96 BROUSEMICHEA 



Brousemichea Bal. Gramineae (8). i Tonquin. 



Broussa tea, Vaccinimn Arctostaphylos L. 



Broussaisia Gaudich. Saxifragaceae (in). 2 Sandwich Is. 



Broussonetia L'Herit. Moraceae (i). 3 E. As., Polynes. Dioecious; 

 <? fls. in pseudo-racemes with explosive sta. like Urtica (unus. in M.) ; 

 ? fls. in pseudo- heads. Multiple fr. (cf. Moras, &c. ) A good fibre, 

 used for paper, &c., is obtained from the inner bark of B. papyrifera 

 Vent, (paper-mulberry, Japan) ; in Polynes. the natives make tapa 

 or kapa cloth from it. The 1. double upwards during the heat of 

 the day. 



Browallia L. Solanaceae (5). 6 trop. Am. 



Brown Peru bark, Cinchona officinalis L 



Brownea Jacq. (Hermesias Loefl.). Leguminosae (n. 3). 10 trop. 

 Am., W. Ind. The young shoots emerge very rapidly from the 

 bud and hang downwards on flaccid stalks, the leaflets at first 

 rolled up, and later spread out, and pink or red speckled with 

 white. After a time they turn green and stiffen up and spread out 

 normally. Cf. Amherstia. B. grandiceps Jacq. and others have fine 

 bunches of fl. 



Browneopsis Huber. Leguminosae (II. 3). 2 Brazil. 



Brownleea Harv. ex Lindl. Orchid, (n. i). 8 S. and trop. Afr. 



Brownlowia Roxb. Tiliaceae. 6 Indomal. 



Brucea J. S. Mill. Simarubaceae. 5 paleotrop. Very astringent. The 

 seeds of B. sumatrana Roxb. &c. are remedies in dysentery. 



Bruckenthalia Reichb. Ericaceae (iv. i). i S.E. Eur. 



Bruea Gaudich. Moraceae (inc. sed.). i E. Ind. 



Brugmansia Blume. Rafflesiaceae. 3 Malay Arch. 



Brugmansia Pers. = Datura L. p.p. (Solan.). 



Bruguiera Lam. Rhizophoraceae. 6 palaeotrop. One of the man- 

 groves (q.v.\. Like Rhizophora, but without the aerial r. from higher 

 branches. The r. in the mud give off erect aerating branches, as in 

 Sonneratia. 



Bruinsmea Boerlage et Koorders. Styraceae. 2 Java, Celebes. 



Brumalis (Lat.), winter. 



Brunella Tourn. ex L. (Prunella). Labiat. (vi). 5 cosmop. i Brit. 



Brunellia Ruiz et Pav. Brunelliaceae. 10 Peru to Mexico. 



Brunelliaceae (EP. ; Simarubaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. 

 Resales). Only genus Brunellia. Trees and shrubs; 1. opp. or in 

 whorls. Fl. monochlam., unisex., 4-5-7-merous, diplost. Cpls. 5-2, 

 each with 2 pend. ov. Caps. Endosp. 



Brunfelsia Plum, ex L. Solanaceae (5). 25 trop. Am. Several 

 cult. The fl. change colour as they grow older (cf. Ribes, 

 Fumaria). 



Brunla L. Bruniaceae. 5 S. Afr. 



Bruniaceae (/>. BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Resales EP. BH.}. 12 gen., 

 50 sp. S. Afr. Heath-like shrubs, with alt. exstip. 1., and racemose 

 infl. Fl. 5 usu. reg., 5-merous, generally perig. Sta. in one whorl. 

 Cpl s . (32) each with 3 or 4 ov., or i with i ov. Caps, with 2, or 

 nut with i, seeds. Aril. Endosp. Chief gniera : Brunia, Berzelia. 

 Brunneus (Lat.), brown. 



Brunnichia Banks. Polygonaceae (in. i). 3 N. Am., W. Afr. 



