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



Genus and Authob. 



Natural 

 Order. 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



Moaeurra, Roxb. 

 MoDBCCA, Lam. 



MOLLUGO, L. 



..Euphor. 1814. 

 ..Passiflor. 1797. 

 ..Ficoid. 1737. 



MoMORDtCA, (Tourn.) Cucurbit. 1735 . 



L. + 

 MoN-ECHMA, Hochst. . . Acauth. 1841 . 



Mbweiia, L 'Her. ..Salvador. 1784. 



MoNNiERA* B. Juss .. Scroph. 1756. 

 Monocera, Jack. . . Til. 1820. 



Monochilus, Wall | . . Orchid 1840 . 

 MoNocHOKiA, Presl. f Ponteder. 1827 . 



Monolophus, Wall. . . Scitamin. 1830 . 



MoNSONiA, L. . . Geran. 1767. 



Monstera, Adans. . . Aracese. 1763. 



Montanoa, Cerv. 

 Maricandia, DC. 



. . Compo. 1825 . 

 . . Orucifer. 1821 . 



MoRiNDA, L. t . . Rubia. 1737. 



MoRiNGA, Burm § f . . Moring. 1737 . 



Morocarpus, S. & Z. . . Urti. 



MucuNA, Adans. . . Leg. P. 



1846. 



Morus (Tourn.) L. . . Urti. 1735. 



MoscHosMA, Reichb. . . Labiat. 1828 . 



1763. 



the native name. 



an East Indian name. — N. 



the specific name of Galium 

 Mollugo transferred to this 

 genus on account of the general 

 resemblance between the plants. 

 —0. 



an East Indian name. — N. Karla. 



from monos, solitary, and echma, a 

 home ; the two cells of the cap- 

 sule each contain a solitary- 

 seed. — Z. 



after Jean Baptist Monet de 

 Lamarck, 1744-1829, the great 

 French naturalist. — Z. 



after Guill. le Monnier, botanist,, 

 died in 1880.— Z. 



meaning a single horn ; the an- 

 thers are provided with an 

 erect slightly curled or twisted 

 awn {horn). 



the lip is single in many genera. 



ononos and chorizo ; one stamen is 

 different from the rest. — N. 



from monos and lophos, having a 

 single crest ; the posticous lobe 

 of the corolla is cuccuUate. 



after Lady Ann Monson, a cor- 

 respondent of Linneeus. — N. 



not explained by the author. — N.. 

 The leaves have holes in them, 

 which is unusual with plants. 



after Montano, a Mexican politi- 

 cian. — N. 



after M.E. Moricano, 1780-1854, 

 an Italian botanist. — N. 



French morinde. 



morus India, the Indian mulberry. 

 — N. Drumstick-tree. 



bearing fruit resembling Morus or 

 mulberry. 



the old Latin namie. Mulberry. 



from moschos, musk, and os7ne, 

 smell; the Bombay species are 

 not odoriferous. 



its Brazilian name. CowJiacje or 

 Kawach. 



* Moniera in Cooke ; and Engler-Prantl give P. Br. as its author. 

 X Bl. in Eng^ler-Prantl. 



II Llave- and Lex. in Durand and En^ler-Prantl. 



§ Cooke gives Lam. ; and Durand and Engler-Prantl give Juss, as author of 

 Moringa. 



