BLANCHE TIA STR UM 83 



Bisrautanenia O. Ktze. (Neorautanenia}. Legum. (in. to), i S. Afr. 



Bissy nuts, Cola nuts, Cola. 



Bistania Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Bistella Adans. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Bistort, Polygon a in. 



Bistorta Tourn. = Polygonum L. p.p. (Polyg.). 



Biswarea Cogn. Cucurbitaceae (3). i W. Himal. 



Bitchwood (W.I.), Lonchocarpits. 



Bitter ash (W.I.),P/u-ae>/a; cress, Cardamine; -nut, Carya ; -orange, 

 Citrus Anrantinm L. var. Biganuiia ; -root, Lnwisia ; -sweet, 

 Solatium Dulcamara L. ; -wood, Picraena, Picramna, &c. 



Bitteria Borner (Carex p.p.). Cyperaceae (in). 5 N. temp. 



Bivinia Tul. (Calantica p.p. EP.). Flac. (9) (Samyd. BH.}. i Madag. 



Bivolva Van Tiegh. (Balanophora p.p.). Balan. 5 India, China. 



Bivonaea DC. Cruciferae (2). 4 W. Medit. 



Bixa L. Bixaceae. i trop. Am. B. Orellana L. cult for the seed ; 

 the orange colouring matter of the outer layer of the testa (annatto, 

 arnotto, roucou) is used in dyeing sweetmeats &c. 



Bixaceae (EP. ; Bixineae BH. incl. Flacourtiaceae and Cochlosper- 

 maceae). Dicots. (Archichl. Parietales EP. BH.}. 3 gen. 6 sp. 

 trop. Small trees or shrubs ; 1. alt. slip, entire. Fl. in panicles, 

 5 , reg. K 5, C 5, A oo , G (2), i-loc. with parietal plac. and oo anatr. 

 ov. Style simple. Capsule splitting between plac. Seeds with red 

 fleshy papillae. Endosp. starchy. Chief genus Bixa. 



Bixineae (BH.). Bixaceae, in wide sense. See above. 



Blachia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 5). 8 Indomal. 



Black bead shrub (W.I.), Pithecolobium Unguis-cati Benth. ; -berry, 

 Rubus fmticosus, &c.; -bindweed, Polygon ni/i Convolvulus L. ; 

 -boy, Xanthorrhoea hastilis R. Br.; -bryony, l^annts communis L. ; 

 -butt, Eucalyptus pilularis Sm. &.C.; -cap raspberry, Rubus occi- 

 dentalis L. ; -dammar, Canarium ; -gram, Phaseolus Mungo L., 

 var. radiatus ; -grass (Am.), Juncits Gerardi Loisel. ; -gum tree 

 (Am.), Nyssa ; -jack (Am.), Quercus nigra L. ; -moss (Am.), Til- 

 landsiansneoides'L.; -mustard, Brassica nigra Koch ; -oil, Celastrus; 

 -snake-root, Ciinicifuga (Actaea) racemosa Nutt. ; -spleenwort, 

 Asplenium Adiantum-nigruin L. ; -thorn, P minis spinosa L. ; 

 -wattle, Acacia decurrens, Willd. ; -wood, Acacia inelanoxylon R.Br., 

 Dalbergia latifolia Roxb., &c. 



Blackstonia Huds. = Chlora Ren. (Gentian.). 



Blackwellia Comm. ex Juss. = Homalium Jacq. p.p. (Flacourt.). 



Blackwellia Gaertn. Inc. sed. i sp. Habitat? 



Bladder-campion, Silene inflata Sm. ; -fern, Cystopterisfragilis Bernh. ; 

 -nut, Staphylea pinnata L. ; -seed, Physospennum ; -senna, Colutea 

 arborescens L. ; -wort, Utricitlaria. 



Blaeberry, Vacciniwn Myrtillus L. 



Blaeria L. Ericaceae (iv. i). 25 S. and trop. Afr. 



Blainvillea Cass. Compositae (5). 10 cosmotrop. 



Blairia Houst. ex L. = Priva Adans. (Verben. ). 



Blakea P. Br. Melastomaceae (i). 35 S. Am., W.I. Ed. fr. 



Blanchetia DC. Compositae (i). i Bahia. Raises perspiration. 



Blanchetiastrum Hassler. Malvaceae (3). i Brazil. 



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