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Bath-sponge, Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. 



Bathyphytium (Cl.), a lowland plant formation. 



Bathysa C. Presl. Rubiaceae (I. 3). 7 Brazil, Peru. 



Bathysograya O. Ktze. (Baditsa A. Gray). Rubiaceae (i. 5). i Fiji, 



Soc. 

 Batidaceae (EP. ; Batideae, BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Centrospermae). 



Only genus Batis (q.v.}. Placed in Curvesibryae by BH, 

 Batidaea Greene. Rosaceae (in. 2). 16 N. Am. 

 Batidales. The 9th cohort of Dicots. Archichl. 

 Batis L. Batidaceae. i N. Am., Sanclw. Is. Coast shrub with opp. 



fleshy linear 1. and spikes of dioec. fl. $ in axils of 4-ranked br., with 



cup-like P, A 4. 9 naked, G (2), with 2 anatr. ov. in each. No 



endosp. 



Batocarpus Karst. Moraceae (II). i Colombia. 

 Batodendron Nutt. (Vaccinium L. p.p.)- Eric. (in. i). 3 N. Am. 

 Batrachium S. F. Gray = Ranunculus Tourn. (the aquatic sp.). 

 Batratherum Nees = Arthraxon Beauv. (Gramin.). 

 Batschia Vahl. (Humboldtia Vahl. BH.). Legum. (n. 3). 4 Ceyl., 



S. Ind. 



Bauchea Fourn. (Epicampes ] . Presl EP.). Gramineae (8). i Mex. 

 Baucis Phil. Compositae (12). i Chili. 

 Baudouinia Baill. Leguminosae (n. 5). 2 Madag. 

 Bauera Banks. Saxifragaceae (vn). 4 temp. E. Austr. Shrubs. Fls. 



solitary, axillary, 4 ro-merous. Sta. = pet. or oo . 

 Bauerella Borzi. Rutaceae (v). i Austr. 

 Bauhinia L. Leguminosae (u. 4). 220 trop. Many lianes with stems 



curiously shaped, flattened or corrugated and twisted owing to a 



peculiar mode of growth in thickness (cf. other lianes). Some sp. 



have tendrils (branches). In some the young 1. droop. In the axils 



of the stips. are usu. found small linear trichome structures ; in some 



they form stout interstipular thorns. Great variety in floral structure, 



&c. (see Nat. Pfl. in. 3, p. 151). 

 Baukea Vatke. Leguminosae (in. 10). i Madag. 

 Baumannia K. Schum. Rubiaceae (n. i). i trop. E. Afr. 

 Baumea Gaudich. = Cladium P. Br. p.p. (Cyper.). 

 Baumia Engl. et Gilg. Scrophulariaceae (ill. 2). i trop. Afr. 

 Bawchan seed, Psoralea corylifolia L. 

 Baxteria R. Br. Liliaceae (in) (June. BH.}. i W. Austr. 

 Bay, Laurus nobilis L. ; -bean (Bermuda), Canavalia obtusifolia DC.; 



-berry Myrica cerifera L. ; loblolly-, Gordonia Lasianthus L. ; 



-rum, Pimento, offidnalis Lindl. ; sweet-, Magnolia, Laurus. 

 Bdallophyton Eichl. (Cytinus L. BH.). Rafflesiaceae. 2 Mex. 

 Bdellium, Commiphora. 

 Beach-grass (Am.), Ammophila ; -jungle, a palaeotrop. shore formation, 



char, by Barringtonia and other woody pi., e.g. Pandanus, Pemphis, 



Premna, Scaevola, Sophora, Thespesia, &c. ; -pea (Am.), Lathyrus 



maritimus Bigelow. 



Beadlea Small [Spiranthes Rich. p.p.). Orchid. (11. 2). i N. Am. 

 Bead-tree, Melia Azedarach L. ; do. (W.I.), Ormosia dasycarpa]a.c\is.; 



-vine (W.I.), Rhynchosia. 

 Beads, Abrus, Adenanthera, Coix, &c. 



