bright blue colour, fomctimes inclining to a purple j bark,_ obferving to water the earth as often as yoil 



or red, and often there are flowers of three colours 



on the fame plant. When thefe fall away, the ger- 



iTien in the center becomes an oval capfule of one 



cell, filled with fmall, brown, angular feeds. It flowers 



in July, Auguft, and September, and the feeds are 



ripe in five or fix weeks after. 

 When this plant was firft raifed in the Chelfea garden, 

 I save it the title of Dalea, in honour to Mr. Dale,' 

 minent botanifV, and a great friend of Mr. Ray's. 



an e 



By this title it was delivered to the Royal Society, 

 and printed in the Philofophical Tranfaftions, and 

 alfo in the catalogue of the Chelfea garden : and by 

 the lame I communicated the feeds to Doftor Lin- 

 nasus, who afterward changed the name to Browallia, 

 and printed it in the catalogue of Mr. Clifford's 



garden ; where there is a figure of it exhibited, fo 

 that this latter title is become almoft univerfal among 



botaniils. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Peru, from whence 

 the younger Juflieu fent the feeds •, this plant rifes 

 about the fame height as the firft, but hath ftronger 

 ftalks, and fends out a greater number of branches, 

 fo is much more builiy than that i the flowers are pro- 

 duced upon foot-ftalks, which proceed from the wings 

 of the leaves ; fome of thefe foot-flalks fufliain one, 

 others three, or more flowers, of a dark blue colour; 

 thefe are facceeded by oval capfules, filled with fmall 

 angular feeds. 



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When ^ ^,, 



they fliould be tranfplanted each into a feparate final! 

 pot filled with frefta light earth, and plunged into the 

 hot-bed again, obferving jo water and fliade the 

 plants until they have taken root ; after which they 

 muft have air admitted to them every day, in propor- 

 tion to the warmth of tlie feafon. When the plants 

 have advanced fo high as not to be contained in the 

 frames, they fhould be removed into the bark-ftove, 

 where, during the fummer months, they fliould have 

 a large (hart of free air, but in winter they muft be 

 kept very clofe. With this management the plants 

 will be veiy ftrong, and produce their flowers every 

 feafon. Thefe plants may alfo be incrcafed by plant- 



mg 



cuttmgs in 



fprin 



g> 



before they begin to 



make new flicjts, in pots filled v/ith frefli light earth, 

 and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, ob- 

 ferving to water and fhade them until they have taken 



root 



after which, they muft be managed as 



hath 



been directed for other tender exotic plants from the 



fame countries. ^ 



BRUSCUS. SeeRuscus. ' 



BRYONIA [this plant is fo called from B^S^v, rnofs, 



or hair, bccaufe it bears a flower which is fcft and 



hairy,] Briony. ■ ■ -< ■ 



The Characters are, 

 I^ hath male and female flozvcrs on the fame plant . The 

 flowers have an 'empakment of one leaf which is 



^e tarts at'thetoD. The 



This plant is annual, and requires the fame culture j hell-fhapcd^ and indented in fi- 

 as the firft fort, with which it will produce plenty of flower is bell-fh 



feeds. 

 BRUNELLA, Self-heal. See Prunella. 

 BRUNSFELSIA. Plum. Nov. Gen. 12. Lin. 



five fcgments 



floor t ftamina and fi' 



fummitSy two of the flamina having double ft 



the other one. The female flowers fli 



^ Gen. Plant. 230. This plant takes its name from Dr. I and have a deciduous empakment^ but. the petal is the 



fame with thofe of 



the flower^ fupports a trifid fpreading ftyl 



fpreading indented flig 



Brunsfelfius, a famous phyfician. 



The Characters are, 

 The empakment is permanent y belUfhaped^ and of one leaf 

 "which is cut into five blunt fegments at the top. The 

 flower is of one leaf and funneUfhaped^ having a long 

 tuhe^ but fpreads open at the top^ where it is divided into 

 five ohtufe fegments \ it hath five ftamina the length of the 

 tnbey which are inferted in the petals and are terminated 

 by oblong fummits. In the center is placed a fmall round 

 gcrmen^ fupporting a flender ftyle the length of the tube^ 

 which is crowned by a thick ftigma. The empakment af- u 

 terward becomes a globular berry with one cell, incloflng 

 a great number of fmall feeds ^ which adhere to the Jkin of 

 the fruit. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of I Briony with red berries, 

 Linn^EUs's fifth clafs. intitled Pentandria Mono- 12." 



