84 BLANCOA 



Blancoa Lindl. Amaryllid. (in), i S.W. Austr. (Haemodor. BH. ) 

 Blandfordia Sm. Liliaceae (in). 4 E. Austr. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Blanket flower, Gaillardia. 



Blastania Kotschy et Peyr. Cucurbit. (2). 3 trop. Afr. and As. 

 Blastemanthus Planch. Ochnaceae. 3 N. Brazil, Guiana. K5 + 5. 

 Blastocaulon Ruhland (Paepalanthus p-p.). Eriocaul. 3 Brazil. 

 Blastochore (Cl.), a plant distr. by offshoots. 

 Blastus Lour. Melastomaceae (i).. 4 E. As. 

 Blatti Adans. (Sonneratia L. f. q.v.}. Sonnerat. 6 Indomal. 

 Blattiaceae = Sonneratiaceae. 

 Blazing star, Liatris sqitarrosa Willd. 



Blechnum L. Polypodiaceae. 220 cosmop. B. boreale Sw. (B. Spicant 

 Roth.) in Brit, has fertile and barren 1., the latter larger. Cf. Bower, 

 Studies, Ann. Bot. 28, 1914, p. 363. 



Blechum P. Br. Acanthaceae (IV. A). 4 trop. Am., W.I. 

 Bleeding heart, Dicentra', (W.I.), Colocasia antiquornm. 

 Bleekrodea Blume. Moraceae (i). 3 Madag., Borneo, Indochina. 

 Blennodia R. Br. Cruciferae (4). 1 1 Austr. 

 Blennosperma Less. Compositae (6). 2 Chili, California. 

 Blepharacanthus Nees = Blepharis Juss. (Acanth.). 

 Blepharandra Griseb. Malpighiaceae (n). i Guiana. 

 Blepharanthera Schlechter. Asclep. (n. 3). 2 Damaraland. 

 Blepharidachne Hackel (Eremochloe Wats.). Gramin. (10). 2 W.N. 



Am. 



Blephariglottis Rafin. = Habenaria Willd. (Orchid.). 

 Blepharipappus Hook. Compositae (5). i W. U.S. Many = Layia. 

 Blepharis hiss. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 80 palaeotrop., Medit., S. Afr. 

 The seeds have hairs which swell up when wetted. 



Blepharispermum Wight ex DC. Compos. (4). 10 trop. As. and Afr. 



Blepharistemma Benth. in Wall. Rhizophoraceae. i India. 



Blepharizonia Greene. Compositae (5). 2 California. 



Blepharocalyx Berg. (Myrtus p.p. BH.}. Myrtac. (i). 3 warm 

 S. Am. 



Blepharocarya F. Muell. Anacard. (3). (Sapind. BH.} i E. trop. 

 Austr. 



Blepharodon Decne. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 25 Mex. to Chili. 



Blepharoneuron Nash (Vilfa p.p-)- Gramin. (8). i S.W. U.S., Mex. 



Blephilia Rafin. Labiatae (vi). 2 N. Am. 



Bletia Ruiz et Pav. Orchid, (n. 9). 20 trop. Am., W.I. Cult. 



Bletilla Reichb. f. Orchidaceae (n a. n). i E. As. 



Blighia Kon. Sapindaceae (i). 3 trop. Afr. B. sapida Kon (akee, 

 vegetable marrow) cult, for ed. fr. (fleshy arillate seed stalk). 



Blimbing, Averrhoa Biliinbi L. 



Blinding tree (Ceylon), Excoecaria Agallocha L. 



Blinks, Montia fontana L. 



Blinkworthia Choisy. Convolvulaceae (i). 2 Burma. 



Blitum (Tourn.) L. = Chenopodium L. p.p. (Chenopod.). 



Blood-flower, Haeianthus, (W.I.) Asclepias curassavica L. ; -leaf, 

 Iresine ; -lily, Haemanthus ; -root, Sanguinaria caitadt'iisis L. ; 

 -wood, Eucalyptus, (W.I.) Laplacea. 



Bloomeria Kellogg. Liliaceae (iv). 2 S. California. 



