70 BAMBOO 



(See Kurz, Bamboo and its uses, Ind. Forester, 1876. and art. in Nat. 



PJl. by Sir D. Brandis ; Lock, on growth, in Ann. Pcrad. \\. 211 ; 



Freeman-Mitford, The Bamboo Garden.} 

 Bamburanta L. Linden. Marantaceae. i trop. Air. 

 Bambusa Schreb. Gramineae (13). 70 trop. and subtrop. As., Afr., 



Am. The typical genus of bamboos (q.i'.}. 

 Bamia (L.) R. Br. ex Wall. = Hibiscus Tourn. (Malv.). 

 Bamlera K. Schum. et Lauterb. Melastomaceae (n). i New Guinea. 

 Banalia Moq. Amarantaceae (2). i Inciomal. 

 Banana, Musa Sapientnm L. 



Banara Aubl. FJacourt. (5) (Samyd. BH.}. 24 W.I., trop. Am. 

 Bandakai, Hibiscus esciilentus L. 



Bandeiraea Welw. (Griffonia EP.). Legumin. (n. 4 ). 3\V. trop. Afr. 

 Baneberry, Aclaea spicata L. 

 Bania Becc. Menispermaceae. i New Guinea. 

 Banisteria L. Malpighiaceae (i). 90 trop. S. Am. Fr. like Acer. 

 Banisteriopsis C. B. Robinson. Malpighiaceae. 6 C. Am. 

 Banjolea Bowdich. Acanthaceae (inc. seel.), i Madeira. 

 Banksia L. f. Proteaceae (n). 50 Austr. (Austr. honeysuckle). Shrubs 



and trees with xero. habit. Fls. in dense spikes. Hard woody follicle 



enclosed in woody twigs derived from bract and bracteoles. Seeds 



winged. 



Ban rhea, Vilkbrunia integrifolia Gaudich. 

 Banyan, Ficus benghalensis L. 

 Baobab, Adansonia digitata L. 



Baoulia A. Chevalier. Cojnmelinaceae. i Ivory Coast. 

 Baphia Afzel. Leguminosae (in. i). 12 trop. Afr., Madag. B. nitida 



Afzel, cam-wood, used for red dye ; the wood when first cut is white, 



but turns red in the air. 



Baphiastrum Harms. Leguminosae (in. i). i Cameroons. 

 Baphiopsis Benth. Leguminosae (n. 9). 2 trop. Afr. 

 Baptisia Vent. Leguminosae (in. 2). 25 N. Am. In B. perfoliata 



R. Br. there are perfoliate L, really in two vertical ranks, but becoming 



one-ranked by twisting of internodes alt. right and left. 

 Baptistonia Barb. Rodr. Orchidaceae (n. 19). i Brazil. 

 Barbacenia Vand. Velloz. (Amaryll. BH.}. 36 Brazil, Afr. 

 Barbadoes gooseberry, Pereskia aculeata Mill.; -pride, Caesalpima 



pidcJierriina Sw., Adeiianthera pavoitina L. 

 Barbarea R. Br. Cruciferae (2). 15 N. temp.; 2 Brit, (yellow rocket, 



winter-cress). 

 Barbatus (Lat.), bearded. 



Barberetta Harv. Haemodoraceae. i S. Afr. 

 Barberina Veil. = Symplocos L. p.p. (Symploc.). 

 Barberry, Berberis. 



Barbeuia Thou. Phytolaccaceae. i Madag. 

 Barbeya Schweinf. Ulmaceae. i Arabia, Abyssinia. 

 Barbeyastrum Cogn. Melastomaceae (i). i Congo. 

 Barbiera DC. Leguminosae (ill. 6). i trop. Am., W.I. 

 Barbosa Becc. Palmaceae (iv. 2). i E. Brazil. 

 Barcella Drucle (Elaeis Jacq. p.p. BH.}. Palmae (iv. 2). i Ama- 



zonas. 



