NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 785 



GrENUS AND AuTHOK. 



Natuual Date. Derivation and Common Name. 

 Okdbu. 



Rudbeckia, L. . . Compo. 



IvUELLiA, (Plum.) L. ■\. Acanth 



llUMEX, L. t 



liuNGiA, Nees. 

 RuppiA, L. 



Kuscus, L. 



llusselia, Jacq. 



UuTA, (Tourn.) L.f . . Ruta 



1735.. after Olaf Rudbec, Professor of 



Botany at Upsal — N. 

 1735. . in honour of John Ruelle of Sois- 



sons, 1474-1537, Botanist to 



Francis I. — N. 

 Polygon. 1735. . a name applied by Pliny to the 



Sorrel-plant. Dock. 

 1832. . after F. F. Runge, born 1795.— Z. 

 1735. . after N. B. Rtrppius, a botanist. — 



N. 

 . . the berries are red. — N. Butcher's 



broom. 

 1760. . After Alexander Russel, author of 



a natural History of Aleppo. 



1756.— N. 

 1735. . probably from ruomai, to preserve. 



— N. 



Acanth, 

 Naiad. 



Lil. 



Scroph. 



1763. . said to be a native name in South 

 America. — N. Palmetto Palm 

 and Savannah Palm. 



1737.. from the Latin term for Sugar, 

 Sugar-cane. 



1825 . . from saccus, and labi ; the lip is 

 sac-like. 



1838. . petals sac-like. 



1851.. 



Sageretia, Brongn. . . Rhamna. 1827. . after M. Sageret, a French agri- 

 culturist. — N. 



Sagittaria, (Rupp.) L. Alis. 1735.. from sagitta, an arrow; a name 



after the shape of the leaves. 

 Water-archer. 



Saintpaulia, Wendl. . . Gesner. . . after Baron Von St. Paul, its dis- 



coverer. Transvaal-violet. — B. 



Salacia, L. . . Celastr. 1771. . after Salacia, wife of Neptune. -- 



N. 



,S.vLicoRNiA, (Touru.) Chenopod, 1737.. srt/,salt,andco/-«M, a horn; saline ha- 

 L. bitat and bare horn-like branch- 



es probably referred to. — N. 



Salix, (Tourn.) L.t . . Sali. 1735.. from Celtic sal, near, and lis 



water ; a habitat name. — D. 



Salmalia, '^ch.ott. . . Malva. 1832 .. the old Latin name used by Vir- 

 gil.— N. 



Salomonia, Lour." ; . Polygal. 1790. . after Solomon, King of Hebrews. 



— N. 



Salpiglossis, R, & P.. . Solan. 1794. . from salpinx, a tube, and glossis, 



a tongue ; in allusion to the 

 tongue like style in the mouth 

 of the corolla. — N. 



* Mentioned by Nairne in the Flowering Plants of Western India. 



