NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 467 



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

 Order. 



Pyrus, (Touni.) L. . . Rosa. 



Pythonium, Schott. . . Aracere. 

 Quamoclit, Moench. . . Con vol. 



Quisqualis, L. . . Combret. 



173-5.. the old Latin name used by 

 Pliny.— N. Pear. 



18.32.. python. 



1794. . from Kyamos, a Kidney-bean, and 

 klitos, dwarf ; the plant is a 

 climbing one. 



1762 . . quis, who, qualis, of what kind ; 

 points to the uncertainty as to 

 what class or order the genus 

 belonged when the name was 

 given. — N. Ran goon- c reeper . 



{To he continued.^ 



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