NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLAJSTS. 455 



Genus and Author. 



Natural 

 Order, 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



Muehlenbeckia, Meisn. Polygon. 1840. 



Mukia, Am. . . . . Cucurbit. 1841 . 



Mtddera, M.iq. ..Piper. 1839. 



Mundulea, Benth. *t. Leg. P. 1852. 



MuRKAYA, (Keen) L. t R"ta. 1771, 



MusA, L. t 



Scit. 1736. 



Muss-ENDA, (Burm.) Ruhia. 



L. t 

 Myosotis, /"T o u r n.) 



(Dill), L. ^ 



Myriophyllum, 

 (Ponted), L. 



Myristica, L.t 



yiyrogyne, Less. 



Myroxylon, L. f. 



Myrsine, L. 

 Myrtus, (Tourn.) L. 

 Myxopyrum, Bl. 

 Nsegelia, Rgl. 



Naias, L. 



Nandina, Thunb. 

 Nannorrhops, Wendl. 

 Nanothamnus, 



T. Thorns. 

 Naravelia, DC. 

 Naregamia, W. & A... 

 Nasturtium, L.|t . . 



Halorag. 



« 



Myristica. 

 Compo. . . 

 Leg. P. 1781, 



1747. 

 1735. 



1735. 



1742. 



Myrsi. 

 Myrt. 

 Olea. 

 Gesner. 



Naiad. 



Berber. 



Palm. 



Compo. 



Ranun. 



Melia. 



Cruci. 



1735. 

 1735. 



1825. 



1848. 



1735 . 



1781. 

 1879. 

 1867. 



1818. 

 1834. 

 1735. 



Nauclea, L. 



..Rubia. 1762.. 



Nechamandra, PI. . . Hydrocharit. 1849: 



after Dr. H. G. Muehlenbeck, 

 1798-1845, a Swiss physician. 

 — N. 



said to be an Indian name. — N. 



after Johannes Muldera, a Dutch 

 anatomist. 



from mundulus, diminutive of 

 onundus, cleanly ; suggested by 

 the clean style. — Z. 



after John Andrew Murray, 1740- 

 1791, a Swedish botanist — N. 

 Curry 'leaf . 



after Antonius Musa, the physi- 

 cian of Augustus. — B. and Z. 

 Banana and Manilla-hemp ; Ara- 

 bic Mauz. — Z. 



its Cingalese name. 



from mys, myos, a mouse, and ous, 

 otos, an ear ; resemblance sup- 

 posed in the leaves. — N. 



from myrios, myriad, and fhyllon, 

 a leaf ; also myris, to flow. 

 Water-milfoil. 



from myron, myrrh ; alluding to 

 the fragrance of the seeds.- — N. 



from myron, myrrh, and gyne, 

 female ? 



myron, an odorous oil, xylon, wood. 

 Peru and Tolu Balsams. 



Greek for myrrh. 



myrtos, the old Greek name. — N. 



myxa, slime, and pyrum. 



after Karl N^egeli, Professor of 

 Botany at Munich. — N. 



from Naias, a water-nymph ; a 

 habitat name. 



nandin, its Japense name. — N. 



nannos rhops, a dwarf bush. 



nanos, dwarf. 



from naravel, its name in Ceylon, 

 the native Indian name. — Z. 

 nasus, tortus, meaning twisting of 



the nose, in allusion to the 



offensive smell of some species. 



Water Cress, 

 naus, a ship, and leio, to inclose ; 



in reference to the hull-shaped 



half capsule. — N. 



* DC. in Cooke, Engler-Prantl and Durand. 

 t R. Br. in Cooke and Darand. 



