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The following is the outline of the classification that follows : — 



DESCRIPTIVE NAMES. 



I. — Nam.es beaking dikect Mokphological Descriptions. 



A. — Names with vague descriptions. 

 B. — Names with i)recise descriptions. 



(a) Names after the plant as a whole. 



(b) Names describing the parts of the plant. 



1 — 18. Names after the root, the stem and so on. 

 IT. — Nabies beaking desckipxion by compabisons. 



A. — Names based on botanical comparisons. 

 B. — Names based on zoological comparisons. 

 C. — Names based on a comparison with inanimate objects. 



III. — Names describing Properties and Uses. 



IV. — Habitat Names. 



V. — Names connected with Geography. 



VI. — Miscellaneous Groups of Des^oriptive Names. 



A. — Names indicating beauty or sweetness. 



B, — Names describing colours. 



C. — Names involving numbers. 



D. — Names involving time. 



jE. — Names that are depreciative. 



F. — Names bearing incorrect descriptions. 



COMMEMORATIVE NAMES. 



I. — Commemorative Names derived from History. 

 II. — Commemorative Names derived from Mythology. 



GENERIC NA.MES DERIVED FROM THE COMMON NAMES 

 OF PLANTS. 



I. — Names taken from thi; Greek or Latin Plant Names. 



II. — Names taken from Arabic or Persian. 



III. — Names derived from the Indian Languagie.s. 



IV. — Names of a A^erkaculaii Origin other than Arabic or 

 Indian. 



APPENDIX. 



Names with a doubtful or obscure meaning. 



