466 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL RIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Psidium, L. ., Myrt. 1737. 



PsiLOSTACHYS, Hochst. Amarant. 1844. 



Psilotrichum, Bl. . . Amarant. 1825, 



Psophocarpus, Neck. . . Leg. Papil. 1790. 

 PsoRALEA, L. . . Leg. Papil. 1742. , 



PsYCHOTRiA, L. . . Rubia. 1759. . 



Pterocarpus, L. . . Leg. Papil. 1747. , 



Derivation and Common Name. 



Ptbropyrum, 

 Jaub. & Spach. 



Polygon. 1846 . 



PiEROSPERUM, Schreb . Stercul. 1791 . 



t 

 Ptychosperma, LabilL. Palm. 1809. 



Ptychotis, Koch. 



PUERARIA, DC. 



.. Umbel. 1824. 

 . . Leg. Papil. 1825 . 



PuLiCARiA, Gartn. . . Compo. 1719. 



Puneeria, Stocks. . . Solan. 1849. 



Punica, (Tourn.) L. . . Lythr. 1735. 



PuPALiA, Juss. ..Amarant. 1803. 



PuTRAN JIVA, Wall t . . Euphor. 1826 . 



Pycnospora, R. Br. . . Leg. Papil. 1834. 

 Pycnostachys, Hook.. Labial. 1827. 



Pycreus, P. B. 



Pygeum, Gartn. 

 Pyrethrum, Hall.* 



Pyrostegia, Presl. 



Pyrularia, Mchx. 



. . Cypher. 1807 . 



..Rosa. 1888. 



. . Compo. 1742. 



. . Bignon. 1844. 



.. Santal. 1803. 



. from psidion, Greek for the Pome- 

 granate. — N. Guava. 

 . from psllos, bare, and stachi/s, a 



spike. 

 . from psilos, naked, and thrix, a 

 hair ; the reference not under- 

 stood. 

 . psophos, a sound, carpos, fruit. 



Chaudhari. 

 . psoraleos, warted ; the leaves are 



such. — N. 

 . psyche, Hie ; a medicinal name. — 



N. 

 . from pteron and carpos ; the pods 

 are winged. — Burmese Roseioood 

 or Red wood-tree. 

 . from pteron and pyren, meaning 

 winged kernel ; the nut is 

 broadly three -winged. 

 , pteron sperma ; the seeds are 



winged. 

 , the albumen is ruminated. — N. 

 Australian leather Palm. 

 from ptyche, a fold, 

 after M. M. N. Puerari, Professor 

 of Botany at Copenhagen. — 

 N. 

 ixorcQ. pulex , a flea ; used as a flea- 

 bane, 

 from panir, Hindustani for cheese, 

 from Punicus, another name for 

 Carthage, probably with some 

 allusion to piuniceus, scarlet. — N. 

 Pom^egranate. 

 said to be a native name in India. 



— N. 

 an Indian term meaning life of 

 the son ; a medicinal name. — N. 

 with clustered spores, allusion ? 

 with densely clustered flower 



spikes, 

 an anagram of Cyperus in which 

 genus the species are placed by 

 most botanists. — C. 



probably from pyr, fire ; the roots 

 are acrid. — N. 



from pyros, fire, and steye, a cover- 

 ing. 



a diminutive of Pyrus, the pear. — 

 N. 



* Pyrethrum DC- in Engler^Prantl. 



