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Bredemeyera Willd. Polygalaceae. 30 Austr., Tasmania. 



Bredia Blume. Melastomaceae (i). 3 Japan, China. 



Bremontiera DC. (Indigofera p.p. EP.}. Legum. (in. 6). i Masc. 



Breonia A. Rich. Rubiaceae (i. 6). 6 Madag., Mauritius. 



Bretschneidera Hemsi. Hippocast. (Sapind. BH.} i China. 



Brevi- (Lat. pref.), short; -lobous, -lobed, &c. 



Brevoortia Wood. Liliaceae (iv). i Calif. 



Breweria R. Br. Convolvulaceae (i). 25 trop. and subtrop. 



Brexia Noronha. Saxifragaceae (v). i Madag., Seychelles. 



Breynia Forst. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i). 20 trop. As., Austr. 



Briar, Rosa ; -wood, Erica scoparia L. 



Bricchettia Pax. Euphorbiaceae (A. I. i). i Somaliland. 



Brickellia Ell. Compositae (2). 75 trop. and subtrop. Am. 



Bridelia Willd. Euphorbiaceae (A. 1.2). 40 palaeotrop. 



Bridgesia Bert, ex Cambess. Sapindaceae (i). i Chili. 



Bridgesia Hook, et Arn. = Ercilla A. Juss. (_5Zf.) = Phytolacca L. p.p. 



Brieya de Wild. Anonaceae (2). i Belgian Congo. 



Brighamia A. Gray. Campanulaceae (in), i Sandwich Is. 



Brillantaisia Beauv. Acanth. (iv. A). 20 trop. Afr., Madag. The 

 posterior sta. are perfect (only case in family). 



Brinjal, egg-fruit, Solanutn Melongena L. 



Briquetia Hochreutiner. Malvaceae (2). i Paraguay. 



Brissonia Neck. = Indigofera L. and Tephrosia Pers. 



Bristle-fern, Trkhomanes. 



Britoa Berg. (Campomanesia BH.}. Myrtac. (i). 10 Brazil. Ed. fr. 



Brittenia Cogn. Melastomaceae (i). i Borneo. 



Brittonastrum Briq. Labiatae (vi). 15 Mex., SW. U.S. 



Brittonella Rusby (Mionandra EP}. Malpigh. (i). i Bolivia. 



Briza L. Gramineae (10). 12 temp. 2 Brit, (quake-grasses). 



Brizopyrum J. Presl (Distichlis BH}. Gram. (10). 7 S. Afr. 



Brizula Hieron. (Aphelia BH}. Centrolep. 5 S. Austr., Tasm. 



Broad bean, Vicia Faba L. ; -leaf tree (W. I.), Terminated latifolia Sw 



Brocchinia Schult. f. Bromeliaceae (3). 3 trop. Am., W. Ind. 



Broccoli, Brassica oleracea L., var. 



Brochoneura Warb. Myristicaceae. 4 Madag., E. Afr. 



Brodiaea Sm. Liliaceae (iv). 50 W. Am. Fls. in cymose umbels. 

 The sta. have curious projecting appendages. Cult. orn. fl. 



Brombya F. Muell. (Mclicope p.p. EP}. Rutac. (i). i Austr. 



Brome grass, Bromns ; false-, Br achy podium. 



Bromelia Plum, ex L. Bromeliaceae (4). 10 W.I. , Brazil. Someed.fr. 



Bromeliaceae (EP.,BH.}. Monocotyledons (Farinosae; Epigynaej?//.). 

 40 gen., 1000 sp. trop. Am. Many terrestrial pi. (xero., living on 

 rocks &c.), but the bulk of the sp., by virtue of their good seed- 

 distribution and their xero. habit, have become epiph., forming a 

 very char, feature in the veg. of trop. Am., more so than the orchids, 

 which they surpass in number of individuals though not of sp. Most 

 have a very reduced stem, bearing a rosette of fleshy 1. channelled on 

 the upper surface and fitting closely together by their bases, so that 

 the whole pi. forms a kind of funnel, usu. full of water. In this are 

 dead 1., decaying animal matter and other debris (certain sp. of Utri- 

 cularia live only in these pitchers). There are a number of adv. r. 



