaberry-tree 

 or Persian-lilac. 



from meli, honey, referring to the 

 sweet properties of this grass. — 

 0. 



from melitos, honey, and lotus. 



from meli, honey, and os7na, smell, 

 from melissa, a bee ; bees are 



said to gather honey from these 



plants. — N. Balm. 

 from the Arabic name Mfflochien.^ 



Z. 

 , Melothron, the Greek name for 



Bryony, 

 the Greek name. — N. 

 after Anton Menge, professor at 



Danzig, who flourished in 1839. 



— Z. 

 , the old Latin name. — N. Mint. 

 . men, a month, and anthos, flower. 

 , meris, a part, aner, a male ; the 



anther-cells are distinct. — C. 

 . after Bias. Merrem, 1761-1824, a 



professor of natural science. — Z. 

 . viesembria, midday, and anthemon, 



flower. — N. Ice-plant or Dew- 

 plant. 

 . after two Arabian botanists, 



Mesue of Damascus. — N. 

 , altered from Mendoni, the Malabar 



name of the plant. — Z. 

 . after F. J. Meyen, a German 



botanist. 

 . the pod is broadly winged along 



the upper suture ; allusion P 

 . name after P. A. Michele, 1679- 



1737, a Florentine botanist. — N. 

 . small flowered. 



* Melantliesopsis, Muell. Arg-. in Cookt 

 X Jufes. in Durand and Eng'ler-Pvantl. 

 § It is quite different from 31cesa, q. r, 

 II Juss- in Durand and Engrler-Prantl. 



