78 BERLIN I A 



Berlinia Soland. Leguminosae (n. 3). 18 trop. Afr. 



Bermuda arrowroot, cf. A. ; -grass, Cynodon Dactylon Pers. 



Bennudiana (Tourn.) L. =Sisyrinchium L. p.p. (Crucif.). 



Bernardia Houst. ex P. Br. Euphorb. (A. n. 2). 24 warm Am., 

 W.I. 



Bernardinia Planch. Connaraceae. 2 S. Brazil. 



Berneuxia Decne. Diapensiaceae. i E. Tibet. 



Bernieria Baill. Lauraceae (11). i Madag. 



Bernoullia Oliv. Bombacaceae (2) (Stercul. BH.}. i C. Am. 



Berria Roxb. (Berrya). Tiliaceae. 2 Indomal., Polynesia. B. Am- 

 monilla Roxb. gives a valuable timber (Trincomali wood, Ceylon, 

 India). 



Berries, yellow, Rhamnus infectoria L. 



Berroa Beauverd (Lucilia p.p.)- Compositae (4). i S. Am. 



Berry, a fleshy fr. containing no hard part but the seeds, Actaea, 

 Berberis, Ribes, Solatium, Vaccitiium, Vitis ; dehiscent in Akebia, 

 Myristica, constricted between seeds in Maenta, Unona, &c. ; bay-, 

 Myrica cerifera L. ; toil-, Vaccinium Myrtilius L. ; black-, Rubus ; 

 blae-, = bil-; buflEalo-, Shepherdia argentea Nutt. ; checker-, Gaul- 

 theria procumbens L. ; cloud-, Rubus Chamaemorus L. ; COW-, 

 Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea L. ; cran-, Vaccinium Oxycoccus L. ; crow-, 

 Empetrum nigrum L. ; dew-, Rubns caesitts L.; goose-, Ribes 

 Grossularia'L,.; buckle-, Gaylussacia ; partridge-, checker; rasp-, 

 Rubns Idaeus L. ; straw-, Fragaria vesca L. ; trimble-, Rubus 

 occidentalis L. ; wbortle-, = bil-. 



Berrya Roxb. (Berria, q.v.}. Tiliaceae. 2 Indomal., Polynesia. 



Bersama Fres. Melianthaceae (Sapind. BH.}. 20 trop. and S. Afr. 



Bersim, Trifolium alexandrinum L. 



Berteroa DC. (Alyssum p.p. BH.}. Cruciferae (4). 5 N. palaeotemp. 



Bertholletia Humb. et Bonpl. Lecythidaceae. 2 trop. S.Am., W. I. 

 Fr. a large woody capsule, containing seeds with hard woody testa 

 and oily endosperm (Brazil nuts). The fr. is indehiscent and the 

 seeds are procured by opening it with an axe. It is closed by a plug 

 formed of the hardened calyx, and in germination the seedlings 

 escape here (Watson, Ann. Bot. xv. 1901, p. 99). 



Bertiera Aubl. Rubiaceae (i. 8). 25 trop. Am., Afr. 



Bertiera Blume = Adenosacme Wall. (BH.\ =Mycetia Reinw. 



Bertolonia Raddi. Melastomaceae (i). 10 Brazil, cult. orn. Young 

 plants form at cuts across the midrib of a 1. placed on damp soil. 



Bertya Planch. Euphorbiaceae (B. u). 12 Austr., Tasm. 



Berula Hoffm. ex Bess. = Sium Tourn. p.p. (Umbell. ) 



Berzelia Brongn. Bmniaceae. 7 S. Afr. 



Bescliorneria Kunth. Amaryllidaceae (n). 10 Mex. Cult. orn. fl. 

 and 1. 



Beslerla Plum, ex L. Gesneriaceae (i). 70 warm Am., W.I. 



Bessera Schult. f. (BH. excl. Androstephium}. Liliac. (iv). i Mex., 

 Calif. 



Besseya Rydb. (Synthyris Benth. EP.}. Scroph. (in. i). 7 N. W. Am. 



Beta (Tourn.) Linn. Chenopodiaceae (2). 6 sp. Eur., Medit.; i in 

 Brit., B. viilgaris L. or B. maritima L. the sea-beet, from which are 

 derived the garden beetroot, the sugar-beet (var. Rapa Dumort.), 



