NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 789 



Genus and Author. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Derivation and Common Name. 



Shorea, Roxb. 

 Shutereia, Choisy. 



. Diptero. 1805. 

 . Convol. 1833. 



Shuteria, W. & A. . . Leg. Papil. 1834. 



SiDA, L. 



. . Malva. 



1735 . 



SiDERROXYLON, (Dill.) Sapot. 1735. 



L. 



Siegesbeckia, L. . . Compo. 1737. 



SiLENE, L. t • • Caryophjdl. 1735. 



Sinningia, Nees. . . Gesner. 1825. 



Siphonacanthus , Nees... Acanth. 1847. 



Slevogtia, Rchb. . . Gentian. 1828. 



Smilax, (Tourn.) L.f . . Lil. 1735 . 



Smithia, Ait. 



Sodada, Forsk. 

 Solandra, Sw. 



.. Leg. Papil. 1789. 



. . Capparid. 1775. 

 .. Solan. 1787. 



SoLANUM, (Tourn.) L.f Solan. 1735. 



Anacard. 1834. 



SOLENOCARPUS, 



W. & A. 



Solidago, (Vaill.) L. . . 

 SoNCHUS, (Tourn.) L. 

 SoNERiLA, Roxb. 



SONNERATIA, L. f. 

 SOPHORA, L. 



SopuBiA, Ham. 

 Sovffhicm, L.* 



Compo. 1736. 



Compo. 1735. 



Melastom. 1814. 



Lythr. 1781 . 



Leg. Papil. 1737. 



Scroph. 1825. 



Gram. 1735. 



after Sir John Shore ? 



commemorative ; see the next 

 name. 



in honour of D. Shuter, Medical 

 Officer, Madras Presidency, at 

 the end of eighteenth century, 

 — C. 



an old Greek name used by 

 Theophrastus for the Water 

 Lily. — N. Indian malloiv. 



from sideros, and xylon, because 

 of the iron like hard timber. 



named after John George Sieges- 

 beck, a German botanist. — -N. 

 , said to be from sialon, saliva ; 

 alluding to the viscid exudation 

 on the stems and calyces ; cf. 

 the English name Catchfly. — N. 



after William Sinning, gardener 

 to the University of Bonn.^ — N. 



from sipho7i, and acanthus ; tubu- 

 lar spines. 



in honour of a botanist, J. H. 

 Slevogt. 



from smile, a scraper ; in allusion 

 to the prickly stems. — (D). 

 American China-root or Cathriar, 



after Sir James Edward Swith, 

 1759-1828, founder of the 

 Linnean Society. — N. 



after Daniel Charles Solander, 

 1736-1782, a Swedish botanist. 

 — N. 

 a name used by Pliny. ^ — N. Potato 



and Bringel. 

 from solen, a tube and karpos ; 

 furrowed fruits ; not so in the 

 Bombay species. 

 solido, to join ; a medicinal term. 

 — N. Golden-7-od. 

 . from its Greek name Sonchos. — 

 Soiothistle. 

 from its native name in Khassia. 



— N. 

 , after Pierre Sonnerat, 1749-1814, 



a traveller and botanist. — N. 

 , from Arabic Sophero. — N. 

 . after its native name in India. — N. 

 . said to be from Sorghi, the Indian 

 name. — N. 



* Sorg-hum, Pers. in Ens'ler-Prantl. 



