too BUPLEVER 



Buplever, Bnphurum. 



Buprestis Spreng. = Bupleurum Totirn. (Umliel.). 



Bur or burr, a hooked fr. ; -bark (W . I.), Triumfctta; Bathurst or 



Noogoora, Xanthium : -dock, Arcthim Lappa L. ; -grass (Am.), 



Ceiuhrus; -marigold, Btdens; -reed (Am.), Spargamum; -weed, 



Mfdicago, Sparganium, 



Buraeavia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i). 3 New Caled , Fiji. 

 Burasaia Thou. Menispermaceae. 4 Madag 

 Burbidgea Hook. f. Zingiheraceae (i). i Borneo. C-segments large, 



lat. stds. absent. The small labellum and petaloid sta. stand up in 



the cent i e of the fl. 



Burcharaia R. Br. (Reya O. Ktze.). Liliaceae (i). i Austr., Tasm. 

 Burcbellia R. Br. Rubiaceae(i.S). i Cape Col. Buffalo wood, very hard. 

 Burdachia Mart. Maipighiaceae (n). 2 N. Brazil. 

 Bureavella Pierre. Sapotaceae (11). i Indomal. 

 Burkea Benth. Leguminosae (n. i). i W. and S. Afr. 

 Burlingtonia Lindl. = Rodriguezia Ruiz et Pav. (Orch.). 

 Burmannia L. Burmanniaceae. 40 trop. and subtrop. 

 Burinanniaceae (EP., BH.). Monocots. (Microspermae). 5 gen., 



60 sp., trop. forest herbs, chiefly 'colourless' saprophytes. P (3 + 3), 



A 6 or 3, G (3), with parietal plac., or 3-loc. Caps. Seeds oo . 



Endosp. Chief genera: Burmannia, Thismia. (See Nat. P//., and 



Ann. of Bot. 1895.) 



Burmeistera Karst. et Triana. Campanulac. (in). 10 trop. S. Am. 

 Burnatastrum Briq. Labiatae (vn). 2 S. Afr., Madag. 

 Burnatia M. Mich. Alismaceae. i trop. Air. 

 Burnet, Potcrium ; -saxifrage, Pimpinella Saxifraga L. 

 Burnettia Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 2). i Tasmania. 

 Burning bush (Am.), Euonvnius atr-^piirpureus Jacq . 

 Burn-nose (W.I.), Daphnopsis. 

 Burragea Donn. Smith et Rose (Gaura p.p.). Onagr. (2). 2 Lower 



Calif. 



Burrielia DC. Compositae (6). i Calif. 

 Bursa Weber in Wigg. = Capsella Medic. (Crucif.). 

 Bursaria Cav. Pittosporaceae. i Austr. 

 Bursera 'Jacq.' ex L. Burseraceae. 45 trop. Am. B. gummifera L. 



(birch tree, gommier, turpentine tree) furnishes the balsam resin known 



as American elemi, chibou, cachibou, or gomart. 

 Burseraceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Geraniales EP., BH.}. 



13 g en -' 35 sp., trop. Shrubs and trees with alt., usu. cpd., dotted 1. 



Balsams and re.-ins occur, in lysigenous or schizogenous passages. 



Fls. small, generally unisex., with disc like Rutaceae, 5- or 4-merbus, 



obdiplo.st. when both whorls of sta. are present. Cpls. (5 3), ov. usu. 



i in each. Ovary multiloc. with one style. Drupe or caps. Seed 



exalb. Many of the order are useful on account of their resins, &c. 



Chief genera: Commiphora, Boswellia, Bursera, Canarium. 

 Burtonia R. Br. Leguminosae (in. 2). 10 Austr. 

 Buseria Th. Dur. (Leiochilus EP.). Ruhiaceae (il. 4). i Madag. 

 Bush (Austr.), scrub, cf. Acacia; -clover, Lespedeza. 

 Bush-wood, a forest in which the shrubs are so abundant as to keep the 



crowns of the trees from touching. 



