72 BAR WOOD 



Barwood, Baphia nitida Afzel. 



Baryxylum Lour. (Peltophorum'WaXy. EP.). Legum. (n. 7). i China. 



Basal (plac.), at base of ovary. 



Basanacantha Hook. f. Rubiaceae (i. 8). 15 trop. Am. 



Basananthe Peyr. (Tryphostemnia EP.}. Passifl. 3 trop. Afr. 



Basella (Rheede) L. Basellaceae. i trop. As., a climbing herb whose 

 fls. remain closed. Fr. enclosed in the P. Cult, as spinach. 



Basellaceae (EP.; Chenopodiaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Centro- 

 spermae). 4 gen. 15 sp. Am. , As., Afr. Rhiz. or tuber, giving annually 

 a climbing shoot, often with fleshy 1., and racemes or panicles of fls., 

 stalked and often conspic. coloured, each with 2 bracteoles. K 2, 

 C 5, A 5 opp. pets.; G (3) with terminal style and 3 stigmas, i-loc. ; 

 ovule i, basal, campylotropous. Usu. berry. Chief genera : Basella, 

 Ullucus, Boussingaultia. 



Baseonema Schlechter et Rendle. Asclep. (i). 4 trop. Afr., Madag. 



Basi- (Lat. pref. ), basal; -fixed (anther), joined to filament at base; 

 -fugal, from base upwards ; -lar, basal ; -petal, towards base down- 

 wards ; -scopic, facing the base ; -tonic, Orchidaceae. 



Basil, Calamintha, Ocinnim Basilicum L. 



Basiloxylon K. Schum. Sterculiaceae. i Brazil. Good timber. 



Basistelma Bartlett. Asclepiad. (n. i). 2 Mex., C. Am. 



Basistemon Turcz. Scrophulariaceae (il. 4). 2 Colombia, Peru. 



Baskervilla Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 2). i Peru. 



Basket-hoop (W.I.), Croton lucidm L. ; -withe (W.I.), Tourneforlia. 



Baskets, cf. Andropogon, Bamboos, Borassus, Cocos, Junciis, &c. 



Bass, inner fibrous bark, esp. of Tilia ; -wood, Tilia ainericana L. 



Bassellinia Vieill. Palmaceae (inc. sed.). 5 New Cal. 



Bassia All. (Anisacantha R. Br. BH.} Chenopodiaceae (A). 30 N. 

 palaeotemp., Austr. 



Bassia Koenig ex L. (Illipe F. Muell. EP.}. Sapotaceae (i). 50 Indo- 

 mal., Austr. B. pallida Burck yields a gutta-percha. The seeds of 

 B. butyracea Roxb. (Indian butter tree) yield a butter-like substance, 

 used for soap-making, &c. The fls. of B. latifolia Roxb. (mahua, 

 mahwa, or mowa) are ed., and the wood useful. 



Baesora gum, a mixture of Indian bassorin gums. 



Bassorin, cf. Gums. 



Bassovia Aubl. Solanaceae (2). 15 Cent, and S. Am. 



Bast, the outer part of a vascular bundle ; also piassaba fibre, &c. 



Bastard-balm, Melittis Melissophyllnm L. ; -cedar, Chickrassia tabu- 

 laris A. Juss. ; -teak, Butea frondosa Roxb.; -toadflax, Thesium 

 Jiumifusiini DC. 



Bastardia H. B. et K. Malvaceae (2). 5 W. Ind. and S. Am. 



Bastardiopsis Hassler. Malvaceae (2). i S. Am. 



Bat pollination, Freycinetia. 



Batanthes Raf. (Gilia Ruiz et Pav. p.p. BH.}. Polemon. 10 N. Am. 



Bataprine Nieuwland (Galium L. p.p. ). Rubiac. (n. n). 2 N. Am. 



Batatas Choisy=Ipomoea L. p.p. (B. cdulis Choisy=I. Batatas). 



Batemannia Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 12). i Brit. Guiana. 



Batesanthus N. E. Br. Asclepiadaceae (i). i Cameroons. 



Batesia Spruce. Leguminosae (n. 8). i Amazon valley. 



Bathieaea Drake del Castillo. Leguminosae (il. 2). i Madag. 



