NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 4-59 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



OxYTENANTH ERA, Gram. 1868 

 Munro. 



Pachira, Aubl. Malva. 1775 

 Pachyrhizus, Rich. Leg. Papil. 1825 



Pajanella, do. Bignon 1838 



Palaquium, Blanco. . . Sapot. 1837 



Paliurus, (Tourn.) MilF Rham. 1752 



Palmia, Endl. 



Palm. 



1839 



Panax, L. . . Aralia. 1735 



Pancratium, (Dill.) Lf Amaryll 1735 



Pandanus, (Rumph.) Pandan. 1781 , 



L. f. t 



Pandorea, Spach.'-* .. Bignon. 1840, 



Panicum, L. t 



Gram. 



1735 



Panjanella, DO. . . Bignon. . . 



Papaver, (Tourn.) L , . Papaver. 1737 



Pappojyhoriim, Schreb... Gram. 1791, 



Papyrus, y^iWd. . . Oyper. 1812-13. 



Paracaryum, Boiss. . . Borag. 1849. 



Paramignya, Wight.. Rata. 1838. 



Parat7-opia, DC. ..Aralia. 1830. 



Pardanthus, Ker.-Gawllrid. 1805, 



PARiETARiA,(Tonrn.) L. Urti. 1735 . 



Parinarimn, Aubl. . . Rosa. 1775. 



Paritium, A. Juss| . . Malva. 1827. 

 Parkia, R. Br. . . Leg. Mimo. 1826. 



Parkinsonia, ('Plum.) Leg. 0. 1737. 

 L.t 



. the filaments are connate in an 

 ultimately elongated membra- 

 nous tube. 



. its native name in Guiana. — N. 



. from pachys, thick, and rhiza, root. 



. Malabar name latinized. 



. from a vernacular name. 



. the old Greek name used by 

 Theophrastus. — N. 



. after L. H. Palm, author of The 

 Olimbing of Plants, Stuttgart, 

 1827.— N. 



. panakes meaning panacea. — N. 



. from pan and kratys, all potent ; a 

 medicinal name. 



. from Malayan pandang, conspi- 

 cuous. Screiv-pine. 



. from pan, whole, and deros, a 

 membrane ; in allusion to the 

 leaves. — Z. The leaves are not 

 simple. 



. from pants, bread ; or from pani- 

 cula, a panicle (Drury) the old 

 Latin name. — N. 



. from its Malabar name. 



. an old Latin name. — N. Opium 

 Poppy. 



. the lower involucral glume bears 

 down or pappuvi. 



. an old Greek name. — N. 



. from para, beside, and caryon, a 

 nut.— N, 



. from para, beside. 



. from para and tropis, like a keel ? 



. from pardos, a leopard, and anthos, 

 a flower ; the flowers are spot- 

 ted.— N. 



. from paries, a wall ; because it 

 grows on old walls. — 0. 



. from its native name in Brazil. — 

 N. 



. from the Malabar name of the 

 plant. — Z. 



. in honour of Mungo Park, 1771- 

 1805, the celebrated African 

 traveller. — N. 



. after John Parkinson, 1567-1629, 

 an apothecary of London. — N 

 Jerusalem Thorn. 



* Juss. in Engier-Prantl. 



* • Seem, in Durand. 



X St. Hil. in Durand and Engler-Prantl. 



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