788 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HLST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



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

 Order. 



Scorzonera. (Tourn.) L. Compo. 



Scutellaria, (Riv.)L.t Labiat. 



ScuTiA, Oomm. . . Rhamii. 



Sebcea, Sol and. '■' 



Sebastiania, I Spreng. Euphor, 

 Sechium, P. Br. . . Cucur. 



Securine(ja (0 o m m.) Euphor, 



Juss. 

 Seddera, Hochst. . . Convol. 



Sedum (Tourn.) L. . . Crass. 



1735. . from scorzon, a serpant ; a medi- 

 cinal term. — N. 



1735. . from scutella, a little saucer ; the 

 calyx is referred to. — N. 



1827 . . from scutum, a shield ; the disk 

 fills the calyKtube. 

 ..Gentian. 1810. . after Albert Seba, 1666-1736, a 

 botanist of Amsterdam, — N. 



1821. . commemorative, 



1756. . said to be derived from seJws, a 

 pen or fold ; the fruits are used 

 to fatten the hogs. — N. 



1789. . from securis, an axe, and nego, to 

 refuse ; the wood is so hard. — N, 



1844. . commemorative. 



1735 . . sedeo, to sit ; the plants appear 

 seated on rocks. — N, Live for 

 ever. 

 Sbetzenia, E. Br, . . Zygophyll. 1826. . after Ulrich Kaspar Seetzbn, 1775- 



1811, a botanist and traveller 

 in Syria, Arabia, &c. — Z. 

 Semecarpus, L. f. t • • Anacard. 1781. . from seviion, a mark and karpos; 



the marking fruit. — N. Marhiny- 

 nut Tree. 

 Senebieea, DC. ** . . Crucifer. 1,799. . commemorative. 

 Senecio (Tourn.) L... Compo. 1735.. from senex, an old man ; in allu- 

 sion to the bald receptacle (D,) ; 

 in allusion to the white hair- 

 like pappus. — N. 

 Senna, Mill. § . . Leg. Csesal.1768. . Arabic tienna, acute, from its sharp 



pointed leaves. — N. 



1786,, 



1848. , serikos, silken, and stoma, mouth; 

 the corolla mouth is such, — N. 



1789.. a name altered from the old 

 Greek seris used by Diocorides. 

 — N. 



1767. . ser2)o, to creep ; a creeper. 



1735. . seirula, a little saw, the leaves are 

 serrate. — N. 



1 737 . . from sempsen an Egyptian plant, 

 (Drury). Gingelly. 

 Sesbania, Scop, t +1 . . Leg. Papil. 1777. . from Arabic Sesban.—l^. Sesban. 

 Sesuvium, L. , . Ficoid. 1759. . Signification not known, probably 



arbitrary. — -N. Sea Purslane. 

 Sbtaria, p. B. t . . Gram. 1807. . seta, a bristle ; alluding to the in- 



volucre of bristles. — N, 



Senra, Cav. . . Malva. 



Serioostoma. Stocks. Borag. 



Serissa. Conim. 



Serpicula, L. 

 Serratula, (Dill.) L. 



Sesamum, L. t 



Rubia. 



Halorag . 

 Compo. 



Pedal. 



* Sebaea R. Br. in Durand and Eugler-Prantl. 



% Cooke grives Sebastiana, a misprint. 



** Senebiera, Poir. in Cooke. Eng-ler-Prantl. and Durand. 



§ Senna, Wilde in Engfler-Prantl. 



%% Sesbania, Pers. in Durand and Enoier-Prantl. 



