76 B ELLIS 



Bellis (Tourn.) L. Compositae (3). 15 Eur., Medit. B. percnnis L. 

 (daisy) Brit. Multiplies and also hibernates by short rhiz. Kay 

 florets ?. The head closes at night and in wet weather. Cult. 

 orn. fl. 



Bellium L. Compositae (3). 6 Medit. 



Bellonia (Plum.) L. Gesneriaceae (n). 2 W.I. 



Bellucia Neck. Melastomaceae (i). 15 trop. Am. Fr. eel. 



Belly-ache bush (W.I.) t Jatropha gossypifolia L. 



Belmontia E. Mey. Gentianaceae (i). 20 S. and trop. Afr., Maclag. 



Beloanthera Hassk. Inc. sed. i Java. 



Belonanthus Graebn. Valerianaceae. 2 Peru, Bolivia. 



Belonophora Hook. f. Rubiaceae (n. i). i W. Afr. 



Beloperone Nees. Acanth. (iv B). 45 warm Am., many cult. orn. fl. 



Belotia A. Rich. Tiliaceae. 'i Cuba, Mex. 



Bembicia Oliv. Flacourt. (7) (Samyd. BH.}. i Madag. 



Bembicina O. Ktze. = Bembicia Oliv. (Flacourt.). 



Bembix Lour. Malpighiaceae (inc. sed.). i Cochinchina. 



Bencomia Webb, et Berth. Rosaceae (in. 5). 2 Canaries, Madeira. 



Benevidesia Saldanha et Cogn. Melastomaceae (i). i S. Brazil. 



Bengal beans, Stizolobium (Mncuna) sp.; -kino, Butea frondosa Roxb. 



Benl seed (W. Afr.), Poly gala btityracea Heckel. 



Benincasa Savi. Cucurbitaceae (in). 2 trop. As. The fr. of B. cerifera 

 Savi. is eaten in curries. It has a thick coating of wax. 



Benjamin, gum-, Styrax Benzoin Dryand.; -bush (Am.), Lindera 

 Benzoin Meissn. 



Bennettia Miq. Flacourtiaceae (4). 2 S. As. ; do. R. Br. = Galearia. 



Ben nut, -oil, Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn. 



Bent-grass, Agrostis, Apera ; silky-, Cynositrus. 



Benthamantha Alef. = Cracca Benth. (Legum.). 



Benthamia Lindl. (1830) = Amsinckia Lehm. ; (i833) = Cornus Tourn. 



Benthamiella Spegazz. Solanaceae (inc. sed.). 10 Patagonia. 



Bentia Rolfe. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i S. Arabia. 



Bentinckia Berry. Pahnae (iv. i). 2 India. 



Benzoin Hayne= Styrax L. do. Nees Lindera Thunb. 



Benzoin, gum, Styrax Benzoin Dryand. 



Benzonia Schum. Rubiaceae (inc. sed.). i W. Afr. 



Berardia Brongn. = Nebelia Neck. (j9ZT.) = Diberara Baill. (EP.). 



Berardia Vill. Compositae (12). i Alps. 



Berberidaceae (EP. ; BH. incl. Lardizabalaceae}. Dicotyledons 

 (Archichl. Ranales). n gen., 135 sp., N. temp. (Berberis in trop. 

 Mts. and S. Am.). Perennial herbs or shrubs, in the former case 

 usu. with sympodial rhiz. Fls. in racemes, ?, reg. ; typical formula 

 P 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 A 3 + 3, G i ; fl. sometimes 2-merous. Of the 4 outer 

 whorls, the two outer are P proper, the two inner ' honey-leaves ' 

 usu. with nectaries at the base (see Rammculaceae). The former are 

 often termed the K, the latter the C. Anthers introrse, but in most 

 cases open by two valves (</. Lauraceae) at the back ; the valve with 

 the pollen on it moves upwards and turns round so that the pollen 

 faces towards the centre of the fl. Cpl. always i, with one or many 

 ovules, in the former case usu. basal, in the latter ventral. Berry, or 

 a dry fruit opening in various ways. Embryo straight in rich endo- 