The germen which is under 



if terward becomes 



fmooth globtdar bcrry^ containing oval feeds 

 the fkin, ' , ' 



This genus of plants is ranged in the tenth fedion 



of Linn^eus's twenty-firft clafs, intitled Monoecia Syn- 



genefia, from its having male and female flowers on 



the fame plant, and the ftaminajoined with the ftyle. 

 The Species are, 



Bryonia {^Albd) folils palmatis utrlnque callofo-fca^ 

 bris. Hort. Cliff. 45J. Bryony with palmated leaves^ 

 which are rough and callous ok both fides, Bryonia af- 

 pera, five alba baccis rubris. C. B. P. 297." White 



gynia 

 ftyle. 



clafs, 

 the flower having five ftamina and but one 





part o 



extremity, they are placed 



unequal in fize. 



We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 

 Brunsfelsia. {Arnericana,)lJm. Sp. Plant. 191. American 

 Brunsfelfia, Brunsfelfia flore albo, fruftu croceo molli. 

 Plum. Is^ov. Gen. 12- 



This plant rifes with a woody ftem to the height of 

 eight or ten feet, fending out many fide branches, 

 which are covered with a rough bark, garniftied with 

 oblonff leaves which are entire, and on the 1 



the branches come out fingle^ but toward their 



on every fide, and are 

 At the extremity of the branches, 

 the Rowers are produced, generally three or four to- 

 gether. Thefe are almoft as large as thofe of the 

 greater Bindweed, but have very long, narrow, hairy 

 tubes; the brim is expanded in the form of the 

 Convolvulus, but is deeply divided into five obtufe 

 fegments, which are indented on their border. After 

 the flower is paft, the empalcment turns to a round 

 fofc fruit, incloflng many oval feeds, which are fi- 



tuated clofe to the cover or fl^in, to which they 



adhere. 



This plant grows naturally in moft of the fugar idands 

 in America, in which places they call it Trumpet 

 Flower; but in the EngltHi gardens, it is at prefent 

 ver\' rare. It may be pr pagated from f^^eds, which 



fhoukl be fown early in :ne fpring in pots filled witli 

 light earili, -nd plunged into a hoc-bed of tanners 



6 



utrinque lasvibus, laciniis pinnatifidis. Lin. Sp. 1438. 

 Briony with palmated leaves cut into five fegments, which 

 are fmooth on each fide.' Bryonia Africana laciniata, 

 tuberofa radice, floribus herbaceis. Par. Bat. 107. 



3. Bryonia {Cretica) foliis palmatis fupra callofo-punc- 

 tatis. Hort. Cliff. 453. Cretan Briony with palmated 

 leaves^ whofe upper furf ace isftudded with callous fpots. 

 Bryonica Cretica maculata. C. B. P. 297, 



4. Bryonia {Racemofa) foliis trilobis fupra callofo- 

 punftatis, fruftu racemofo ovali. Briony with trilobate 

 leaves^ whofe upper fides are marked with callous fpotSj 

 and oval fruit growing in bunches, Biyonia olivse frudtu 

 rubro. Plum. Cat. 3. 



5. Bryonia {Variegata) foliis palmatis, laciniis lanceo- 

 latis, fupra punftatis inferne l^evibus, fruftu ovato 



■ fparfo. Briony with palmated leaves, whofe fegments are 

 fpear-fljaped^ a7td their upper ftde fpotted, but their under 

 fmooth, and an oval flatter ed fndt, Bryonia Americana 

 fruftu variegato. Dillen. 



6. Bryonia {Bonarienfts) foliis palmatis quinquepartitis 

 hirfutis, laciniis obtufis. Briony with hairy palmated 

 leaves divided into five parts, and ohtufe fegments, Bryonia 

 Bonarienfis fici folio. Hort. Elth. 58. 



The firft fort grows upon dry 'banks, under hedges, 

 in many parts of England ; but may be cultivated in 

 a gardeafor ufe, by fowing the berries, in the fpring 

 of the year, in a dry poor foil ; where they will in 

 two years time, grow to be large roots, provided 



they are not too clofe. . The roots of this plant have 



been 



