NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 465 



Genus axd Author. 



Natural Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Order. 



Portulacaria, Jacq. .. Portu. 1786. 



Potamogeton, (Tourn.) Naiad. 1735. 



L. 



Potentilla, L. t . • Rosa. 



1735. 



Pothomorphe, Miq. . . Piper. 1840. 



Pothos, L. t ■ • Araceee. 1747 . 



PouzoLziA, Gaud. . . Urti. 1826. 



Premna, L. 



..Verben. 1771. 



Prenanthes, {YtdW.) L.. Compo. 1737. 



Prestonia, Pt. Br. , . Apocyn. 1809. 

 Prinsepia, Royle. . . Rosa. 1834. 



Pritchardia, Seem. Palm. 1861 . 

 & Wendl. t 



Priva, Adans. . . Verben. 1763. 



Procris, {Qomm.) Juss.. Urti. 1789, 



Prosopis, L. 



. Leg. Mimo.1767 



Prosorus, Dalz. 

 Protium, W. & A. 



. Euphor. 1852 

 . Purser. 1834 



Prunus, (Tourn.) L. . . Rosa. 1735, 



PsEUDANTHisTiRiA, Gram. 1897 



Hook. f. 

 Pseudanthus, Wight. . . Amarant. 1852 



P s E u D A K T H K lA, Leg. Papil. 1834 

 W. & A. 



. resembling Portulaca. — N. Purs- 

 lane-tree. 



. from potomas, a river, and geiton, 

 near ; after the habitat. Pond- 

 iveed. 



. a diminutive of potens, powerful ; 

 a medicinal name. — N. 



. having the form of Pothos. 



. a Cingalese name. — N. 



. in honour of M. P. C. de Pouzolz, 

 a French botanical author of 

 the nineteenth century. — C. 



. from prevmon, the stump of a 

 tree ; because of the small size 

 of the tree. — N. 



. from prenes, drooping, and anthos, 

 flower ; referring to the droop- 

 ing flower heads. — N. 



. after C. Preston, a correspondent 

 of Ray.— N. 



. in honour of James Prinsbp, 

 formerly Secretary of the 

 Asiatic Society, Bengal. — C. 



. after George Pritchard, who ex- 

 plored the islands of the Pacific 

 Ocean.* 



. meaning unknown. — N. 



. from prokrinein, favour; referring 

 to the fine growth and inflore- 

 scence of the plant. — Z. 



. meaning obscure. — B. The ancient 

 Greek name used by Dioscorides 

 (IV 102) and Pliny (XXV 66) 

 for the Butterbur. The name 

 is derived from prowpon, face 

 or mask, referring to the lower 

 lip.— Z. 



. an old Greek name. — N. 



. believed to be the native name in 

 Java. The nomenclator gives 

 no information. — Z. 



. the ancient Latin name of the 

 Plum.— N, 



. the false Anthistiria, which is a 

 related genus. 



. from pseudo, false, and anthos, 

 flower. 



. falsely jointed ; the pod is linear, 

 oblong, flat, continuous within, 

 not jointed, the faces transverse- 

 ly veined. 



* B. N. H. S. Journal, Vol. XXI, p. 357. 



