NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 797 



Urtica, (Tourn.) L, . . Urti. 



Utricularia, L. 



UVARIA, L. 



Anona. 



1735 



Lentibul. 1735 



3 747 



Derivation and Common Name. 



. from una, to unite ; with reference 

 to the stamens and carpels 

 appearing united (D) ; probably 

 a veriation of Anona. — N. 



. from ouranos, heaven. 



. oura, a tail ; alluding to the in- 

 florescence. — C. 



. meaning stinging ; the fruit is 

 covered with glochidiate spines. 



. after the name of an Arab tribe in 

 Algeria, Ben Urgin. — N. 



. from ura and chloa ; tailed grass. 



. having tailed petals. 



. from ura and stigma ; the stigma 

 is appendiculate. 



. from uro, to burn ; in allusion to 

 the stinging hairs. — N. Sting- 

 ing Nettle. 



. with reference to the utriculus, or 

 bladders on the plants. — N. 

 Bl.adderwort. 



. from uva, a grape bunch ; the 

 resemblance lies in the fruit 

 clusters of the two plants. — N. 



Vagaria, Herb. . . Amaryll. 1837 . 



Vahlia, Thunb. . . Saxifrag. 1782. 

 Vallaris, Burm. f.t§.Apocyn. 17d8. 



Vallisneria, (Mich.) Hydrocharit.1737 

 L.t 



Van DA, Jones, til 

 Vandellia, L. 



. Orchid. 1795. 

 . Scroph. 1767. 



Vangueria, Juss. . . Ptubia. 1789. 



Vanilla, (Plum.) Mill. Orchid.^ 1752. 



Vateria, L.t 

 Vatica, L. 



. Diptero. 1737 . 

 . Diptero. 1771 . 



from vago, to wander. 



commemorative. 



probably from vallo, to enclose ; it 

 being used for fences in Java. 

 — N. 



after Antonio Vallisneri, 1661- 

 1730, an Italian botanist of 

 Padua. — N. Eelgrass or Tape- 

 grass. 



from its Indian name. — N. 



after Dominico Vandelli, Profes- 

 sor of botany at Lisbon. — N. 



voa-tanguer, its name in Madagas- 

 car. — N. 



Spanish vainilla, a sheath of knife ; 

 the pod suggests the anology, 



after Vater, a German. 



from rates, divine ; the shrub is 

 used in China in religious cere- 

 mony. — Z. 



* Uocrhioa, Kth. in Durand and Engler-Prantl. 



% Uropetalum, Ker. in Engier-Prantl and Durand, Index Kewensis adopts 

 Uropetalon, KerGrawl, 1816. 



§ Vallaris, Burm. in Cooke, Engier. -Prantl. and Durand. 

 II Vanda, R. Br. 1820 in Cooke, Engier .-Prantl. and Durand. 

 *il Vanilla, Sw. 1799 in Engier. -Prantl. and Durand. 



