800 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



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

 Okdek. 



WooDKOwiA, Stapf . . . Gram. 1896 . . after G. Marshal Woodkow, Pro- 



fessor of Botany at the College 

 of Science, Poona, India. 



Wrightia, R. Br. . . Apocyn. 1809.. after Dr. W. Weight, a Scotch 



botanist. Pala Indigo-plant. 



Xanthium, (Tourn.) L. Compo. 1735 . 



Xanthochijmus, Roxb. . Guttifer. 1798. 



Xanthosoma, Schott. . . Aracese. 1832. 



Xanthoxylon, Spreng. . Ruta. 1818. 



Xeranthemam,(Tourn.) Compo. 1736. 

 L. 



Ximenia, (Plum.) L. . . Olacin. 1737. 



Xylia, Benth. . . Leg. Mimo.1842. 



Xyris, (Gronov.) L. . . Xyricl. 1737. 



from xantlios, yellow ; the infusion 

 yields an yellow dye. — D. The 

 old Greek name used by Dios- 

 corides. — N. 



named in allusion to the yellow 

 latex of the fruit. 



xanthos soma ; alluding to the 

 large, lobed, depressed, yellow 

 stigma. — N. 



meaning yellow wood. Chinese- 

 pepfer. 



from xeros, dry, and antliemon, a 

 blossom ; the flowers retain 

 their form and colour for years. 

 — N. Immortal-floivers . 



after Francis Ximenes, a Spanish 

 monk who wrote on Mexican 

 plants in 1615. — N.. Mountain- 

 plum. 



from xyros, acute ; the allusion 

 is to the leaf tips (D.) ; the old 

 Greek name used by Dioscori- 



des.— N. 



Yucca, (Dill.) L. 



. Lil. 



a native name. — Adam's-needle. 



Zamioculcas, Schott.. Aracete. 



1856. . resembling Zamia and Culcasia. — 



N. 

 1735 , . after John Jerome Zannichblli, 



1662-1729, a Venetian botanist. 



— N. Horned Pondiveed. 

 1737. . after Giac. Zanoni, 1615-1682, a 



Professor at Bologna. — Z. 

 1737.. xanthos xylon; the yellow colour 



is in the roots. — N. Chinese- 



ptepper. 

 1791.. after Paul Ant. Zappa of the 



Botanic Garden at Pavia. — Z. 

 1737. . .Zijflt or Ze^ff, the old Greek name 



for a cereal used by Homer. — 



N. Maize or Indian-corn. 



* Zapania, Scop, in Durand and Engler-Prantl. 



