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



Genus and Atjthob,. Natural Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



Parmentiera, DC. 



Parsonsia, R. Br. 



Paspalum, L.f 

 Passiflora, L. . . 



Pastinaca, L. 

 Pavetta, L.f . . 

 Pavonia, Cav.* 



Bienon. 



1838. 



Apocyn. 1809. 



Gram. 1759. 



Passiflor. 1735. 



Umbel. 1737. 

 Rubia. 1747. 



Malva. 1786. 



Pedalium, (Royen.) L. Pedal. 1759. 



Pedicularis, (Tourn.) Scroph. 1735, 

 L. 



Pedilanthus, Neck. . . Eaphor. 1790. 



Peganum, L Zygophyll. 1735. 



Pelargonium, L'Her. . . Geran. 1787. 



Peliosanthes,l Andr. . . Hsemodor. 1808. 



Pellionia, Gaud. . . Urti. 1826. 



Peltophorum, Walp.||.. 

 Pennisetum, Rich.^. . 



Pentapetes, L. 

 Pentaptera, Roxb. 

 Pentas, Benth. 

 Pentatropis, R. Br. . 



Leg. Cffis. 1842 . 



Gram. 1805 . 



Stercul. 1747 . 



Combret. 1814. 



Rubia. 1844. 



Asclep. 1814 . 



Peperomia, R. & P. . . Piper. 1794 . 



PEPLiDium, Del. ..Scroph. 1813. 

 Pereskia, (Plum.) L. . . Cact. 1735. 



after A. Parmentier, 1737-1813, 

 a French writer on plants. — N, 

 Candle-tree. 



after Dr. John Parsons, a Scotch 

 naturalist, 1705-1770. — N. 



from the Greek term for a millet. 



irova. passio, passion, and Jloris a 

 flower ; a name given by the 

 early missionaries, the flower 

 being supposed to, represent the 

 implements of the Crucifixion. — 

 N. Passion-jftoicer . 



a Malabar name. — N. 

 after Don Jose Pavon, a Spanish 

 traveller m Peru,died in 1344. — 

 N. 

 from pedalion, a rudder ; in refer- 

 ence to the dialated angles of 

 the fruit. 

 irom. pediculus, a louse ; from its 

 supposed quality of making 

 sheep lousy that fed on it. 

 Lousewort. 

 from pedilon, and anthos, shoe 

 flower ; the name is very ap- 

 propriate. 

 spurs. 

 the old Greek name. — N. 

 from pelargos, a stork. — N, 



bill. 

 from pelios and anthos meaning 



livid flowers, 

 after A. M. J. Alphonse Pellion 

 who voyaged round the world 

 with Freycinet. 

 peltis, a shield, phero, 1 bear. 

 . from ^eww«, a feather, and setum, 



a bristle. 

 , meaning^w leaved flower. — N. 

 , the drupe has five wings. 

 , cf. Pentapetes. 



, from pente, and tropis, a keel ; in 



allusion to the five coronal keels. 



, peperi, omoios, similar to pepper. — 



N. • 

 , from Peplis, purslane. 

 , after Nicholas F. Peresk of Pro- 

 vence. — N. 



Jeio-huslior Slipper- 



Stork's- 



* Pavonia L. in Engler-Prantl. 

 t Excluded by Cooke. 



II Peltophorum Yog. in Durand and Engler-Prantl. 

 ^ Pennisetum Pars, in Cooke, Durand and Engler-Prantl- 



