NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 467 



Genus and Author. Natural 

 Order. 



Date. Derivation and Common Name. 



NoTHOPEGIA, Bl. 



Anacard. 1850. 



NoTHos.ERUA, Wight *.Amarant. 1853. 

 NoTONiA, DC.t . . Compo. 1833. 



Ntotanthes, L.f ..Olea. 1737. 



Nymph-ea, (Tourn.) L. Nymph. 1735. 



t 



Oberonia, Lindl.t .. Orchid. 1830. 



Oldenlandia, L. . . Rubia. 1737, 



Olea, (Tourn.) L.f 

 Oligomeris, Oamb 



Operculina, 



Silv. Manso. 

 Ophelia, D. Don. 



Ophiopogon, 

 Gawl. 



Ophiorrhiza,§ L. ,, Rubia. 1753. 



. from nothoa, wrong and Pegia, its 

 former name ; Pegia is another 

 genus of the same Order. 



. nothus, a hybrid ? 



. named after B. Noton of Bombay. 



. from nyctos, night, and anthos, a 

 flower ; the flowers are expand- 

 ed at night. Parijatak or tree 

 of sadness. 



. a habitat name ; living like a 

 water Nymph. Waterlily, Egyp- 

 tian Lotus or Indian Lotus. 

 after Oberon, the Fairy king ; in 

 allusion to the quaint forms of 

 the plant. — N. 

 after the Siberian river Ob or Obi, 

 on the banks of which the plants 

 are at home. — Z. 



the ancient Greek name for wild 

 pear ; the leaves resemble. — N. 



from ochros, yellow, and aden, a 

 gland (the disk). — Z. 



from ochro, and harpos, meaning 

 yellow fruits.- — N. 



from ozo, to smell ; the plants are 

 fragrant. — Basil. 



origin uncertain. — 0. 



Oinotheras of Theophrastus. Even- 

 ing Primrose. 



from olae, a furrow ; the petals are 



not furrowed in the Bombay 



species, 

 after Henry Beruh. Oldenland, 



a Danish botanist. — N. 

 the old Latin name. — N. Olive. 

 from oligos and meris ; probably 



referring to the presence of 



only two petals, 

 capsule operculately dehiscent. 



from opheleia, service ; the plant is 

 serviceable as a medicine. 



from ophios and pogon, a serpent's 

 beard ; a translation of the 

 native Japanese name. — N. 

 Snake\s-bea7'd. 



from ophios, and rhiza, the snake- 

 root. 



* Nothosaerva in Index Kewensis. 

 X Ochrocarpos in Cooke. 

 § Opliio^-Mza in Durand. 



