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



Genus and Author. 



Natural Date. 

 Order. 



PoGONiA, Juss. t . • Orchid. 1789, 



PoGosTEMON, Desf. f. . Labiat. 1815, 



Poinciana^ {Tourn.)L.t Leg. Gees. 1735, 



Poinsettia, R. Grah . . Euphor. 1836, 



Poivrea, Comm. . . Oombret. 1806 



Po/am"si«, Raf. . . Capparid. 1818 



Polianthes, Jacq. . . Amaryll. 1737 



PoLLiNiA, Trin. t •■ Gram. 1833 



PoLYALTHiA, Blum.t . . Anoiia. 



1829 



PoLYCARPiEA, Lamk. Caryophyll.1792 

 PoLYCARPON, Loefl %• • Caryophyll. 

 PoLYGALA, (Tourn.) L.Polygal. 1735 



Polygonum, (Tourn.) Polygon. 1735 

 L. t 



Polyscias, Forst. . . Aralia. 1775 



PoLYTOCA, R. Br. . . Gram. 1838 



Polyzygus, Dalz. . . Umbel. 1850 

 Pongamia,§ Vent.t . ■ Leg. Papil. 1803 



Pontedeiia, L. 



Ponteder. 1735 



PopULUs, L. . . Sali. 1735 



Porana, Burm. f. t ■ • Convol. 1768 



PoRPAx, Lind. t • • Orchid. 1845 

 PoRTULACA, L.t • • Portu. 1735 



Derivation and Common Name. 



. from pogonias bearded ; the lip is 

 not fringed or bearded in the 

 Bombay species. 



. from poffon, a beard, and stemon, a 

 stamen ; only some of the Bom- 

 bay species have villous sta- 

 mens. Patchouli. 



. after M. de Poinci, Governor of 

 Antilles. — N. Gulmohor or 

 Flame-of-the-foi'est, 



. in honour of Dr. Poinsett. 



. after Poivrb, a French travel- 

 ler. 



. polys anisos ; many unequal sta- 

 mens. — N. 



. many flowered. Tuberose {meaning 

 tuberous and not tube-rose.) 



. named after Giro Pollini, an 

 Italian physician and professor 

 of botany, who died in 1833. — 

 0. 



. from polys many, and althecis, 

 healthy. Asopalao. 



. the capsules are numerous. — C. 



. polys, many, and carpos, fruit. 



. having the property of promoting 

 much milk, ■polysgala. — N. 



. from polys and gonu, in allusion to 

 the many knees or joints of the 

 stem. Adderwort. 



. Polys, many, skias, shade. 



. polys, many, tokas, a bringing 

 forth ? 



. polys and :tygon, many yokes ? 



. adapted from the Malabar name. 

 Karanj -oil-tree or Indian-beceh. 



. after J. Pontedera, 1688-1757, 

 Professor of Botany at Padua. 

 — N. 



. the ancient Latin name. — N. 



. from poreno, to journey ; in allu- 

 sion to the extensive branches 

 — D. ; supposed to be derived 

 from the Javanese name of 

 P. volubilis. — C. Bridal creeper. 



. from, porpe, the handle on a shield, 

 a hook, or ring. — Z. 



.the old Latin name. — N. Purslane. 



* Doubtfully wild in the Bombay Presidency. 



X Polycarpon L. in Cooke and Durand. 



§ See Cooke's Bombay Flora, I, 402, reg'arding- the diversity of opinion as to the 

 name which should be borne by this genus. 



