NATURAL ORDERS AND GENERA OF BOMBAY PLANTS. 801 



Genus and Atjthok. Natural Date. 

 Order. 



Zebrina, Schnitzl. . . Commel. 1849 . 



Zehneria, ^\\d\. ..Cucurbit. 1833. 



/ephyranthes, Herb. . . Amaryll. 1821 . 



Zerumbet, Wendl. 

 Zeuxine, Lindl. 



Scitamin. 1798. 

 Orchid. 1826. 



Zingiber, Adans t ..Scitamin. 1763. 



Zinnia, L. 



. . Compo. 1759, 



ZizYPHUS, (Tourn.) L. Rham. 1735, 



t * 



Derivation and Common Name. 



the leaves are striped in a zebra- 

 like manner. — N. 



after Joseph Zehner, a botanical 

 artist of Vienna. 



xephyros, the west wind, and 

 anthos, a flower ; a fanciful 

 name. — N. West-tvind Lily. 



a vernacular name. 



zeuxis, a joining ; the petals cohere 

 with the upper sepal. — N. 



from Zingiberis, used by Diosco- 

 rides ; from Sanskrit. — N. Gin- 

 ger. 



after John Godfrey Zinn, 1727- 

 1759, Professor of Botany at 

 Gottingen, — N. 



Zizouf is the Arabic name of Z. 

 Lotus. — N. Jujube-tree. 



after John Zorn, 1739-1799, a 

 botanist of Bavaria. — N. 



Zosimos, vital. 



from zoster, a belt ; the leaves are 

 alluded to. — N. 



after Karl von Zoy.s, a German 

 botanist. — Z. 



from zygon, and fhyllon ; alluding 

 to the pairs of leaflets. — N. 

 Bean-caper . 



Generic Names arranged according to Derivations. 



The generic names of plants may be classified according to their deriva- 

 tions into the three major heads of descriptive names, commemorative 

 names and common plant names modified into generic ones. Under the 

 first head are included those describing the plant's form or properties as 

 well as those giving the plant's habitat or geography. Under the second 

 head are given personal names as well as mythological ones. Under the third 

 head are brought together classical as well as vernacular names of plants. 

 This grouping of names according to derivations is, of course, artificial, but 

 it brings together often times names that are formed alike and sound alike, 

 and supplies fresh associations to aid memory. Apart from this fact, it 

 puts before us clearly in what directions botanists' predilections lie in the 

 matter of forming generic names. One may also judge better the com- 

 parative merits and defects of the difl'erent types of names. But the main 

 object in giving these lists that foUow is to assist the local botanists. For 

 this purpose it was found necessary to affix the name of the order. The 

 lists are not exhaustive. On the other hand some names occur under more 

 than one sub-head. 



* Zizyphus, Juss. in Cooke, Eng-ler-Prantl. and Durand. 



X Zosimia, Hoffm. in Cooke and Durand ; Zoslma, Hoffm. 



Kewensis. 



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